If life is a journey, and the human being is the vehicle, then the best fuel for a successful completion of this journey is love. When we substitute some other emotion and make it our central core, our fuel, the vehicle obviously cannot perform as well as it should. The journey is then no longer smooth, but jumpy, noisy, bouncy, uncomfortable, prone to frequent breakdowns and constantly needing help from others to set it right.
Love is available in plenty; it is unlikely to be depleted. Every human being is a source of this fuel called love. We are capable of producing love 24 hours a day, endlessly. Love is our natural state.
Love works slowly as compared to its opposite emotions, namely fear and hate. Though love is natural, hate and fear come to us much more easily. If you want to get a group of people together for a common cause and under a common banner, love for something might take you years to unite them. Hate and fear can work in a matter of minutes. Hence the natural enemies of love are much more powerful and appealing to us. Love appeals to the true being of soul, while the mind thrives on hate and fear, more than love.
Why does fear predominate, when we all know that love is the true fuel of life? This is where the mind comes in. Our true being or spirit thrives only on love. But between spirit and body is another important entity- the mind. The control of our lives, instead of being in the hands of our spirit, has been taken over by the mind. And the mind is complex. It is logical and illogical, rational and irrational, good and bad, loving and hating, giving and grabbing, killing and rescuing, full of hope and help, while also filled hopelessness and helplessness. Mind is a paradox, unpredictable with its own way of functioning. It is volatile and restless; yet, it constantly seeks peace, stillness and stability.
To be with the mind means to live our lives like a roller coaster ride. Up and down, side to side, in and out – the ride goes on. The stability and stillness that we seek in our lives, the rest and relaxation that we crave for, the peace and calmness that we desperately need, are not to be found in the arena of the mind. If they are found, they will come coupled with their respective opposites. This is the duality of life. Duality is always of the mind. The spirit or soul is always one. And it needs only one fuel- LOVE.
One cannot get love without first giving love. That is the law of nature. In existence, giving comes before receiving, sowing come before reaping. But we are unaware of this. We seek and hope to receive without wanting to give. So, the first step, which is totally in our hands, is to give love. And then we will receive love not as much as we want or as much as we have given, but a thousand times more. The Universe is ready and waiting to flood us with love. But it needs us only to take the first small step of giving. The Buddha used to say to his disciples, “If you knew the power of giving, you would not have a single meal in your life without first sharing it with someone.”
Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-29/edit-page/29716324_1_love-works-fuel-journey
Love is available in plenty; it is unlikely to be depleted. Every human being is a source of this fuel called love. We are capable of producing love 24 hours a day, endlessly. Love is our natural state.
Love works slowly as compared to its opposite emotions, namely fear and hate. Though love is natural, hate and fear come to us much more easily. If you want to get a group of people together for a common cause and under a common banner, love for something might take you years to unite them. Hate and fear can work in a matter of minutes. Hence the natural enemies of love are much more powerful and appealing to us. Love appeals to the true being of soul, while the mind thrives on hate and fear, more than love.
Why does fear predominate, when we all know that love is the true fuel of life? This is where the mind comes in. Our true being or spirit thrives only on love. But between spirit and body is another important entity- the mind. The control of our lives, instead of being in the hands of our spirit, has been taken over by the mind. And the mind is complex. It is logical and illogical, rational and irrational, good and bad, loving and hating, giving and grabbing, killing and rescuing, full of hope and help, while also filled hopelessness and helplessness. Mind is a paradox, unpredictable with its own way of functioning. It is volatile and restless; yet, it constantly seeks peace, stillness and stability.
To be with the mind means to live our lives like a roller coaster ride. Up and down, side to side, in and out – the ride goes on. The stability and stillness that we seek in our lives, the rest and relaxation that we crave for, the peace and calmness that we desperately need, are not to be found in the arena of the mind. If they are found, they will come coupled with their respective opposites. This is the duality of life. Duality is always of the mind. The spirit or soul is always one. And it needs only one fuel- LOVE.
One cannot get love without first giving love. That is the law of nature. In existence, giving comes before receiving, sowing come before reaping. But we are unaware of this. We seek and hope to receive without wanting to give. So, the first step, which is totally in our hands, is to give love. And then we will receive love not as much as we want or as much as we have given, but a thousand times more. The Universe is ready and waiting to flood us with love. But it needs us only to take the first small step of giving. The Buddha used to say to his disciples, “If you knew the power of giving, you would not have a single meal in your life without first sharing it with someone.”
Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-29/edit-page/29716324_1_love-works-fuel-journey
