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True Self Love
True Self Love
True Self Love
This typical trail of thought is how most people tend to treat self love: as a reward for
finally becoming the person they want to be. This behavior implies that their self love is
subject to them being objectively ‘good’ or ‘successful.’
However, as Aristotle stated: “Humans, deep down, love the self more than their
favorite others (family and loved ones). But, as cultural animals, they can come to
believe that they love their favorite others more than they love the self.”
Just as Rumi stated, “Your task is not to seek for Love, but merely to seek and find all
the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”