fbpx
Menu

Compliments

Home→Forums→Emotional Mastery→Compliments

New Reply
Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • July 18, 2014 at 11:59 am #61217
    lysergic
    Participant

    Is there a way to accept compliments without entertaining the ego?

    July 18, 2014 at 12:18 pm #61219
    Matt
    Participant

    Sure… smile, offer gratitude for the kindness, celebrate the connection, keep breathing. The success or failure of the object/moment that inspires the compliment/criticism doesn’t belong to us, we stand on the shoulders of countless heroes and fools. Using maps drawn by others, etc. We’re a part, but just a part. 🙂

    This is trickier to see when we come into awareness through mind altering substances. One friend described it as “hallucinogens are like seeing the top of the mountain. Meditation is like actually petal-ling to the top on our little bike.” Your mileage may vary.

    Namaste, friend, may your pride and shame unweave into laughing humility. Its only life, no biggie. 🙂

    With warmth,
    Matt

    July 18, 2014 at 1:00 pm #61222
    Dain Supero
    Participant

    Yes, genuinely say “thank you.”

    That is all.

    July 18, 2014 at 9:23 pm #61243
    @Jasmine-3
    Participant

    Thanks everyone.

    Hi Lysergic (what an interesting alias :))

    When I get a compliment, I just say thanks with a big smile and in my mind, I remind myself that I am not the doer. I am just the medium for the light to pass through to the others. This keeps me grounded and growing at the same time.

    Jasmine

    July 19, 2014 at 6:10 am #61253
    Big blue
    Participant

    Hi Lysergic,

    Yes by all means accept the compliment graciously.

    First, you deserve it.

    Second, they deserve to be thanked.

    It’s simple, yet priceless, reciprocity.

    Savor the moment.

    (This is a test. For the next 60 seconds you will practice savoring the moment…………if this were not a test, you would be graciously thanking the person with a smile and savoring the moment. We now return to the Tiny Buddha – see I can spell it correctly – network.)

    …is there an opportunity today to pay it forward?

    Big blue

    PS: The test was a memory thing to help. 🙂

    • This reply was modified 9 years, 9 months ago by Big blue.
    July 19, 2014 at 6:32 pm #61268
    lysergic
    Participant

    Thanks for all the responses.


    @Matt     i totally agree with your friend

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Please log in OR register.