What is Loving Others and What is Loving Yourself?

Are you too kind to those who are cruel to you? Do you actually need to separate yourself from those who are evil in order to be loving to yourself? Image by Freepik

I’ve noticed in myself and others that we can follow this “rule” of love. That we need to love everybody. 

However, in my spirituality, in my channeling with The Divine, one needs to love themselves first and foremost. 

It’s like the adage, put your air mask on first on the plane before putting it on others. 

You need to attend to your needs. If you are starving, how can you help others who are? You would be dead. 

If somebody is cruel to you, and tears you and others down, then that would bring you down, and then you would not be able to love others as much as you would like to, because you would then be down and depressed, and not able to lift others up with love like you would like to. 

So be courageous. Set boundaries. Do not associate with people who are evil, unkind, cruel. That would not be loving to your own body or to others. It could hurt your relationships. It could ruin your life. 

Your body is a temple. Sacred. Treat it that way. Love yourself, first and foremost. 

If somebody has massive problems, that are beyond your abilities to heal or withstand, then you need a separation. 

That person(s) need to deal with their issues on their own, in a different situation, in a different way. It is not your responsibility. 

Do not bring their karma into your life. 

Keep yourself as clean as possible. Associate with those of higher frequencies who lift you up, and who you lift up, together. 

That is kind to yourself, your body, your friends, and anybody else you associate with. 

I hope this clarification is helpful to you and your precious heart and soul. 

Written by

Ashley Heacock, Researcher, Writer, Mentor, Healer, Guide 
MIT Sloan School of Management, MBA
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, MPA
The George Washington University, BA Economics, BA International Affairs
Contact: ashleyheacock@gmail.com
Website: awakeningconsciousness.community