Use “I” or “You” in inner dialogue?

[pmargb]

When speaking to yourself, do you use first or second person? Is one better than the other?

I’ve found that I currently lean strongly towards the second person. I think I trained myself to do this a while back in an early effort to separate my egoic self from the higher Self. It was constructive for a time, but now I’ve encountered a new challenge. This impersonal approach has created somewhat of a distance/ dissociation in myself, and I think I neglected to build an entirely loving connection there. 

In proceeding towards practices of self-love, I’m unsure whether to remain in a second person dialogue, or whether to reestablish the first person in order to nurture the sense of oneness?

I would love to hear input and advice!

[Norbert Lennartz]

Speak like an Apache, Comanche, etc.

[DrewNows]

Ego part of you so treat it like it’s as such when working toward integration. It’s you but not in totality.

Forget about the semantics 

[Rilles]

2 hours ago, pmargb said:

When speaking to yourself, do you use first or second person? Is one better than the other?

I’ve found that I currently lean strongly towards the second person. I think I trained myself to do this a while back in an early effort to separate my egoic self from the higher Self. It was constructive for a time, but now I’ve encountered a new challenge. This impersonal approach has created somewhat of a distance/ dissociation in myself, and I think I neglected to build an entirely loving connection there. 

In proceeding towards practices of self-love, I’m unsure whether to remain in a second person dialogue, or whether to reestablish the first person in order to nurture the sense of oneness?

I would love to hear input and advice!

A once visited a psychologist who reminded everytime I used ”you”. Try to own what you say and feel. Use ”I” as much as possible.