How to Love Yourself

I just came across some old writings by Louis Hay called 12 Commandments or How to Love Yourself which I thought I would share.  Louis Hay’s work is a great foundation for Medical Intuition.  It is sometimes a bit simplistic but always a great place to start.

The first commandment:

1. Stop All Criticism – Criticism never changes a thing.  Refuse to criticize yourself.  Accept yourself exactly as you are.  Everybody changes.  When you criticize yourself, your changes are negative.  When you approve of yourself, your changes are positive.

Let’s look at this with a discerning eye.  When you criticise, you are usually looking for the bad part of yourself or others.  Instead look for what works and what doesn’t work.  Imagine yourself and your life like a story you have just written.  Do some spell checking.  Just correct the small errors.  Then look at the grammar and see if it makes sense when read aloud.  If not, correct it.  There is no reason to judge yourself.  You are simply doing your life.  You are living your life with the best information you have at the time.  Even if you feel that you know better, you may have some other emotion or thought that overrides your mind.  It takes practice to change.  So practice with kindness and not judgement or criticism.

Additionally, when you criticize others, not only do you tell them that you do not approve of their ways but you open the door for them to criticize you.

So Stop All Criticism.

Criticism from a Medical Intuitive point of view is connected to the archetype of the “Judge” and if indulged long enough will sometimes manifest in arthritis.  The need to have criticism in one’s life manifests itself in the third chakra.  Criticism works on your self-esteem.  It is said that criticism can make you stronger, which may be true.  Criticism almost always looks at the negative aspect of the person tearing them down rather than building them up.

So stop all Criticism, of yourself and others.