OSaD, D77
March 22, 2021•114 words
In different ways, with different levels of sophistication, I've blamed myself for my own unpleasant emotions.
When I was an older kid and a young teenager, I would see myself as "needy" whenever I experienced the pangs of, for example, rejection.
This is something I learned from the adults in my world.
More recently, more than a decade after taking the spiritual path, I blame myself for having negative emotions when I "should" be more developed and be "better than that."
Paraphrasing Pema Chodron, the spiritual path (in which we ALL are on) is not about choosing what parts of yourself are acceptable, but to love all of you equally, including the darker parts.