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Can I Be Kind To Myself?

by Susitha Pappiah

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Self-love and kindness are fundamental aspects of our lives. When self-love and kindness are lacking we find ourselves seeking this love from other people and we come across as needy people. We are hurt easily and we suffer life rather than living it. Our conditioning tells us that we have to be perfect, we have to constantly strive, and we have to be better than others. It is love and kindness that has the power to transform our lives. This short audio is a guide toward kindness.

KindnessSelf LoveEgoSelf CriticismHealingHeartLetting GoTransformationSelf KindnessEgo AwarenessHealing TraumaLetting Go Of The PastDivine ConnectionDivinityHeart Center

Transcript

Hello and welcome to this guided session.

This session is on kindness.

The ego mind is very fickle.

Sometimes there is self-praise and other times there is criticism.

If there are many unhealed wounds around love,

The criticism is more frequent and harsh.

The ego mind is quick to jump to conclusions,

Quick to praise,

Quick to criticize.

This audio will help you ignore the critical and judgmental voice of the ego and move to an energy of love and kindness.

Place one of your hands at the center of the chest and feel the sensation of the hand on the chest.

Stay with the question,

Can I be kind to myself?

Do not be quick to move into the answer.

The question is potent.

The question opens your heart.

Can I be kind to myself?

These are important words.

When you make a mistake and thoughts are telling you how you should have been more careful,

How you could have done things better,

Stop,

Pause,

Place your hand on the chest and stay with the question,

Can I be kind to myself?

When the mind is comparing you with another and being harsh,

Stop,

Pause,

Place your hand on the chest and stay with the question,

Can I be kind to myself?

When you look into the mirror and criticism about your form or the way you look arises,

Stop,

Pause,

Place your hand on the chest and stay with the question,

Can I be kind to myself?

When someone is unkind to you,

Instead of wondering,

Is it my fault?

Stop,

Pause,

Place your hand on the center of the chest and stay with the question,

Can I be kind to myself?

It doesn't matter what the person thought,

What the intention was,

Can I be kind to myself?

When regret about the past comes up,

Realize that the past is over,

It has no power over you.

The regret and blame around the past keep you tied to the past.

Let it go.

You did the best you could at that point of time.

When thoughts of the past attack you,

Instead of believing the thoughts,

Place your hand on the chest and stay with the question,

Can I let the past go?

Can I be kind to myself?

Whenever the ego voice arises,

Blaming you,

Judging you,

Criticizing you,

Comparing you,

Please pause and ask yourself the question,

Can I be kind to myself?

A conditioning tells us that criticism and harshness is needed to transform life.

However,

The truth is,

It is love and kindness that transforms our life.

Please do not follow the thoughts of the ego.

Please learn to be kind to yourself.

It is an irony that often we do not love ourselves and are very harsh on ourselves,

But we expect others to be kind to us.

We expect others to love us.

There are two aspects of self-love which I found very important.

One,

We were not born with lack of love.

Lack of love is acquired through painful memories from the past and it can be healed.

I can say this as I have experienced lack of love and after my healing,

I now feel whole and complete.

I share this to encourage you to work on your healing.

The second aspect of self-love is feeling oneness with the divine parent and reclaiming the love that has been veiled.

Infants are connected to the divine and devoid of the ego mind.

This is the reason we feel the love when we are around an infant.

The reconnection with the love of the divine parent has an impact on all other relationships as it is the primordial and most important relationship.

My audio,

Self-Love,

Self-Worth and Divine Love covers one aspect of divine love in it.

I hope you found this audio helpful.

Love and blessings.

Thank you.

Meet your Teacher

Susitha PappiahBangalore Division, India

4.8 (484)

Recent Reviews

Sasha

August 8, 2025

Helpful and specific. Intend to put your teaching to practice. Found that by focusing on that very question opens the gate to Choice and that’s liberating. Thank you and Namaste ✨🀍✨

Sara

January 11, 2025

Thank you for this audio. It was informative and had simple actions to practice self kindness

Stacey

September 20, 2024

Such wonderful reminders 😌. This practice is a beautiful start for the days thank you πŸ™πŸ»πŸ©·πŸ’•

Angela

September 15, 2024

Beautiful teaching! I really needed to hear this today. Love and blessings 🀍🌻

Donna

August 10, 2024

Thank you for a lovely audio on self-love, Susitha. Essential guidance for a happy life! Donna

Linda

July 23, 2024

Such a healthy and practical practice. I will carry this forward with me and use it. Thank you. πŸ’™πŸ™

Kate

April 21, 2024

I listen to the inner critic too often at times. This practice brought me to tears because it allowed me to soften that voice and show myself loving kindness. I will continue this practice! Thank you! πŸ’–πŸ™

Anna

February 4, 2024

Beautiful and thought worthy. Thank you so much βœ¨πŸ™πŸΌπŸŒΊ

Lucille

October 7, 2023

This felt like a warm hug across space and time. Feeling gratitude Susitha.

Jade

August 3, 2023

Such a lovely practice and short enough to also be used for a quick β€˜rescue’ meditation. Thank you for sharing x

Jo

July 29, 2023

Wow! Amazingly simple and effective! I love this! πŸ™β€οΈ

Sydney

July 14, 2023

As usual, Susitha’s soothing voice and wise words bring me to a better place. πŸ™

Alice

July 5, 2023

saving this too favorites. I will be listening to this one every week πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

Laura

February 23, 2023

This short recording is so helpful. It gets me right back on track when I start to feel out of control. Yes! I can love myself :)

Camila

February 22, 2023

Thank you for this form of radical self love. I am grateful I can turn to this recording in times of struggle. Namaste πŸ™β€οΈ

Ezequiel

February 21, 2023

Thank you Susitha A very simple question yet it holds a lot of power❀️

Tanya

February 21, 2023

Very nice. I look forward to meeting myself with compassion when criticism arises. Thank you πŸ™

Elaine

February 21, 2023

This is so helpful, especially in this moment. Judging and being too critical of ourselves can be a daily trial. I will use this practice of loving kindness toward myself, especially in times of distress and discomfort. Thank you.πŸ™πŸΌπŸ’•

Rebecca

February 21, 2023

This is so powerful and yet so simple as the best things often are. I love Susitha’s voice, so calm and full of love. I will return often to this one🌱

Nicola

February 21, 2023

Beautiful and so helpful for me today, thank you πŸ™

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