Critic

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Being critic is one of the integral aspect of life. Since birth we have been critic by parents, siblings, relatives, caretakers, friends, teacher, colleague, boss or even strangers consciously or unconsciously. Every time we are being critic we form a solution or evolve current solution to protect ourselves from the hurt and attack.

The solution that we create is in the form of an inner critic part that judges us before the external world come down on us. It may seems like a clever solution but the problem is that as this inner critic part live with us through life. We slowly forget about it but it is still working in our background. Imagine a kid being scolded and punished by his parents for playing in the garden and getting his clothes dirty, if this forms an inner critic in him he may never be able to appreciate nature in the truest sense. And he may also not know why he hates the outdoor. It kind of rob his life experiences away.

There are many types of inner critic like pusher, controller, comparer, saboteur, destroyer, guilt tripper, perfectionist, conformist etc.

Everyday some form of sadness, worry, fear and pain creep  into us suddenly without our conscious knowing. Sometimes they snowball into a big one and ruin our day in a huge way. Most of these occurrences could be the nifty work of our inner critics. It can be such a torment as we truly can run but cannot hide from them.

We cant escape from it but we certainly could learn, understand and resolve it with compassion one step at a time.

 

 

4 thoughts on “Critic

  • January 10, 2015 at 7:35 pm
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    U have given such a clear synopsis of what was learnt in the inner critic study, Jon.

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  • January 11, 2015 at 10:55 am
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    Victims tear people down
    Leaders lift people up
    Anyone can be a critic
    What makes greatness
    is seeing the best in others

    – Robin Sharma

    May greatness prevail.

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    • January 11, 2015 at 9:45 pm
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      Great quote. Tks for sharing.

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