on Self-Love … (05/03/08)
The ego-based belief that you need to harbor ‘love’ for yourself first before giving any to others is possibly the most destructive myth of the human mind …
As long as you are focusing on getting enough of this tenuous ‘love’ for yourself, you cannot give ANY truly powerful Love to anyone else. Besides, the ego is never satisfied with it’s own level of ‘being loved’; allWays wanting just a bit more …
I realize this is a scary concept, and yet I have repeatedly experienced it to be True … The only way I have found to have a potent, positive influence on others’ lives is to radically Care for them — especially in those moments when ‘nothing is coming back’. It is in these times that you come to understand the most amazing of Truths about Life: You need absolutely no Love from any external source to be Happy and Content!
Indeed, you (along with the rest of the Universe) are composed of the same essence as Love itself — You breathe Love, eat Love, think using Love and ARE Love!!!
I realize that this concept might sound a bit ‘foofy’, and yet its ‘foofiness’ does not keep it from being completely and powerfully True. Of course, you will only be able to experience this Truth in your Life if and when you decide to courageously and repeatedly apply it in those very moments when you least want to do so …
AND, the Universe Loves you regardless … AND I Love you regardless … AND the True-Selves of others Love you regardless …
This Truth is the greatest Gift I have to Give, and it is so rarely received (both because it’s so frightening and because we’ve been incorrectly taught that it’s ‘dangerous’). I can’t convince you it’s True for You, and I wouldn’t rob you of the Faith required to see for yourself even if I could. You will have constant opportunities given to you to engage this Truth and experience It for yourSelf for as long as you live …
So, relax and smile … Be at Peace in this Moment and know that you can live this True Love whenever you wish (or never if you wish!). It is my only wish that you find whatever level of Peace is Right for you, and then that you maintain that perfect Joy for the rest of your Life …
It’s an amazingly difficult road, to be sure (it still is for Me as well, and I’ve been walking this Beautiful Path for several years now!) — and yet it’s difficulty is what makes it so Wonder-full in those moments we choose to courageously Walk It … EnJOY!
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