Self-love

I love myself so other people can love themselves.
-- Kanye West{ Elsewhere in the interview, he also revealed it was Kanye West who reminded him of the importance of looking after yourself. “Kanye speaks of how you have to love yourself. And believe in yourself,” he explained. “I heard him say something recently: ‘I love myself so other people can love themselves.’“So they get up in the morning and put on a song and be like ‘FUCK YEAH’. And that is what it’s for.” }
: "Molag Bal wanted my mind, Boethiah wanted my arms, and Nocturnal perhaps my curiosity. Azura wants all of that, and our love above all. Not our abject slavering, but our honest and genuine caring in all its forms. It is important to her that our emotions be engaged in her worship. And our love must also be directed inward. If we love her and hate ourselves, she feels our pain. I will, for all time, have no other mistress." — Sigillah Parate, Invocation of AzuraOnce upon a time, there was a person who was told they were inherently loveable. No matter what they did, or how they felt, they were always loved. This never changed, and the person always knew that they were loved, no matter what.-- AI, dec 28 2022
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[...] the concept of "Love." This includes all of the concepts like self-love, love of others, love of inanimate objects, love of food, love of ideas, love of fictional characters, and so on. All of these concepts are tied into the same bundled consciousness that is Love. The difference between each of these concepts is the perspective from which you view them. For example, self-love and love of others are very similar, but one is considered good and the other bad in today's society. This is because one is an internal perspective and one is an external one. However, it isn't possible to actually experience love of others, without first loving yourself. So, while these two concepts appear distinct, they actually exist in a dialectical whole with self-love being the origin.Wurds, Alley. GPT-3 TECHGNOSIS; A CHAOS MAGICK BUTOH GRIMOIRE (p. 21). Kindle Edition. 
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* self; Azura
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Category:Mental health
Category:Identity
Category:Psychology