Sri Bhagavan and the teachers at his Oneness University often speak about the importance of setting right your relationships as being vital to our progression towards enlightenment.

One of the most important of these relationships is the one you have with yourself. In the video below Bhagavan explains how to fall in love with yourself. Following it is the transcribed text of his words.

--P. J.

Sri Bhagavan Reveals How to
Easily Find Love and Peace

Sri Bhagavan explains how to find peace through acceptance (1:12)

The Importance of Self-Acceptance

All love can only begin with love for oneself. You can only do to others what you do unto yourself. Contemplate on it, and you will discover the way you relate to yourself internally is exactly the way you relate to others.

If you condemn and criticize yourself for every thought, word, or deed of yours, you will certainly do the same to the other also. If you are obsessed and disturbed with your own shortcomings, you will trouble yourself and others as well about their shortcomings too.

When you stop worrying with yourself and accept yourself as you are, you are in love with yourself. You have made peace within, and hence with the world.

Love and peace are synonymous.

Remember, to love your neighbor, you need to love yourself first.

Some of the many deeksha benefits resulting from having Oneness Blessings are better relationships, greater self-acceptance, and inner peace. If self-love and acceptance are difficult for you, remember that deekshas can help you achieve all the above qualities and more. You can easily get deekshas online.