Today was my birthday. I felt very loved by myself and people close to me. I’m grateful to be alive.
My deepest wish is to always love Reality for whatever it is. Embrace what is now and go from there. I believe that is what happiness is.
Thank You for how You are now. Thank You for being. I’m sorry I can’t love You always. I wish it could be otherwise, but then again, that’d be not accepting You for what You are once more. So to hell with that – just move through me.
I love You.
If you’re a true lover, you are genuinely interested in that which you love.
I invite you to be a profound lover of Reality. Have a sincere interest in what’s around you. Be fascinated by other people, listen to their stories & what moves them. Notice how whoever you give honest attention to and let them speak their mind, opens up and blossoms in front of your eyes. Reality flowers when you give it attention. It’s a beautiful thing.
Perhaps most importantly, be curious of the reality of you. Your Self blossoms when you simply observe It and let yourself do things. It’s a spectacular unfolding to witness.
To make love flow, you must open your heart to anything that arises and welcome it.
Distressing feelings can arise frequently. When you have time, focus and let yourself process them freely. Don’t run away until they’re dissolved. Stay with them for as long as it takes.
Keep track of how you’re feeling during the day. If something started tormenting you, process it immediately or plan a time for doing so. Don’t become numb to it.
Repeatedly cleanse your heart from barriers to your love. It’s the only way to move on from things and be light and happy.
You can set up regular heart cleansing sessions for yourself. You’ll be better mentally prepared when it’s scheduled. A question you can ask is: “What wishes to go into my heart that I’ve been running from?”.
If you love it, act properly towards it consistently.
Love comes along with a responsibility. You have to own up to the challenge of love. When loving action calls you but it’s resisted and a voice in your head is screaming, always go with love anyway. Don’t hesitate. Actualize your love!
Ultimately, you are Love. It’s your essence. So act like it. Being what you are is your duty.
Love that isn’t cultivated, withers.
If you care about it, pay attention to it and nurture it consistently. This rules applies to anything in life. Lack of engaged attention kills a relationship, skill, mental faculty, object, being. Attention is the life force – if you love it, give it life.
Beware of forgetfulness and inattention. You blink and a previously loving relationship with yourself or your romantic partner is in the dumpster now, due to your negligence. Don’t let that happen.
In love, you want to both give it and receive it. And it’s not much of a difference whether 1) you give love to another person and they give it back to you or 2) you give love to yourself. You can feel loved either way. Both can satisfy you.
It’s usually less intuitive to give yourself love though. It’s also more difficult to register feedback. Did you really feel loved through what you did for yourself? Remember that love is about giving the other what THEY want to receive, not what YOU want to give. This is an issue as much when it’s about giving love to yourself as when it’s about giving it to another. It’s quite difficult to hear your true voice sometimes. It takes real awareness.
When you’re single, practice giving love to yourself. If you really want to get good at it and feel the love, you have to pay great attention to what you do and how you feel afterwards. Does buying yourself flowers “work”? Does writing compliments to yourself on sticky notes “work”? Does taking action on what you really wish to be doing “work”?
The key to success in any love is proper intention (to make the other feel loved) + sharp attention.