Asteya: Yourself

Asteya- non-stealing

“While this principle embodies the physical act of stealing, it also defines stealing on the energetic level and is sometimes defined as appropriate acquisition. Asteya is a refusal to take something that doesn’t belong to us, whether it’s tangible or not. It also means to never diminish the value of things other deem valuable”.

We steal from ourselves energetically every single day.

When we are not living mindfully and in the present moment, we are stealing joy and life from ourselves. We are robbing ourselves of what is true.

When we are eating unhealthy and consuming toxic things, we are stealing future years off of our life. We are taking life away from ourselves!

When we compare ourselves to others, we are stealing self love and confidence from ourselves. Which we all deserve and is our birthright.

When we are lazy, we are stealing productivity and creation from ourselves. We are robbing our truest potential in this life.

Reflect on these things and write down how you will begin to not steal these from yourself:

-Mindfully living

-Consuming unhealthy things

-Comparison

-Laziness

-Anything else you know you steal from yourself