Jody: Why did you hate yourself?. Where did you learnt to hate yourself?. It sounds as a very extreme negative emotion to have towards oneself. Very glad to hear that the readings of the Dalai Lama helped you to overcome the hatred for yourself. Thanks for writing Mayka
--- On Fri, 13/8/10, Jody W. Ianuzzi <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jody W. Ianuzzi <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Zen] EGO To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 13 August, 2010, 15:50 Hello Mayka, I used to feel the same way. I actually hated myself. Then I was reading a book by the Dalai Lama and he said that he found the whole concept of people hating themselves to be so alien and he couldn't understand it at all. I started to really think about that and I realized how he was so right. I was able to break through my own self hate and now I actually LIKE myself. Of course, when you like yourself you like everyone around you a lot more too. JODY
