The Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard likes to tell an anecdote about the Dalai Lama.
"During a conference on how East meets West in the Indian town of Dharamsala, one of the American psychologists talked about ‘self-loathing’. At first, the Dalai Lama thought he’d misheard, and he asked the interpreter to repeat his translation several times. He then asked for someone to explain what on earth this concept was, since it was inconceivable to him that a human being could hate himself."
It’s important to stem the flow of negative thoughts about ourselves.
We also need to stop the negative flow of thoughts we have towards other people.
It’s only by freeing ourselves from this habit of criticising others so harshly that we can in turn be freed from the voices judging us.
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