{"id":15285,"date":"2022-09-13T13:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/13\/the-importance-of-self-love\/"},"modified":"2023-02-15T14:28:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T14:28:51","slug":"the-importance-of-self-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/the-importance-of-self-love\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Self Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15285\" class=\"elementor elementor-15285\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5332b7f5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5332b7f5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63cf37cc\" data-id=\"63cf37cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a4048d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a4048d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Hi guys,<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I hope and trust you\u2019re all doing well. I recently came across an incre\u00edble poem written by Charlie Chaplin when he was 70 and I wanted to share it as I felt it was so poignant, and so relevant to some of the things we have discussed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u2018As I began to love myself\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I found that anguish and emotional suffering\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>are only warning signs that I was living\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>against my own truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Today, I know, this is Authenticity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e68ae1f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e68ae1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I began to love myself\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I understood how much it can offend somebody\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>if I try to force my desires on this person,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>even though I knew the time was not right\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and the person was not ready for it,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and even though this person was me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today I call this Respect.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I began to love myself\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I stopped craving for a different life,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and I could see that everything\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>that surrounded me\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>was inviting me to grow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today I call this Maturity.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I began to love myself\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I understood that at any circumstance,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I am in the right place at the right time,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and everything happens at the exactly right moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So I could be calm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today I call this Self-Confidence.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I began to love myself\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I quit stealing my own time,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and I stopped designing huge projects\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>for the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>things I love to do and that make my heart cheer,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and I do them in my own way\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and in my own rhythm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today I call this Simplicity.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I began to love myself\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I freed myself of anything\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>that is no good for my health \u2013\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>food, people, things, situations,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and everything that drew me down\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and away from myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today I know it is Love of Oneself.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I began to love myself\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I quit trying to always be right,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and ever since\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was wrong less of the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today I discovered that is Modesty.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I began to love myself\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I refused to go on living in the past\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and worrying about the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now, I only live for the moment,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>where everything is happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today I live each day,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>day by day,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and I call it Fulfilment.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I began to love myself\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I recognized\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>that my mind can disturb me\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and it can make me sick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But as I connected it to my heart,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>my mind became a valuable ally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today I call this connection Wisdom of the Heart.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We no longer need to fear arguments,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>confrontations or any kind of problems\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>with ourselves or others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Even stars collide,\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and out of their crashing, new worlds are born.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today I know: This is Life!\u2019<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How great is that?! I\u2019m not sure I can follow it to be honest. All I can really think to add, is maybe it\u2019s time for us all to use the tools we have to help us get to this place prior to 70.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here we have the man who was the biggest star in the world in his time, as big as MJ was in the 80s, and yet it wasn\u2019t the fame, the money, the sexual conquests or any of the trappings of outward success that stuck with him. It was the central importance of self love.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Without that, very little will make sense.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you don\u2019t feel self love yet, it\u2019s because you haven\u2019t healed your wounds. And if you haven\u2019t healed your wounds it\u2019s because you don\u2019t understand the nature of reality. The only way through this labyrinth is through experiential knowledge, and a willingness to live, love and learn. If that\u2019s something you aspire to, get in touch with<a href=\"\\&quot;http:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/contact-us\\&quot;\"> Paul.<\/a> We may be about to run our last <a href=\"\\&quot;http:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/limitless-living\/\\&quot;\">Limitless Living<\/a> course for a few years, and it is quite possibly the greatest thing you will have ever done.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The pathway awaits you. Whatever you decide, remember the wisdom of our boy Chaplin.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With Love and Healing<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Will and the Team xxx<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c83aa36\" data-id=\"c83aa36\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab21471 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab21471\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-36cebca\" data-id=\"36cebca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aa39be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6aa39be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/beeja-text-logo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-723\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/beeja-text-logo.png 474w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/beeja-text-logo-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-997da78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"997da78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Benefits of Beeja Meditation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6541a6 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"c6541a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Reduce stress and anxiety<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Greater clarity and calm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Increase focus<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Enhance relationships<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Sleep better<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Feel energised<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c463313 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c463313\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/blog-02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-901\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/blog-02.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/blog-02-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi guys, I hope and trust you\u2019re all doing well. 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