Living a Heartfelt, Loving Life
Life is short! Let us live it totally with Love! Whatever we do, let it be full of heart, full of all our passion! Let us explore together the different ways Love manifests in our hearts and how we can learn to live a loving, giving life.
Living a truly loving life starts with love for God or the unseen force that seems to guide the destiny and course of all beings and trillions of solar systems. The mind has to find a higher goal in life, and anchor in the very root of its own existence. It has to slow down, allowing space for peace. It has to allow its emotions to be bridled and offered to one whose grace can uplift the emotion to a state of Divine Love that is unconditional.
As long as one is caught in the trap of human love that is give and take, one cannot rise above this material emotion to the level of spiritual outpouring for the divine union. We all need to first realize that to call God by any name, or no name, we have to purify our minds only to feel its intrinsic peace and tranquility which happens through meditation on the higher light that is the radiance of the divinity.
Love for the divine and channeling all actions and thoughts toward the divine and divinizing every cell of our body to realize the divine is the very purpose of human life. That is the reason whoever has realized that mystical love and ecstasy and surrender has influenced people to walk on the path to true happiness and bliss. They are remembered and worshipped all over the world as their teachings are timeless. We have to follow their footsteps, and regularly read about their lives, sacrifices, self-giving and love toward God, for it is only by loving God with all our heart and soul we will get back our natural rhythm of life. The history of mankind has not a single example of one who cried for God and did not see Him. One who has that vision sees the same truth in all beings and then love happens. When love happens it spreads its fragrance far and wide bringing balance in the lives of many.
Love is the purest of energy. For this energy to manifest the conduit has to be without any obstacle. The ego is the obstacle, the block in the channel. For love to flow the instrument has to be in tune with the divine. Once the instrument, that is you or I, is ready and the ego is surrendered to the divine, then love flows! It is a happening, for there is no DOER for this love. Like a flower flowering, so also love’s fragrance spreads without any INDIVIDUAL DOER. This is what is meant by “love happens.”
Here are some practices we can do to open our hearts so that the divine can flow through us with Love:
Feel the Love in your Heart!
You cannot love others till you have really understood that every love starts from your heart. First make sure you have loved your heart the most, for it is the ultimate giver of all that you plan to give.
Learn to see the good in yourself, to recognize the innate positive light that resides in your heart. Let that glow first. That is the beginning that will open up the gates for what you are trying to attain in your life.
Keep a journal of all the gifts that you have received from the divine hands all through your life. Always learn to be filled with gratitude to the divine for all the infinite gifts of love and forgiveness.
Begin your day ten minutes earlier and spend this ten minutes in sitting quietly, doing nothing. Become a diver; dive inside your fathomless ocean of trillions of cells of your body! Send a deep message that you love your cells, your tissues, all your organs! Put your hand on your chest and say, “I love you, my heart, for being healthy and sending fresh blood of pure love to every cell of my body.” Feel the celebration of your heart and cells! Enjoy the silence. Affirm that only good lies before me, I am healthy, happy and peaceful. Then flow through the day with the divine love within!
Share the Love in your Heart!
Share as much of your heart as possible, go out, reach out, embrace, hug, and give all to those who are bereft of love, trust, and solace! This world needs nothing but LOVE. All else will flow out of it naturally like fragrance from flowers. Remember, love, nothing but love.
When you acknowledge and appreciate those you are with or meet during the day, they just blossom! Get the fragrance of your love, healing and happiness by filling the other with your positive energy! Never wait for the other to love you, be the first!
Celebrate that love that is your birthright and share gifts, share smiles, share happiness, share all that the universe has given you. Celebrate your goodness, your holiness, your divinity and above all your positive power of sharing.
Connect to the right side of your heart, the spiritual heart. Then you are in such deep love with the universe, with all that is, then you cannot stop the spontaneity of doing good. When that happens, good will spread, and good will find its space in the hearts of others; thereby we will live in a world of divine celebration.
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About the Author
Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari (Kolkata, India), is a globally acclaimed motivational and inspirational teacher, author, social advocate and peace maker. Founder of Stress Management Academy, his Simple Art of Managing Stress and Course in Mindfulness are known worldwide, inspiring corporate leadership, students and all seekers of peace and happiness to be the leaders of tomorrow.
Author of the internationally acclaimed My Mind, My Best Friend Shuddhaanandaa was the recipient of the Man of Peace Award from the World Organization for Peace in Mexico, 2012. He is recognized as a visionary social advocate for his development of groundbreaking programs that serve thousands of poverty-stricken individuals in slums of Calcutta, India and remote villages of West Bengal. He founded Lokenath Divine Life Mission in 1985. Please read his books My MInd, My Best Friend: 30 Mindful Practices for a Peaceful and Happy Life, (Spanish, Mi mente, mi mejor amistad), Cleaning the Mirror of Mind: Clutter Free Home, Clutter Free Life and The Incredible Life of a Himalayan Yogi, all available on Amazon Kindle.
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