"Self dethroned - that is the lesson, but in its place put love for Me, knowledge of Me.
Cease trying to forgive those who fretted or wronged you. It is a mistake to think about it. Aim at killing the self now, in your daily life, and then you will find there is nothing that even remembers injury, because the only one injured, the self, is dead."
You are right. Some of our behaviors don't serve us well. True, the "self" needs a bit of tweaking but, no need to throw it out with the bath water. If I had to guess, I'd say a loving God would want you to "accentuate the positive and...e-lim-a-nate the negative".
John Bradshaw calls it having a "parts party". All those things we don't like about ourselves can't be resisted lest they persist!. If they are accepted in a little "parts party" (our disowned parts; those things we don't like about ourselves that we usually see in others) then we can accept those traits and behaviors in ourselves that have not benefited us and thus...trust me...they lose their power.
365 One-Minute Meditations from God Calling
-- Edited by rayted32 on Friday 4th of May 2012 10:28:46 AM
"Self dethroned - that is the lesson, but in its place put love for Me, knowledge of Me.
Cease trying to forgive those who fretted or wronged you. It is a mistake to think about it. Aim at killing the self now, in your daily life, and then you will find there is nothing that even remembers injury, because the only one injured, the self, is dead."
