Befriending your parts allows Self-energy to flourish

• Counter-intuitively, you will move towards parts that keep you stuck. Those frustrating patterns, that self-sabotage, that little voices that gives you conflicting messages! Their impact can be exhausting. As an analogy, you have one foot on the accelerator, and the other on the brake. But ignoring, or disliking these inner conflicts doesn’t work.

• Instead, you will move towards such parts with curiosity, compassion and creativity. Why? They exist for a reason. They may have been vital in the past. Anger, Sadness, Disgust all have value. Let’s honour their intent, even as you acknowledge their impact may not be so helpful now.

• The Self should be driving your life. The Self is the core that is your birthright. It takes inputs from the parts, of course (no bad parts) but Self ‘drives the bus’. Self comes from deep within. It’s always there. It may just need some space to emerge powerfully and take up its role.

  Properties of the Self.

  Calmness

  Curiosity

  Compassion

  Confidence

  Courage

  Clarity

  Connectedness

  Creativity

• Self allows you to live powerfully in the present