The Glorious Art of Self-Love

When we talk about loving ourselves, we often don’t understand how challenging and difficult that this can be. There is much more to self-love than a sentimental feeling about indulging ourselves. First, we have to understand which “self” we are loving. Hermetic Teachings tell us that there is a False, mechanical “self” that is created from external circumstances, and then there is a true, eternal, essential SELF, which is made up of the Divine Spark that was gifted to us by God. The effort of loving yourself is a willful act that requires making a concerted effort to be aware and accept the various parts of yourself, focusing on growing the Essential SELF and diminishing the power of the False “self” over time. We all have bad habits and mechanical behavior that comes from our False “self”. It comes with being born into a human body. It is understandable that most of us don’t want to see or acknowledge these negative traits. Who wants to acknowledge aspects of themselves that don’t ma