“Over the years, I
have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success,
popularity, or power, but self-rejection.
Success, popularity,
and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality
often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to
self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us
worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily
perceived as attractive solutions.
The real trap,
however, is self-rejection.
As soon as someone
accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or
abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am
a nobody." ... [My dark side says,] I am no good... I deserve to be pushed
aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned.
Self-rejection is the
greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice
that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core
truth of our existence.”
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