"The results of some of our negative programming is often pointed out to us by friends or relatives. But most people ignore such criticism from others. And unfortunately, sometimes criticism is given during the heat of an argument, which makes it even more difficult to accept. So even though someone may give you truthful and valid criticism, because the separate self goes into a stronger ‘defense mode’in such situations, its basic ego defense mechanisms usually defeat your even becoming aware of your problems. For instance, I’m sure that during an argument you’ve had someone say to you something like, ‘You’re always so ‘such and such’!!’(Or you’ve said it to someone else during arguments). It doesn’t usually get anywhere because the selfish separate self’s defenses go up, right? Regardless of whether what is being said is valid or not. And sometimes it is valid, and sometimes it’s not. When someone criticizes you, sometimes that’s just them projecting their own problem, and trying to transfer it to you, or it’s partly true, but mixed with their own viewpoint, or tainted and distorted by anger, envy, or whatever. But many times it may really be revealing an actual problem you have - something you may want to change if you thought about it and gave it a chance. But the problem is, even when they are mirroring your own problems to you, if the criticism is contaminated, because they have their own problems mixed in - they are not a clear mirror of your problem. And that makes it much more difficult for your selfish separate self, and your true inner self, to accept the truth in it, or even see what part is true and what isn’t. So straightening yourself out with the help of such unclear mirror criticisms and opinions, is like trying to shave or “do your hair”, using a very dirty, extremely warped ‘fun house’mirror that is distorting your true reflection. It can still be done of course. But to even see your self clearly at all, through such unclear, distorted, contaminated criticism, you must first have transcended your “self”defense mechanisms. And if you aren’t at a level of consciousness in which you are free from your separate self’s defense mechanisms and ego .." https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Ge6wnBIPA/?igshid=1fsyh2633amwl
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