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The Truth About Being Self-Centered
Why Your Spiritual Growth Depends on It
Let’s be clear. You can’t progress on a spiritual path when you are constantly putting yourself last. The Recognition Sutras, a foundational text in nondual Kashmir Shaivism, emphasizes recognizing your true nature as an expression of universal divine Consciousness — Shiva, God.
“I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.” — Om Swami
You are a fractal of God.
An essential part of recognizing yourself as God is valuing, loving, respecting, and appreciating your Self as Divine. Would you treat God the same way you treat yourself?
Low self-worth, putting yourself down, feeling inadequate, or not good enough is the antithesis of your true nature. The world has deluded you into believing that self-sacrifice and not expressing who and what you authentically are is spiritual.
“The primary reason why spiritual texts tell you to turn inwards is because doing so invariably means regaining your nearness with your “self”, which is the purest and highest form of…
