Empathy can often be confused with projection. It may seem like you feel others’ pain deeply, but the need to heal them comes from your own wounding. There was a time you needed protection, so now you try to save everyone.
May the light of Diwali remind us that from darkness there is knowledge, wisdom, and truth. From division, unity. From despair, hope.
To Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and Buddhists celebrating in America and around the world — from the People’s House to yours, happy Diwali.
When people insist on hating on you, they are only projecting their insecurities onto their idea of you. You are not who they say you are; unless you believe them. Every comment they make about you reveals more about them, then it does about you. So, don't take it personally.
Self-love means to appreciate who you are, while being committed to your evolution. That’s why they fear those who love themselves; because you can’t use their flaws against them and you can’t hinder their growth game.