tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post832790554063273191..comments2023-07-17T23:10:02.228+10:00Comments on Discombobula: Love Yourself - Not an Optional ExtraSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-6266415899323784362010-05-29T13:37:30.334+10:002010-05-29T13:37:30.334+10:00Yeah, the way I see it is that there are ways I...Yeah, the way I see it is that there are ways I'm to be like God and ways I'm not. I can't be like God in every way. When I try to be like God in everyway it leads to pride and arrogance. He alone is God. I see a Creator creature distinction. Only God is self-sufficient. He's not egotistical for loving Himself more than anything. He's not thinking of Himself more highly than He ought to. He loves His own image more than anything which is first and foremost His humility.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342042981695750691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-62877131085658268622010-05-28T15:35:09.172+10:002010-05-28T15:35:09.172+10:00Cole - Well, diff'rent strokes :) I actually ...Cole - Well, diff'rent strokes :) I actually think that if God does love him/herself then it follows that we should as well. It's not so much thinking more highly of yourself than you ought, as it is valuing yourself as something precious. At least, that's been my experience but I know everyone is seeing things differently, different sides of the prism, as it were :)<br /><br />Manu - yeah :)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-84124010770862120732010-05-26T04:53:45.945+10:002010-05-26T04:53:45.945+10:00wow, revealing quote...makes sense
:)wow, revealing quote...makes sense<br />:)Manuelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225303074990493529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-46999580635697653122010-05-23T05:27:28.180+10:002010-05-23T05:27:28.180+10:00I side withose psychologists who say otherwise. It...I side withose psychologists who say otherwise. It's been my experience that when I'm like that I'm thinking too highly of myself. I'm not "all that" like God is. I see God as being perfect and He loves and thinks of Himself as such. He doesn't think too highly of Himself. His loving and thinking of Himself is in direct proportion to who He is - The most glorious of all Beings.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342042981695750691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-34843236148576326702010-05-22T15:44:09.378+10:002010-05-22T15:44:09.378+10:00Barbara - it's a really cool book. I've h...Barbara - it's a really cool book. I've had it there and been meaning to read it for ages, and am impressed by its wisdom.<br /><br />Tess - It was written in the 50s but still well worth a read. Self-brutalising - yeah, and wow, don't we know how to do that.<br /><br />Cole - I get where you're coming from, but I tend to see pride and arrogance as faux love, not the real thing. If you love yourself enough, you do not need to grasp for anything. That's my take on it, anyway :)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-6679972214530384932010-05-21T14:32:40.846+10:002010-05-21T14:32:40.846+10:00I'm not sure I would agree with that but it is...I'm not sure I would agree with that but it is very interesting. I know there's no agreement on this issue but I tend to think of pride and arrogance as loving and thinking of yourself more highly than you ought to.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342042981695750691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-55139476528225692152010-05-17T18:52:02.074+10:002010-05-17T18:52:02.074+10:00I hadn't heard of that book, looks really help...I hadn't heard of that book, looks really helpful. In a discussion I'm having elsewhere on the blogosphere, someone coined the phrase 'self-brutalising' for all those times we beat ourselves up because we're not perfect. I think it could apply here also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-79803086400047447892010-05-16T09:45:46.477+10:002010-05-16T09:45:46.477+10:00Wow. That's a classic book that I have not re...Wow. That's a classic book that I have not read in years. Great quote. Reminds me of many people I know. Makes me wonder about my own self love or lack of...Bar L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11100008292699584336noreply@blogger.com