Self-worth

Buddhist Boot Camp Podcast

Timber Hawkeye

Spirituality, Buddhism, Awareness, Calm, Society & Culture, Meditation, Mindful, Buddhist, Philosophy, Awake, Minimalist, Innerpeace, Selfhelp, Spiritual, Education, Aware, Mindfulness, Self-improvement

4.8 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

If we're dependent on outside validation for a sense of self-worth, then we run the risk of living our entire lives polishing an image that pleases others rather than having awareness of our inherent worth by simply living and working with integrity. We've been told a story of hierarchy and then urged to make it to the top so we can look down on others, but I don't think our value is a contest or a competition; we all serve a purpose. And if we can live in peace with ourselves and with others, then we are part of the solution by not being part of the pollution.

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0:17.0	Welcome to the Buddhist Boot Camp Podcast. Our intention is to awaken, enlighten, enrich, and inspire a simple and uncomplicated life. Discover the benefits of mindful living with your host, Timber Hawkeye. Before I talk about our sense of self-worth and the possible reasons we look outside ourselves
0:32.2	for validation, I'm grateful to let you know
0:34.4	that later this month I'll be giving a talk at Folsom State Prison.
0:38.3	This is only made possible thanks to listeners just like you who see the value in Buddhist
0:42.4	Boot camp and show their support
0:44.0	with just one dollar a month through Patreon.com slash Buddhist boot camp.
0:48.0	So on behalf of everyone benefiting from your
0:52.8	podcast possible and for supporting our books to prisons program.
0:56.2	Every time you order a book from Buddhist bootcamp.com another copy is
1:00.0	donated to the Prison Library Project on your behalf.
1:03.4	It's a really cool program that only exists thanks to you,
1:06.5	so thank you for being a soldier of peace
1:08.6	in the Army of Love.
1:10.3	Most of us grew up on praise for good behavior and punishment for bad.
1:15.0	The Judeo-Christian theology postulates that we are all born sinners, and the best we can do is hope that by
1:20.6	the time we die our good deeds outweigh the bad so we can be worthy of entry
1:25.0	through the gates of heaven instead of burning in hell for all of eternity.
1:29.0	The ward Buddha is not a name but a term that means awake. According to Buddhism, we are not from our agreed hatred and ignorance causes suffering in a sort of living hell if you would.
1:48.0	So the concept of eternal damnation is not a destination to which we are sent after we die, it is the anguish we experience while we're still alive unless we learn to live in peace with ourselves and with others.
2:00.0	But this is where it gets tricky. Religion asks us to accept what it tells us is the truth, often without question or doubt,
2:08.0	whereas Buddhism, or any spiritual path for that matter does the exact opposite. It tells us not to accept any truth, even if it is given
2:16.0	to us by someone of great stature, unless we question everything we are told and test it the
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