Self-Acceptance vs Self-Improvement

Just had a quick read of this you gave me http://www.life2point0.com/2006/11/follow_your_bli.html

Interesting to see self-improvement and self-acceptance as opposites, although of course that's just one perspective.

But it …  Read Moredoes to me fit nicely with my preferred model of achieving happiness. I.e. Happiness = Value Creation + Value Reflection.

From that page it seems to suggest (as does a lot of hokey mind spun mysticism) that spirituality is about abandoning physicality. I.e. we don't have to do anything in life to create happiness other than just accept ourself.

And the self-improvement junkies of course are made to feel they are broken, not whole, not good enough etc and so mst 'improve themself'.

Well the third position, the point of transcendence, comes from removing 'self' as the focus of improvement of acceptance.

To create values and to reflect on values includes the self as inherent, but focuses beyond the self per se.

Originally posted 2008-09-28 14:24:29. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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