Do you agree that it's moral to treat oneself kindly?

It is imperative that one treat one's self kindly.

The morality comes into play while deciding how kindly is correct. Defining the lines between well fed and gluttony, well rested and slothful, generous and foolish, etc. These are areas where we must set the bar for ourselves, individually.

Do you agree that it's moral to treat oneself kindly?

~~~ Yes and no!

A judgmental person (moral) who judges oneself as 'good' might well 'reward' the vain judgment with a kindness cookie!

That is vanity.

'Morality' is the judging of 'good' and 'evil'!

Kindness also comes from Love, the opposite of the insane vanity that is 'morality'! Pride!

Sometimes Love is unkind! Sometimes Love demands the taking down of the ego a notch or three, and that always hurts!

"Only a Breaking Heart can Love!" - Zen Kahuna

It's moral to treat anyone kindly if doing so does not violate any higher morals. For example, it might be moral to allow ourselves the kindness of forgiveness, but not moral if we consider it kind to ourselves to kill someone.

If we ask the question as to why should someone ever treat oneself unkindly? Why should it ever be immoral to be kind to oneself. This is true sometimes we have to punish ourselves, as we punish the ones we love and care about. But then, ‘I am cruel only to be kind’. The seemingly unkindly acts of sometimes punishment are only meant for some good in the end, as corrective or reparative measures, where all other options have failed.

In case of a one treating oneself in anyway, there is no division of interests that might allow for any chance of injustice taking place. If I treat myself better in comparison with someone else, then there are chances that I might be being self-indulgent. I might for instance be being selfish where it need of me to be sacrificial and charitable. Then, however may it seem that I am being kind or good to myself in reality I would in reality be being unkind.

You see it is not always the question of being morally right or wrong, but of being proper. It is right to see to you your own need, attend to the calling of your own dreams. You are not a keeper of your poor neighbour. But if you despite not being legally or morally obliged were kind to a stranger, a fellow human in dire straits of need, a person who you could help out, then it would be like being really kind to yourself already; an act of goodness itself being the best reward.

Yes. "Give respect and take respect." It is the age-old rule. Follow the same. Your lower self and higher self should understand, adjust and cooperate with each other. There should be good coordination in their thinking. Their wave-lengths should match.

"Love colleague as Self" is approximate rendering of 2nd Commandment of Christ Jesus; one loves Self per 1st Commandment, i.e. "Love God completely." With that, Self-realization, a la "Return to the One: Plotinus's Guide to God-Realization," Brian Hines. Also, "The Path of the Higher Self."

it used to be, however nowadays , due to media and all that crap it seems to be we have an idea of perfection very far from reality, and so we do not treat ourselves kindly, but we constantly mash ourselves to try and e something we are not.

You should treat yourself with gentleness and respect. That should not be confused with demanding a lot from yourself.

Yes.

OF COURSE. Mike