RECOGNIZING SELF-DOMESTICATION

We are the only creatures on this planet that self-domesticate. Any time you create an expectation for yourself that is the condition for your own acceptance and self-love, know that you are self-domesticating, and the tool you use to accomplish this is self-judgement.

Self-judgement is the punishment for not meeting your own expectations - it’s how you bully yourself into being the person you think you should be.

Practice

With awareness, notice all the subtle ways in which you judge yourself for failing to meet your own expectations. Noticing them is the first step to releasing them. You are perfect exactly the way you are. There is nothing you need to do to be worthy of your own self-love.

Living a Life of Awareness

~ Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.