Love Yourself as if your Life Depended on it!

You mean forget your neighbor?

What is conscious living?

So many clever slogans abound in the self-help corners of new-age literature. I have long thought that if you are lucky enough to be really awake, then the game of conscious living is to first be able to operate as yourself.

Human beings spend so much time thinking about things that don’t matter and worrying about what other people think. As a matter of fact, we are born into focusing on what others tell us we should be focusing on. Seldom, do we actually realise who and what has conditioned us the most. Many of our reactions and habits were imposed through peer pressure, rather than having been developed autonomously.

Loving yourself is much harder than you think

Bold premise: The key to understanding ourselves and make our relationships truly satisfying is selfish autonomy. Putting yourself before anyone. Oh boy, does this sound ego-centric! I know, the title of this article should have been “Love Thyself, forget your Neighbor”. Too weird? I simply want to draw your attention to aspects of our existence we might take for granted thus missing out on some important growth and self-respect.