With Love; Blessings for 2015

With Love

"Whatever you do, do it from a space of love."
He said that. To me.
Wisdom.

Did I understand then? Not quite.

From love. The heart.
From that part
Inside that IS the whole.
Soul.

Beauty and Bliss.
From this,

From this place, I can do no harm.
Can cause no pain.

Act. With Love.
Think. With Love.
Be. With Love.

Only Love. Is Real.
Feel.

Feel deep. Go there.
Finding the courage to face yourself.
And to stay.

This.
Is Love.

All that we do, and all that we seek,
Guided or misguided,
Is because of Love–
Love of Self.

Self-Love!
Fill up. Overflow!
Let it flow.
Let it grow.
And know, that there is really nothing to know.
So let go.
Gentle softening. Surrender.
So tender. The mender, of hearts.


With Love.
Eternal.

A passage from Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj in I AM THAT:

"That which you are, your true self, you love it, and whatever you do, you do for your own happiness. To find it, to know it, to cherish it is your basic urge. Since time immemorial you loved yourself, but never wisely. Use your body and mind wisely in the service of the self; that is all. Be true to your own self; love your self absolutely. Do not pretend to love others as yourself. Unless you have realized them as one with yourself, you cannot love them. Don't pretend to be what you are not; don't refuse to be what you are. Your love of other is the result of self-knowledge, not its cause. Without self-realization, no virtue is genuine. When you know beyond all doubting that the same life flows through all that is and you are that life, you will love all naturally and spontaneously. When you realize the depth and fullness of your love of yourself, you know that every living being and the entire universe are included in your affection. But when you look at anything as separate from you, you cannot love it because you are afraid of it. Alienation causes fear and fear deepens alienation. It is a vicious circle. Only self-realization can break it. Go for it resolutely." (187)