Overcoming unworthiness

[sabrinamari]

"Remind yourself, in whatever way is personally meaningful, that is it not in your best interest to reinforce thoughts and feelings of unworthiness. Even if you’ve already taken the bait and feel the familiar pull of self-denigration, marshal your intelligence, courage, and humor in order to turn the tide. Ask yourself: Do I want to strengthen what I’m feeling now? Do I want to cut myself off from my basic goodness? Remind yourself that your fundamental nature is unconditionally open and free."

Pema Chodron

EDIT: And another very useful thought: "You don't have to believe everything you think."

Comments

[the-smith-e.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It also seems that the love of others is a cure as well. Not always easy, of course.

[angiedub.livejournal.com]

Fortuitous that I read this today. "I'm worthy. I'm worthy. I'm worthy...of joy, love, happiness, abundance." Thank you.

[showingup.livejournal.com]

Oh, clarity on the difference between understanding our worthiness to participate fully in life and delusions about our status and abilities!

Wouldn't that be nice on a global level?

I'm plugging away at it for myself. Your posts always help.

[showingup.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I just came across this post about the self-same issue:

Both "you're not good enough according to some external ideal" and "you're all that and a bag of chips" are archonic traps, usually designed to sell you something. A diet, a yoga matt, or a latté as a reward for being so magnificent. Both are about exploiting our inner dialogue to provide you with easy answers, not deep questions.

"Know Thyself", as a philosophy and directive, is what differentiates both of these traps from a path to your own integrity. It's not an easy answer, but an ongoing conversation.

You're good, but you're not good enough. Yes, you're a spark of the infinite divine. But you're also a bunch of other things – angry, possessive, frustrated, lazy – that get in your way of abiding in your authentic self. You're not good enough, yes, but you're not alone in this, and through a lifetime of patience, perseverance, contemplation, listening, study, forgiveness, effort, humor, humility and love, you are constantly unfolding your authenticity, getting closer to that spark, and expressing it.

[arielmn.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[onyxtwilight.livejournal.com]

That last is a t-shirt waiting to happen. >:-)