by Harry Palmer
If you roll your eyes when some one preaches about self-love, self-respect or
self-esteem, you're not alone. These concepts have too frequently been
associated with practices and behaviors that could more accurately be described
as egocentric, self-conceit or vanity. Conversations gravitate toward how to
raise someone else's self- esteem or self-respect, as if these were qualities
that could be brought forth with a little environmental manipulation, therapy,
and a timely compliment or two.
Attempting to cure one's own suffering by advising another is nothing new. Sacrifice. Transference.
The truth is that self qualities are private affairs. When they are asserted or displayed for someone else, they have already been lost.
Avatar Masters have long under stood that recovering these self qualities is a necessary first step before any real spiritual evolvement can occur. That's where Avatar begins.