running from ourselves

Real love of others stems from love of oneself as a soul- not ego loving ego, but soul loving soul. Enforced love activates the false ego. Ego turns love into sentimentality, which is an idea of love. Love is a deep feeling grounded in action. Love is the combined experience of reality and feelings. It is highly rational, because love is real. But you must find this out for yourself. Love is the fruit of heartfulness. And hearftulness is a lifelong journey. When we do the hard work of stilling the mind and opening the heart, we come into love. First we love within, then we love the world……Elizabeth Lesser

this is the dragon-heart slaying the self-effacing and wallowing-in-the-muck shadow self……retrieving the soul from being victim and martyr, roles we shamelessly interchange…..but when our hearts shine with true love, wow…..we redeem our vision, our truth, our longing….

worship your life so that you may love….

So  the laws of the universe merely describe the way things are. These laws aren’t invented; they’re discovered. They are not dependent on our faith. Faith in them merely shows we understand what they are. Violation of these laws doesn’t bespeak a lack of goodness; just a lack of intelligence. We respect the laws of nature in order to survive. And what is the highest internal law? That we love one another. Because if we don’t, we will all die. As surely as a lack of oxygen will kill us, so will a lack of love…..Marianne Williamson

may we remember in our bones how blessed we are, how deep are our choices…..and when we know not what to do, may we choose to love….

Every action that is conscious, and that aims at bringing about a result, arises from a motivation. My religion is very simple: my key motivation is love. My religion is kindness.

…..Dalai Lama