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I'm reading Deepak Chopra's "The Path to Love" because I've been trying to work out things from my past in hopes of healing. I know that self love is important, if not the most important thing, but I think I lost it somewhere along the lines.

In this book, Deepak talks about psychological healing versus spiritual healing. He says that we are made up of love and that the negative thoughts and feelings we have towards self isn't who we are. He goes onto suggest that when you have these feelings, you actually tell yourself, "this is not me". I don't know, it sounds silly now that I'm writing it, but I've been doing it and I think it helps. I talked before about mantras and monitoring of negative thoughts. This helps point out and to deny these thoughts access.

This is important for me because I can be extremely negative. I actually think some of that stems from the fact that positivity didn't always go over well in my family. If you felt good about yourself, you were cocky; if you did well, you were gloating. It was almost instilled in us that you don't talk about the good things in your life. It's pretty pitiful existence to be honest. The good news is, I am an adult and don't have to be confined to that way of thinking, which is exactly why I'm trying very hard to break the habit. Wish me luck.