"Life is sweet, because it thinks of the BELOVED. "
There definitely are some moments in everyone's life. When one asks oneself -- How much am i loved ? How much my loved one's love me ? Many times we satisfy ourselves, that yes, we are loved. Many times , in nearest relationship, we even put up the question , in words- How much do you love me ?
Many disciples go through this question in their spiritual "journey ". When heart whispers and craves for this one answer , coming straight from BELOVED's mouth --- How much do YOU love me MASTER ??? How many times heart yearns to once listen from HIM---- yes, HE loves us.
Why ? Why ? do we need these words ??
May be through millions of lifetimes journey, we never encountered UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. May be through million of life's journey we never once were able to bestow- Unconditional Love. And so, none of us have faintest idea, what exactly is this Love without Conditions ?
We have been intellectually, trying , since ages , to define LOVE. Trying to bind this feeling in words. And yet, since ages, none of us is ever satisfied, that yes, we have finally managed, to completely catch the essence of Love in words. That , for once, the definition of Love is complete. It never happens. Since we have never yet encountered Love in it's full glory. Love Unconditionally.
Our love is bound with two chains- Expectations and Judgements. Try as we mite. We can never let go of these two chains. If some lucky soul is lucky enough to let go one of these, one still remains. We expect and we judge. With expectations comes disappointments and complaints. And with judgement comes ego and yet again- complaints.
Nearest to unconditional love comes the one love of- Mother. And yet, with us humans even the love of a mother fells short. Even a mother can not give up expectation or judgement. Give the best of mother a child- who is fulfilling a complete definition of evil, and she is bound to feel bad about her child. She is bound to react. Unable to love a child who is immersed in filth of evil. Herself being the one who thru out her life shrank from anything , which , in her opinion is bad. Nah, even she can't forgive.
So, as we have never really encountered , thru out our journey , unconditional love. Love that never expects , never judge, eternally forgives, ever ready to embrace , even if we are completely soiled in filth. How then we recognize , when we receive or even see such love ? WE CAN'T . And so we keep asking. How much do you love me ??
And when HE comes in our life, when we finally encounter Unconditional Love, we are taken by surprise. Unable to accept , we feel the need of assurance, a need for security, a need to believe. A need to pinch ourselves and ask----- Is it true ?? And we rather ask- How much do YOU love me MASTER ??
HE will typically never answer- in those cherished three words. HE will always try to tell us all about GOD's love. But there is one assurance . HE understands our need for words.
Though HE is here to take us beyond words. Yet HE understands. That may be one reason, HE let us put this one question again and again. In heart, or even face to face. It's us, we can't yet fully accept or comprehend the enormity of thing called Unconditional Love. We can not understand how does it feel... never to be judged. How does it feels never expecting anything in return, not even love, and yet being given love, or being LOVED. Nor can we understand being forgiven again and again and again.... forgiven as many times, as it takes , for us to finally bent and mend our ways. Just because being forgiven everytime was tooo much for us.
Thoreau said---
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
And MASTERS knows how to Love more and more and more. This is THEIR only way to attract us out of illusions that we persist to play in.
MARK TWAIN said, which stands true for us-- Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. This desire is inherent in all of us. This desire is actually the desire of soul. And in answer to this desire, HE HIMSELF comes and irresistibly desires us. This is HIS unconditional Love. HE limits HIMSELF in a body made of five elements. And suffers the self imposed limitations. What bigger example there can be of U.L. ? :) The Limitless power limiting itself, just to woo us back , to our own home. To take us in HIS loving , comforting arms, HE limits HIMSELF, becomes our most trusted guide and friend. And COAX us to taste the samples of Unconditional Love. HE wants us to live in this love, experience this love, and accept this love as our right. What better deal can we ever find in any relation ? NONE.
There was once a great soul.... who feeling the enormity of this love said one sentence---- Who has even seen the sweet ocean itself, coming to quench the thirst of thirsty ?
We sin, and HE forgives, we again sin, and HE again forgives, we yet again dare to sin, and HE yet again forgives, till we can sin no more. We forget HIM, yet HE loves, we again forget HIM, HE yet again keeps loving and waiting, we yet again forget HIM and turn to world, HE still keeps waiting and loving us, till we can forget HIM no more. And thru all this, HE never once complain, judge, expects or become harsh with us. Coz HE knows the lethal depths and outcomes of HIS unconditional love. :)
So before , we again feel doubt, and yet again ask HIM- how much do YOU love me ? It will be better to remember---- HE is here for us, isn't HE ??? and that's enough. That's more then enough. :)
In the end....
By Anthony De Mello...
He who wants to do good, knocks at the gate: He who loves finds the door open.
When we try to meditate, we knock at HIS door... The day we fell in love with just being there with HIM.... we find the doors ..... open....
Let's us just pick one drop of HIS unconditional love and that will be enough for us to find the forever open , doors to HIS heart ---- open.. That's how much HE loves us. ......
So how much do YOU love me MASTER ?? :)
Peace and Bliss to all.....
Roohi
There definitely are some moments in everyone's life. When one asks oneself -- How much am i loved ? How much my loved one's love me ? Many times we satisfy ourselves, that yes, we are loved. Many times , in nearest relationship, we even put up the question , in words- How much do you love me ?
Many disciples go through this question in their spiritual "journey ". When heart whispers and craves for this one answer , coming straight from BELOVED's mouth --- How much do YOU love me MASTER ??? How many times heart yearns to once listen from HIM---- yes, HE loves us.
Why ? Why ? do we need these words ??
May be through millions of lifetimes journey, we never encountered UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. May be through million of life's journey we never once were able to bestow- Unconditional Love. And so, none of us have faintest idea, what exactly is this Love without Conditions ?
We have been intellectually, trying , since ages , to define LOVE. Trying to bind this feeling in words. And yet, since ages, none of us is ever satisfied, that yes, we have finally managed, to completely catch the essence of Love in words. That , for once, the definition of Love is complete. It never happens. Since we have never yet encountered Love in it's full glory. Love Unconditionally.
Our love is bound with two chains- Expectations and Judgements. Try as we mite. We can never let go of these two chains. If some lucky soul is lucky enough to let go one of these, one still remains. We expect and we judge. With expectations comes disappointments and complaints. And with judgement comes ego and yet again- complaints.
Nearest to unconditional love comes the one love of- Mother. And yet, with us humans even the love of a mother fells short. Even a mother can not give up expectation or judgement. Give the best of mother a child- who is fulfilling a complete definition of evil, and she is bound to feel bad about her child. She is bound to react. Unable to love a child who is immersed in filth of evil. Herself being the one who thru out her life shrank from anything , which , in her opinion is bad. Nah, even she can't forgive.
So, as we have never really encountered , thru out our journey , unconditional love. Love that never expects , never judge, eternally forgives, ever ready to embrace , even if we are completely soiled in filth. How then we recognize , when we receive or even see such love ? WE CAN'T . And so we keep asking. How much do you love me ??
And when HE comes in our life, when we finally encounter Unconditional Love, we are taken by surprise. Unable to accept , we feel the need of assurance, a need for security, a need to believe. A need to pinch ourselves and ask----- Is it true ?? And we rather ask- How much do YOU love me MASTER ??
HE will typically never answer- in those cherished three words. HE will always try to tell us all about GOD's love. But there is one assurance . HE understands our need for words.
Though HE is here to take us beyond words. Yet HE understands. That may be one reason, HE let us put this one question again and again. In heart, or even face to face. It's us, we can't yet fully accept or comprehend the enormity of thing called Unconditional Love. We can not understand how does it feel... never to be judged. How does it feels never expecting anything in return, not even love, and yet being given love, or being LOVED. Nor can we understand being forgiven again and again and again.... forgiven as many times, as it takes , for us to finally bent and mend our ways. Just because being forgiven everytime was tooo much for us.
Thoreau said---
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
And MASTERS knows how to Love more and more and more. This is THEIR only way to attract us out of illusions that we persist to play in.
MARK TWAIN said, which stands true for us-- Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. This desire is inherent in all of us. This desire is actually the desire of soul. And in answer to this desire, HE HIMSELF comes and irresistibly desires us. This is HIS unconditional Love. HE limits HIMSELF in a body made of five elements. And suffers the self imposed limitations. What bigger example there can be of U.L. ? :) The Limitless power limiting itself, just to woo us back , to our own home. To take us in HIS loving , comforting arms, HE limits HIMSELF, becomes our most trusted guide and friend. And COAX us to taste the samples of Unconditional Love. HE wants us to live in this love, experience this love, and accept this love as our right. What better deal can we ever find in any relation ? NONE.
There was once a great soul.... who feeling the enormity of this love said one sentence---- Who has even seen the sweet ocean itself, coming to quench the thirst of thirsty ?
We sin, and HE forgives, we again sin, and HE again forgives, we yet again dare to sin, and HE yet again forgives, till we can sin no more. We forget HIM, yet HE loves, we again forget HIM, HE yet again keeps loving and waiting, we yet again forget HIM and turn to world, HE still keeps waiting and loving us, till we can forget HIM no more. And thru all this, HE never once complain, judge, expects or become harsh with us. Coz HE knows the lethal depths and outcomes of HIS unconditional love. :)
So before , we again feel doubt, and yet again ask HIM- how much do YOU love me ? It will be better to remember---- HE is here for us, isn't HE ??? and that's enough. That's more then enough. :)
In the end....
By Anthony De Mello...
He who wants to do good, knocks at the gate: He who loves finds the door open.When we try to meditate, we knock at HIS door... The day we fell in love with just being there with HIM.... we find the doors ..... open....
Let's us just pick one drop of HIS unconditional love and that will be enough for us to find the forever open , doors to HIS heart ---- open.. That's how much HE loves us. ......
So how much do YOU love me MASTER ?? :)
Peace and Bliss to all.....
Roohi
