+ I'm a fan of Joseph Naft, author of The Sacred Art of Soul Making: Balance and Depth in Spiritual Practice. He has led workshops and seminars and conferences for many years. He has created and maintains Inner Frontier which is quite comprehensive and full of wisdom and practical guidance for prayer and meditation. Each week he offers a new page of wisdom at In Inner Work at Inner Frontier. This week's page is on "Self-Acceptance." Excerpts:
- "All our inner shortcomings and outer imperfections lead us to obsess about them and reject certain aspects of our body and personality. That rejection wastes our precious time and energy in a self-absorbed, fruitless, and unnecessary battle among our rejected parts and our rejecting ego. Contrary to some views of spirituality, that inner battle hinders our spiritual path."
- "The basic and enduring resolution to the whole predicament must be founded on love for ourselves, on a radical, all-inclusive acceptance of ourselves as we are, today. If we embark on a program of self-improvement, we shall never reach its end. Neither our personality nor our body can ever be perfect enough, nor can our financial net worth ever be large enough to satisfy our ego."
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