Psychology
The Fifth Column & The Hungry Ghost
2 min readOct 7, 2021
The two biggest foes of self-acceptance are The 5th Column and The Hungry Ghost. The Fifth Column is the saboteur within. The Hungry Ghost makes us feel that we’re “never enough”.
Developing self-acceptance doesn’t mean it’s OK to not have a conscience or goals. The right dose of perceiving ourselves as “having done a bad thing” or “not doing enough” is key…