A nice article from Swami Vivekananda.
I would like to share something on the 'nature of love'. I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with a little water and held it before me, and said this: "You see this water carefully contained in my hand? It symbolizes Love." This was how I saw it: "As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers around it and try to possess it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds. This is the greatest mistake that people make when they experience love... they try to possess it, they demand, they expect... and just like the water spilling out of your hand, Love will retreat from you. For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings. Give and don't expect. Advise, but don't order. Ask, but never demand. It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those you love, and yet an unconditional caring.
Passing Thought:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.
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7I would like to share something on the 'nature of love'. I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with a little water and held it before me, and said this: "You see this water carefully contained in my hand? It symbolizes Love." This was how I saw it: "As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers around it and try to possess it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds. This is the greatest mistake that people make when they experience love... they try to possess it, they demand, they expect... and just like the water spilling out of your hand, Love will retreat from you. For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings. Give and don't expect. Advise, but don't order. Ask, but never demand. It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those you love, and yet an unconditional caring.
Passing Thought:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.
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Hi Anu Real nice article! Infact a very beautiful one but tell me isn’t it difficult to not to expect in Love. Can we truly do it? Thanx anyways for the message Cheers Gunjan
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Here is another superb article from Swami Vivekananda.
It doesn't hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time. This little test should get you started. During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what is the criteria that defines a patient to be institutionalized. "Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask the patient to empty the bathtub."
1. Would you use the spoon?
2. Would you use the teacup?
3. Would you use the bucket?
"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would choose the bucket as it is larger than the spoon."
"No," answered the Director. "A normal person would pull the plug." HE flunked..........
There is a difference between an objective and actions! Unless you understand your objective, you will be wasting your time in your actions. Know your objective first.
Hope you all enjoy this.
From India, Bangalore
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It doesn't hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time. This little test should get you started. During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what is the criteria that defines a patient to be institutionalized. "Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask the patient to empty the bathtub."
1. Would you use the spoon?
2. Would you use the teacup?
3. Would you use the bucket?
"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would choose the bucket as it is larger than the spoon."
"No," answered the Director. "A normal person would pull the plug." HE flunked..........
There is a difference between an objective and actions! Unless you understand your objective, you will be wasting your time in your actions. Know your objective first.
Hope you all enjoy this.
From India, Bangalore
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