Self Esteem and the soul/spirit

[hallow]

Originally Posted by Greenslade

We can't ascend if we have nothing to ascend from. We can't Love if there is nothing to Love ourselves because of.

i am not sure if i know what you mean. My life so far, have given me physically nothing. I have physically earned everything i have. But from that nothingness i grew, not physically but spirituality. I like it that way. I don't fallow any 1 religion. I just fallow my heart and soul. I feel that's the way it is soupoused to be. Because really, when you're stripped down to nothing you only have 2 things left, ill leave them 2 up to you.

Originally Posted by hallow

i am not sure if i know what you mean. My life so far, have given me physically nothing. I have physically earned everything i have. But from that nothingness i grew, not physically but spirituality. I like it that way. I don't fallow any 1 religion. I just fallow my heart and soul. I feel that's the way it is soupoused to be. Because really, when you're stripped down to nothing you only have 2 things left, ill leave them 2 up to you.

You are what I mean, that you grew from nothing - the nothing was the something you ascended from. I'd guess you're fairly well adjusted emotionally with no chips on you shoulder and no axes to grind.

Jung did an article on The Alchemists and the Philosopher's stone, while they were talking about making gold Jung said it was a metaphor. The metaphor was about finding what he called the Prima Materia or the prime material from which all others are made. When you're stripped down to nothing you're stripped down to all that you need to make yourself into gold.

[hallow]

Originally Posted by Greenslade

You are what I mean, that you grew from nothing - the nothing was the something you ascended from. I'd guess you're fairly well adjusted emotionally with no chips on you shoulder and no axes to grind.

Jung did an article on The Alchemists and the Philosopher's stone, while they were talking about making gold Jung said it was a metaphor. The metaphor was about finding what he called the Prima Materia or the prime material from which all others are made. When you're stripped down to nothing you're stripped down to all that you need to make yourself into gold.

Not sure if you know much about astrology but i been fortunate to have my moon in cancer. Emotionally speaking. You learn alot dealing the emotional ups and downs.

[Melahin]

Originally Posted by TonySG

Is 'self-esteem' just a label for our inherent truth and worth shining through?

Definitely is

Originally Posted by hallow

Not sure if you know much about astrology but i been fortunate to have my moon in cancer. Emotionally speaking. You learn alot dealing the emotional ups and downs.

Never bothered with astrology much being honest because nothing's ever 'fitted', any profiles or readings have missed the mark completely. I just go through it, deal with it and move on because there's no point in drama.

[hallow]

Originally Posted by Greenslade

Never bothered with astrology much being honest because nothing's ever 'fitted', any profiles or readings have missed the mark completely. I just go through it, deal with it and move on because there's no point in drama.

A lot people don't, but its all good.

[TonySG]

The reason I made the post was as I am waking up to myself the more I like, value and feel good about myself. This is translating into confidence and feelings of self-worth. Which to me equates to self-esteem.

I like to think of self-esteem as being multi-faceted which is our self-worth expressed in different ways and not just psychologically. But maybe we all see Self-esteem differently.

Originally Posted by hallow

A lot people don't, but its all good.

And the prophecies don't work neither.

Originally Posted by TonySG

The reason I made the post was as I am waking up to myself the more I like, value and feel good about myself. This is translating into confidence and feelings of self-worth. Which to me equates to self-esteem.

I like to think of self-esteem as being multi-faceted which is our self-worth expressed in different ways and not just psychologically. But maybe we all see Self-esteem differently.

Self esteem is psychological and translating (transforming/transmuting) into confidence and self worth does equate to self esteem. Our psychological condition affects so many aspects of Lives, including our Spirituality and when your self esteem changes very often so does our Spiritual perspective.

But self esteem is a facet of you.

[Melahin]

Originally Posted by TonySG

But maybe we all see Self-esteem differently.

Seems only reasonable that we all would; at least if there was a clear cut universal understanding of anything we might not spend so much time trying to argue who is right, when everyone just might be