the Unlimited Lover
In the deepest spiritual sense, love is unlimited, unconditional, undefinable, indescribable. Yet every writer, artist, musician, and movie star spends a lifetime trying to portray it in. But in what form and under whose rules are we portraying it. And is it truly love or just some hybrid by which we base all our relationships and interactions with others?
Society in all its forms conveys love & relationship as something that is limited, rule-bound, and clearly defined. We even have a legal establishment (marriage) for it that creates more trouble than it's worth often times, especially considering the 50%+ divorce rate and the saga that goes along with the ending of relationships. Why do we insist that we should only love or "express" love to one person at a time when for centuries before in ancient and indigenous cultures, love wasn't limited to one person or group but seen as a ritual expression of Divinity and Union with Self, God, & Other.
What would it take to let go of our attachment to "my" wife, husband, partner, etc. which is truly just a claiming of possession. A possession which is actually a delusion because no human can ever truly "own or possess" another human and their inherent Spirit that is guiding them on their unique path that just happens to come into contact with our's (for a limited time). So enjoy this moment; don't let it pass unacknowledged. Then let it go when it's done, returning to one's Self. One's True Source of Love and Stability.
So what would your life be like if love & relationship had no rules except the personal beliefs and boundaries that each of us placed in it so that it best served our needs and our Truth on our Path?
How would your life be different....if you could reach out to hold the hand of a new friend or embrace a stranger just because you felt a present moment connection and wanted to honor and acknowledge it in that moment. If when the relationship you had been so present for was no longer serving all your needs (which it never could) and you and your present lover acknowledged that and gave space and permission for each of you to find what you needed in yourself or with another - neither totally abandoning the current relationship OR forcing it to be more than it was.
Why the desperate need to 'hold on' when what we are holding on to is merely an illusion because in fact it is not serving a purpose or we're trying to 'make' it serve a purpose it never could. A purpose that we as individuals were meant to find and give to ourselves if we want true, lasting happiness.
So why not become your own unlimited, best Lover? The only one in your life who will ever truly "know & see" you completely, light & dark, happy & sad, clear & confused.
What compels us to seek complete satisfaction not only outside ourselves but in a singular other? Another Soul who is doing the best they can on their Path to have a love affair with themselves too.
So, what would it be like to let love & relationship serve you in better knowing and loving yourself? Because it is only when we truly claim our own magnificent power and light can we attract others as bright and strong as we are.
Only then can we truly experience how we are "a fragment of Life's heart."
Society in all its forms conveys love & relationship as something that is limited, rule-bound, and clearly defined. We even have a legal establishment (marriage) for it that creates more trouble than it's worth often times, especially considering the 50%+ divorce rate and the saga that goes along with the ending of relationships. Why do we insist that we should only love or "express" love to one person at a time when for centuries before in ancient and indigenous cultures, love wasn't limited to one person or group but seen as a ritual expression of Divinity and Union with Self, God, & Other.
What would it take to let go of our attachment to "my" wife, husband, partner, etc. which is truly just a claiming of possession. A possession which is actually a delusion because no human can ever truly "own or possess" another human and their inherent Spirit that is guiding them on their unique path that just happens to come into contact with our's (for a limited time). So enjoy this moment; don't let it pass unacknowledged. Then let it go when it's done, returning to one's Self. One's True Source of Love and Stability.
So what would your life be like if love & relationship had no rules except the personal beliefs and boundaries that each of us placed in it so that it best served our needs and our Truth on our Path?
How would your life be different....if you could reach out to hold the hand of a new friend or embrace a stranger just because you felt a present moment connection and wanted to honor and acknowledge it in that moment. If when the relationship you had been so present for was no longer serving all your needs (which it never could) and you and your present lover acknowledged that and gave space and permission for each of you to find what you needed in yourself or with another - neither totally abandoning the current relationship OR forcing it to be more than it was.
Why the desperate need to 'hold on' when what we are holding on to is merely an illusion because in fact it is not serving a purpose or we're trying to 'make' it serve a purpose it never could. A purpose that we as individuals were meant to find and give to ourselves if we want true, lasting happiness.
So why not become your own unlimited, best Lover? The only one in your life who will ever truly "know & see" you completely, light & dark, happy & sad, clear & confused.
What compels us to seek complete satisfaction not only outside ourselves but in a singular other? Another Soul who is doing the best they can on their Path to have a love affair with themselves too.
So, what would it be like to let love & relationship serve you in better knowing and loving yourself? Because it is only when we truly claim our own magnificent power and light can we attract others as bright and strong as we are.
Only then can we truly experience how we are "a fragment of Life's heart."
Comments
Post a Comment