Is it ? Is it not ?
In my conversations and observation, often times love comes out as an overrated emotion to some and deeply relevant to others. On one hand, people say that there isn’t anything called unconditional love & mankind has lost touch and ability to deeply love. The other set would swear by the profound affect love had on their lives. I’m going to walk on a tight rope so please don’t judge before reading till the end.
Let’s give ten seconds to feel what arises inside when you think about Love ? Stop and think before you read further !
Was it someone’s image that came to mind or a happy memory or a longing ? In this ten seconds, your mind thought about love so while it might be related to feeling loved remotely, you probably didn’t get closer to the emotion.
Let’s give ten seconds to witness what arises inside when I ask you to feel how is it to be loved ? Stop and feel before you read further !
Was it a joyous or thrilling or painful or happy feeling or maybe a combination of all? As we tried to feel, we got closer to the emotional self and experienced palpable sensations.
These quick two experiments tell us about the tenacious nature of emotions. Often times, we behave, act and react differently depending on whether we are thinking from the mind or feeling from the heart. There is no right or wrong and we all chose one over the other at different life situations.
Question is – is it all that is to Love ? Is there another dimension that could be explored. Yes there is, and we all tap on that door sometimes though briefly. Let’s call it “loving state of being”.
The experience is beyond words, feeling surreal, unaware of self, blissed out state and deep peace could be taken as few signpost. The signposts indicate the possibility of unbound harmony, oneness with all beings in the universe and unbound ecstasy. The prospects are so irresistible, still as humans why we fail to walk further down this road ? Can we practice to achieve such state all the time ? What are the hindrances ?
I’ll start with hindrances as they are obvious and everywhere. There are few aspects of us individuals that make it tough to be in loving state of being.
Being judgmental about others introduces a disconnect and we do not think of two of us at the same plane, it could something as trivial as choice of clothes, taste in music to value system or spiritual beliefs. All it takes is awareness of our thoughts and some vigilance to not judge others when mind starts the commentary.
Treat everyone with one yardstick is one simple aspect of our daily lives that could make all the difference. It’s simple yet not so easy to do. We usually want to believe that we are better than others and sometimes lesser than some. Mostly it’s the mind that wants to bloat our ego and makes us believe that separation from fellow beings is for real in order to feel special. If we could see through the drama and explore the oneness in every being, mind tricks won’t work. We are but a spec in the elaborate construct of universe and make the collective consciousness alongside nature, animal kingdom and of course fellow humans. We are all the same, in different costumes that’s all.
Afraid to be hurt is probably the biggest irony of it all. We all always try to shoo away sorrow, misery and try it all to not get hurt. The jury is out and the verdict remains that we all get hurt. It is bound to happen as there will be moments of joy so will there be bouts of heartbreak and pain. What we lose out by being ‘afraid of being hurt’ is to fully live the moment. We often spend the moment thinking of next minute. If we could just open our arms wide and embrace life as it comes, our hearts open to possibilities.
I hope you agree to some degree that the above hurdles can be overcome with being aware and living consciously. With our open hearts, we love ourselves completely and that’s the starting point of a beautiful journey.
Let me know your thoughts or shall I say feelings on the above note 🙂
First shared on Pracheta’s journey, 10/02/2017
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