The world is set up in such a way that we are told we must consume everything we cut down trees in the blink of an eye that may have taken many decades or even centuries to grow, just for a bit of energy. Right now we are not making it easy on ourselves to nurture respect and kindness. For me, this is the beauty of spirituality, the bottom line. If we can develop mutual respect, then loving kindness will naturally blossom. We try to control it and once you try to control love, it can never be true. Or we find love and then the fear sets in that we might lose it, or it’s not quite perfect. These are the patterns of thought that our ego creates to keep us where we are, trapped in our beliefs. So many people describe themselves in terms of love: “I will never find love”, “I always get rejected in the end”, “I just want to be loved”. How we define or see love is a part of our self-image. If we can learn over time to embrace our vulnerability, we will be less likely to put up those barriers that prevent true love from getting a look-in. It accepts that the future is uncertain, it is very honest, very human. Vulnerability can actually be a very good thing if we look at it in that way. Fear is an ally of the ego, constantly trying to keep the status quo, keep things nice and tidy and just as they are, rather than opening up to new and unknown possibilities. Alongside love, feelings of fear and vulnerability are natural. I’m not saying dwell on the unhappiness but accept it and then allow yourself to move on from these old patterns of feeling.Īnything can happen today and tomorrow, so don’t label yourself but perhaps take a few lessons with you and give yourself the chance to heal.
I think love in its purest form is unconditional full#
Some will be happy, some more sad or full of regret. Allow yourself to explore all your feelings around the word ‘love’.
Now while all that is true, filial love, the love between parent and child, between man and woman or siblings are all manifestations of the essential material, but the limitations imposed on it by us is what corrodes the original, natural texture of love.
When you lose what you know as love, these are the emotions it generates and that should be the first sign to you that love cannot be this exclusive arrangement between you, your lover, your wife and family. Think again, and the world will tell you that love is also the reason most people are sad, depressed, lonely or angry.