the speaking tree - Love Between Men And Women And Beyond
Mata Amritanandamayi
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Love is an emotion common to all living beings. It is the path one human being can take to reach out to another, and for us to connect to Nature, and Nature to the universe. And the love that overflows all boundaries is `visva matrutvam', universal motherhood.The greatest flowering that can take place on this earth is that of love.A beautiful flower blossoms naturally , even from a small plant. Similarly , love sprouts in our hearts, blossoms and expands. We should permit this flowering from within. There is nothing more profound than the strength and beauty of two hearts that love each other.
Love has the cool freshness of the full moon and brilliance of the sun's rays. But love will not enter our hearts without permission. We should be equally willing to invite within, this love that is waiting. Today , a couple may even proclaim, just to delude others: “We are living together in mutual love and faith.“
This is make-believe love. Love is not something to be imagined or faked, but lived. It is life itself. To pretend is to wear a mask. No matter who dons it, it must be removed.
How did love, which is How did love, which is the intrinsic nature and obligation of a human being, become a mask? It happens in the absence of humility or spirit of compromise. If we just stand by a clear river and look, will our thirst be quenched? In order to quench our thirst, we must bend down and drink the water. All we have to do to fill ourselves with the crystalline waters of love is to surrender.
Men and women in rela tionships today have become like secret police. Whatever they see or hear makes them suspicious. Such doubt robs them of longevity and health. It is like a serious disease.People afflicted with this disease lose their capacity to listen empathetically to the problems of others. Even though many relationships are suffering, we have not lost love forever. If love dies, the universe will die. The eternal ember of love is in eternal ember of love is in everyone. We simply need to blow on it and it will be fanned into flames.
We are seeing more and more species becoming ex tinct. Are we going to allow love to become extinct as well? To prevent extinction of love, we must return to respecting, worshipping and having faith in a divine power. That power is not outside; it is inside, and to discover it, we need to adjust our perspective. For example, while reading a book, what we focus on are only the words, not the paper on which the words have been printed.The paper is the substratum on which the words have been made clear.
Try this experiment with a few people. Cover a fairly big board with white paper. Make a small black mark at the centre of the white paper. Then ask those present, “What do you see?“ Most people will probably say , “I see a small black dot.“ Very few will say , “I see a black mark at the centre of a large piece of white paper.“
Humanity today is like this. Men and women have lost the ability to appreciate that which is the very foundation of life love. When we read, we must be able to see the letters. However, when reading, we must also understand that it is the paper that is the substratum. Similarly , my children must be able to understand that love is the foundation of life.Then all afflictions will vanish and everyone will know peace.
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Love has the cool freshness of the full moon and brilliance of the sun's rays. But love will not enter our hearts without permission. We should be equally willing to invite within, this love that is waiting. Today , a couple may even proclaim, just to delude others: “We are living together in mutual love and faith.“
This is make-believe love. Love is not something to be imagined or faked, but lived. It is life itself. To pretend is to wear a mask. No matter who dons it, it must be removed.
How did love, which is How did love, which is the intrinsic nature and obligation of a human being, become a mask? It happens in the absence of humility or spirit of compromise. If we just stand by a clear river and look, will our thirst be quenched? In order to quench our thirst, we must bend down and drink the water. All we have to do to fill ourselves with the crystalline waters of love is to surrender.
Men and women in rela tionships today have become like secret police. Whatever they see or hear makes them suspicious. Such doubt robs them of longevity and health. It is like a serious disease.People afflicted with this disease lose their capacity to listen empathetically to the problems of others. Even though many relationships are suffering, we have not lost love forever. If love dies, the universe will die. The eternal ember of love is in eternal ember of love is in everyone. We simply need to blow on it and it will be fanned into flames.
We are seeing more and more species becoming ex tinct. Are we going to allow love to become extinct as well? To prevent extinction of love, we must return to respecting, worshipping and having faith in a divine power. That power is not outside; it is inside, and to discover it, we need to adjust our perspective. For example, while reading a book, what we focus on are only the words, not the paper on which the words have been printed.The paper is the substratum on which the words have been made clear.
Try this experiment with a few people. Cover a fairly big board with white paper. Make a small black mark at the centre of the white paper. Then ask those present, “What do you see?“ Most people will probably say , “I see a small black dot.“ Very few will say , “I see a black mark at the centre of a large piece of white paper.“
Humanity today is like this. Men and women have lost the ability to appreciate that which is the very foundation of life love. When we read, we must be able to see the letters. However, when reading, we must also understand that it is the paper that is the substratum. Similarly , my children must be able to understand that love is the foundation of life.Then all afflictions will vanish and everyone will know peace.
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