Worthwhile just as we are
We have ideas about ourselves—about how we should be or could be—and we want other people to believe those self-images. We also want the Lama to believe these self-images. The problem is that as long as we want the Lama to believe our self-images we will never begin to practise. We will never take the first step. If we wish the Lama to accept us as being better than we are – there is no hope of anything apart from stagnation. Once we have shed inhibition about dropping self-image however, the situation can improve radically. We can then realise that we are fundamentally good – and that our goodness surpasses notions of worthy and unworthy. We can be worthwhile just as we are.
