Our feelings of isolation and loneliness breed mistrust, misunderstandings, competition, antagonism and the whole series of health destroying emotions such as fear, anger, hatred, jealousy, bitterness, resentment etc. These negative emotions build up a personality complex of their own, and grow out of control destroying our health and relationships.
Learning to accept and love ourselves and others despite our faults, weaknesses, habits and mistakes is a powerful means for healing ourselves and others.
By developing more deeply rooted feelings of security and self-worth, we enable ourselves to understand, forgive and love others and ourselves in more and more situations.
We are controlled by our ignorance and fear, which causes us to function in less than perfect ways. Thus, it is logical to accept and love ourselves and others, even though we are not perfect and make mistakes.
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"LOVE" devoid of self-gratification, is in essence, the will, to the greatest good...of another.