Greetings Sadhakas,
This week in class
we are considering cultivating unconditional love.
Lord, grant that I might not
so much seek to be loved as to love.
-Saint
Francis of Assisi
Millions of people today suffer from loneliness. Here St. Francis is saying, “I know the cause
of the malady and I know the secret of its complete cure.” No matter what the relationship may be, when
you look upon another person as someone who can give you love, you are really
faking love. That is the simplest word
for it. If you are interested in making
love, in making it grow without end, try looking on that person as someone you
can give your love to – someone to whom you can go on giving always.
Learning to love is like swimming against the current of a
powerful river; most of our conditioning is pushing us in the other
direction. So it is a question of
developing your muscles: the more you use them, the stronger they get. When you put the other person’s welfare
foremost every day, no matter how strong the opposite tide inside, you discover
after a while that you can love a little more today than you did
yesterday. Tomorrow you will be able to
love a little more.
Words to Live By:
Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is
to work on cultivating unconditional love.
Start by putting others needs before your own without any thought of
getting something in return. Try to
extend this love to those closest to you first and move out from there.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington
