[split] My Path

[Zach]

I have some pretty deep-rooted self-hatred I still haven't quite balanced.

I can relate.

I think sometimes very wisdom oriented seekers can turn on themselves in this way. I don't know exactly what your going through. But having such a high sense of wisdom (lacking some love), whether the preference for wisdom is consciously or subconsciously realized, can equal very high expectations for the self. Hatred towards ones mistakes and the aspects of ourselves (and other-selves) we view as imbalanced or 'messed up'. Are we forcing an ideal upon ourselves that we view as being Loving? or are we actually seeking to Love? Im my eyes, when we actually seek to Love...along the journey... it won't always manifest in a way that quenches our thirst for the ideal we hold of what a Loving person should be or do....and much of it is just letting go, accepting, and letting it happen. Not a false sense of letting go that appeases the minds ideals...but an actual letting go.

*deep breath*

"that feels good."

That being said we can't learn for other people. Balancing this reality with the desire to communicate with someone- we realize sometimes just letting people "do their thing" is the most loving thing we can do.