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Do you accept yourself.
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Exactly the way you are? If you have big problems is that OK.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: Icelander]
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I have accepted myself as my personal lord and saviour.

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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: SneezingPenis]
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I've accepted myself as a person, but my body is something I'm always working on.

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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: Icelander]
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I accept everything about myself that I am aware of perceiving. Sometimes I become conscious of ways that I wasn't aware of where I wasn't accepting myself and try to correct it.


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"A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda

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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: SneezingPenis]
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psilocyberin said:
I have accepted myself as my personal lord and saviour.


Good for you.  :sunny:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
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i still havent accepted myself. im working on it though


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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: GreenScreen]
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Nice solid answer. :thumbup:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: Icelander]
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I accept myself as one who has the ability to continually improve myself.


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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: Silversoul]
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That wasn't the question. :wink:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: Icelander]
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I have hang-ups.  Lots of them.  Every day I become more aware of them, but I often cannot summon the willpower to go deeper into their roots--the power just isn't there, isn't accessible to me sometimes.  I'm working on that, and it will come in time. 

Right now I am having trouble accepting my current situation, even though it is without a doubt the best I have ever been in.  My trouble, while it stems from deeper issues, is manifesting itself in the form of, well, a very serious crush.  I haven't ever felt this way about a girl--I've been around the block, thought I'd been in love, the whole shebang, but never had this feeling--and sometimes it drives me insane and I feel like if I don't have her here right now, this second, I won't feel right.  When she's around I'm happy, when she's not there is always an air of self-doubt.  This attachment runs deep and I think at the heart of it is my own fears about relationships, self-worth, reciprocity, etc.  On a positive note, it has motivated me like hell, to work out, eat healthy, pick up my school work, and most importantly spend a lot of time meditating (thrice daily if I can manage it) and generally reflecting on my actions and motivations.

I accept myself.  :heart:  My personality-structure needs to be reminded of it a lot, though.


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“Strengthened by contemplation and study,
I will not fear my passions like a coward.
My body I will give to pleasures,
to diversions that I’ve dreamed of,
to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
my spirit as was before: ascetic.”

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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: Icelander]
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I don't know myself that well so I don't think I can accept myself


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channel your inner Larry David

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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: Icelander]
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Icelander said:
That wasn't the question. :wink:


Then you asked the wrong question.


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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: Lion]
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bug said:
On a positive note, it has motivated me like hell, to work out, eat healthy, pick up my school work, and most importantly spend a lot of time meditating (thrice daily if I can manage it) and generally reflecting on my actions and motivations.

I accept myself.  :heart:  My personality-structure needs to be reminded of it a lot, though.


Perhaps you could utilize this postive reservoir of energy to dive within and plant a few reminders. :wink:

I say this because I can relate, and thought it would be a good idea for myself to help accept my current situation. :smile:

thank you bug:heart:


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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: demiu5]
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I think one can only accept themselves once they stop comparing themselves to others and struggle to be different for the sake of sticking out/being different.

I dont think anyone seeking body modifications such as tattoo's, piercings etc.... really accept themselves for who they are.

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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: SneezingPenis]
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I dont think anyone seeking body modifications such as tattoo's, piercings etc.... really accept themselves for who they are.

What about clothing? Your toys? Your car?


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: Icelander]
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yes, clothing... toy? i dont get what you mean. Car? if you mean like a 40 year old getting a 2 seater mid-life crisis car, then yes... if you mean getting a car so they can get to work, then no.

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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: SneezingPenis]
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psilocyberin said:
I dont think anyone seeking body modifications such as tattoo's, piercings etc.... really accept themselves for who they are.


Why must one define "who they are" by how they were born? Is not one's personality more definitive?

Of course, the whole idea of accepting oneself for "who they really are" is a silly notion, because it assumes an ongoing self. As the Buddha taught, there is no self. All things are transient. All that we are is flux.


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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: Silversoul]
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psilocyberin said:
I dont think anyone seeking body modifications such as tattoo's, piercings etc.... really accept themselves for who they are.


hm, go get one and find out for sure. :grin:

SilverSoul :thumbup:


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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: Icelander]
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I don't think I do, but i'm learning.

I judge myself as having equal amounts of good and bad, whereas I think I need to recognise more that good and bad are neutral states when seperated from my own judgement of what's good and bad. I'm making something into something it's not.

*edit* It's not an easy question, because if you accept yourself, you judge yourself as being something you're not. But when you're nothing, nothing is there to be accepted or not accepted, acceptance itself is nothing also. Otherwise, I guess I don't accept myself, as I create both good and bad inside and outside of me.

Edited by Shattered (10/25/06 12:28 AM)

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Re: Do you accept yourself. [Re: Silversoul]
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Silversoul said:
psilocyberin said:
I dont think anyone seeking body modifications such as tattoo's, piercings etc.... really accept themselves for who they are.


Why must one define "who they are" by how they were born?  Is not one's personality more definitive?

Of course, the whole idea of accepting oneself for "who they really are" is a silly notion, because it assumes an ongoing self.  As the Buddha taught, there is no self.  All things are transient.  All that we are is flux.


Righto.  :thumbup: By accepting oneself here though I'm talking about the "self" perceived personality structure.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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