It's so good to see you write this. I've come to the conclusion that the only thing that determines how good or bad one's life will be is how much one love him/herself. I actually end each of my meditation sessions with rounds of "i love you" mantras!
I appreciate the thought on who is loving and who is receiving (or rejecting) love within the intrapersonal dynamic. I think all that we can do when identified with our egos is try to stop blocking the love always flowing from Self/source. Try to be willing to breathe into the presence of that love with full awareness and not fill our heads with all the reasons we've been trained to feel we aren't deserving. Stop striving and planning and scheming to get to some better moment and some better version of ourselves in it that will earn us the right to be loved, and just allow ourselves to notice how much we ARE loved.
Thank you so much for these additional reflections! ❤️
Yes, allow ourselves to notice how much we are Love without any reasons or need to proof it. Indeed, we are used to look for valid reasons, that we deserve Love.
Instead, the "I love you" exercise is most needed, when our mind doesn't find any reason at all. This is the exact moment, where we deserve more Love not less!