Karma Yoga gives us nine obstacles to overcome, in order to have in our life, vitality, happiness and peace. The first is ill health. Just remember to practice prevention over cure because the most important thing in your life is your health. Without it everything else is meaningless. The second obstacle is boredom. Boredom is an emotion, or signal that lets you know that you are doing something that doesn’t give you satisfaction. Boredom can appear in two ways: being lethargic (feeling tired), or agitation (feeling irritated). And none of this leads to happiness, fulfillment and success.
The third obstacle is doubting your self-worth. One of the greatest obstacles to living an authentic, beautiful and happy life is self-doubt. When we doubt our capacity to love, to say the right thing, to do good, and to be our authentic self, we live in fear of not being good enough. This binds us to the three basic fears in life; being rejected; being unloved; dying.
Karma teaches us to observe life and part of that observing is how you think of yourself. We all have moments when we doubt ourselves. That usually happens when we look externally for validation rather than look within. We let social media, family, coworkers, and those around us define what we wear, the behaviors we should adopt, and the beliefs we should uphold. That’s why karma keeps reminding us that our work here is not about the material world, but about working on ourselves. According to Karma you chose this body and this life to discover, even in mist of life’s chaos and moments of self-doubt, the beautiful, unique individual inside of you.
To overcome self-doubt takes self-love and that take work – that’s karma – let’s get started:
END: The next time you’re feeling inadequate, take a few minutes to quiet the world around you and take a breath. Loving yourself is the key to loving others and being the best, you can be. Self-doubt can ruin so many of the beautiful things in life. It causes us to miss out on new work opportunities, giving back to others, and living freely. Taking a few small steps today to increase your self-love will banish doubt and help you grow in confidence.
EGO: Flip your palms up and extend your index finger – the symbol of your ego. Remember your ego want to protect you from getting hurt. This can be a good thing when faced with danger, but its deeper fears of not being accepted, fear of not being loved and fear of dying comes from a place of self-doubt. It forgets that the universe at its purest is a living, accepting, and loving place. Comparing yourself to others, or questioning your abilities feeds into the egos fear.
Pull your index finger in and place your thumb on top. Take a moment and surrender to your soul. The soul knows that we are all unique and on our own journey, while at the same time interconnected with everything and everyone in the world for the sole purpose of working our karma, and part of working your karma is to overcome the obstacle of self-doubt. When it arises, and it will, just remember you are a live, so live fully, love yourself, and honor your self- worth. Overcome the obstacles of ill health, boredom and self-doubt and you are on the road to health happiness and peace and that is what it means to live a successful life.
Namaste~ may you walk the path of life with health, happiness and peace.
Doctor Lynn
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