My "Self"

vaishnav jan to tene kahiye, je peed paraaee jaNe re ...

[He is the true Vaishnava who knows and feels another's woes as his own]

par dukkhe upkar kare toye, man abhiman na aaNe re

[Ever ready to serve others who are unhappy, he never lets vanity get to his head]

Mahatma Gandhi used to sing this is a beautiful bhajan. On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti let's take his concept of Non-violence little further. It is non violence against "self". It might appear strange but it is also important. Look at your relationship with your 'self'.

Just look at how many times you make yourself wrong, you feel like a failure, blame  yourself, feel guilty, consider yourself as 'not good enough' so on.

The amount or intensity at which you make yourself wrong might differ from one person to another. But have you noticed that you keep punishing yourself?

This is also some kind of violence.  It might be due to various reasons but we all do it.

I'm inviting you to consider the possibility of unconditional love for yourself.

How about practicing non violence with your 'self'? 

Try this game, at least play this game for a week. The rules of the games are to notice when you are making yourself wrong.  Whenever you make yourself wrong put coin in a box. At the end of the week count the coins, multiply the total sum with 100. That is the total amount you have to treat yourself. Do whatever you want to do with that money. That will also show you how much pain you cause to yourself in physical form.

Also share this game with your friends and invite them also to take on this. When you can give love to yourself you can give it others also.

Now, Can you love your 'self' ?

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