Re: Is self-love the greatest medicine?
When Muslim scholars talk about the subject, instead of writing to love yourself, they would say that to know yourself. But to know oneself, one have to love oneself. That is how, one become willing to do anything for oneself that is good for oneself. If one do not love oneself, than one start fulfilling the ego, desire and whims in oneself.
Just imagine, if you love yourself, you would do exercise, limit your food and take care of your health, You will get amazed of how your body and soul work, than would think of the one who created such body and soul (Allah). You will worship and praise Allah that he created you. Knowing your creator, you would realise that you are just a creation of Allah similar to people around you, and thus would start respecting other creations also, because they are created by Allah (one who created you too). Just think, you could not become tormentor of others or harm or kill others, You would accept others with all their goods and bad, limits and sins … just because they are a creation just like you, …
Rumi: Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every other heart.