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silverweb

(16,402 posts) Mon Mar 26, 2012, 12:14 PM Mar 2012

The Fascinating Buddhist Approach to Low Self-Esteem

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Interesting article in AlterNet. It's probably just self evident to most here, but it's nice to see metta meditation practice spreading and having such wonderful results for people.

The Fascinating Buddhist Approach to Low Self-Esteem

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The Fascinating Buddhist Approach to Low Self-Esteem (Original Post) silverweb Mar 2012 OP

I think this is a much better approach than much of what I've seen in the psychological profession.. ellisonz Mar 2012 #1

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1. I think this is a much better approach than much of what I've seen in the psychological profession..

Reply to silverweb (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 03:37 AM

Mar 2012

...I for one have never been in love with the common Freudian style talk-therapy and this strikes me as the complete opposite of that. The goal here is to not so much as better engage self but to let go of self and simply accept things with love and compassion rather than desire and satiation.

Thank you for posting. It gave me an idea...

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