(This is a continuation of the What is Love? series of posts)
The smell of a rose, the tickle of breath on your neck, the soft kiss on your lips, the caress of fingers on you’re your fingertips, running hands through your hair, the taste of salt on another’s skin, the smell of summer in an embrace, the soft feel of lips pressed against eachother. Yes, LOVE is IN the Details. The little things: cards, letters, glances, gifts, sighs, hugs, touches, and aches when you are apart. LOVE is NOT just about sex, although it is a beautiful expression of it. LOVE is Fusion, becoming ONE with the OTHER, something greater than each of you can ever possibly be alone. Love is the soft breeze at night, the chill of the first frost of winter, the song of a nightingale, the breathless whisper in the night, a head on your lap, a gentle hand rubbing your back. Love is the shield and the sword of valor, the constant star of kindness, the tender mercy of thoughtfulness. Great LOVE is in very SMALL things and actions. These little things make Love the Magical thing that it is! When these no longer have an effect on you with your significant other or are not done at all, then Love is gone and you should move on.
Yes, actually these little signs are very much like the canary in a coal mine. When they cease to exist then the oxygen is gone from the relationship and something vitally important is missing. It is not the death knell, but it is a good sign that your relationship is no longer flourishing and something is amiss. Now is the time to either get it rekindled and breathe some air into it or go your separate ways. It is funny, just like when Lao Tzu said, “Great acts are made up of small deeds.” So to is it with love. Just being in the same room moves you, just getting to speak to your significant other, or watch a movie or discuss music or talk about the summer rains, or times when you were kids. Funny, Love is in the details.
All my heart goes out to you in your quest of finding these little detials in your life! --Joan
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Love is Power and Energy
(This is a continuation of the "What is Love?" series of posts)
This brings me to the next topic about LOVE. Really love is about Power and Energy. This energy is all aro und us, untapped and unseen. See my Love and Dark Matter post for more detailed explanation. When you master Love you are able to tap into this power and begin to realize that the world is not such a difficult place after all. Things you though were not possible, become possible. You gain insight, wisdom, creativity, humor, and kindness that were reserved for the sages. When you are with another person who masters Love, the energy is on a quantum level. Your vibrations resonate so strongly together that no power on heaven or earth could ever separate you. This is where the expression “Love is Eternal” comes from. True, undying, unyielding, blinding Love has a power and energy unmatched in the universe. When you are able to control it, you feel almost god-like. Hugo says, “The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
The energy that comes from truly and honestly being in love with another person is absolutely astounding. You find you can tap untold stores of energy, enthusiasm, and endurance. You are more playful, upbeat, kinetic, and restless. Your batteries rarely discharge, and you seem to always be able to go the extra mile and no distance or effort seems too great. You wonder where this came from, and you cannot understand how you can now sleep more soundly, and wake up with more vigor! The energy of Love emanates from your soul and feeds other people around you. You actually will become a magnet to people around you because of this abundance of energy that permeates your very being. Real Love creates energy, other imitation loves drain you. As Tagore says, “Love is the highest bliss that man can attain to, for through it alone he truly knows that he is more than himself, and that he is at one with the All.”
Here is to feeling the power and energy that true love brings. -- Joan
This brings me to the next topic about LOVE. Really love is about Power and Energy. This energy is all aro und us, untapped and unseen. See my Love and Dark Matter post for more detailed explanation. When you master Love you are able to tap into this power and begin to realize that the world is not such a difficult place after all. Things you though were not possible, become possible. You gain insight, wisdom, creativity, humor, and kindness that were reserved for the sages. When you are with another person who masters Love, the energy is on a quantum level. Your vibrations resonate so strongly together that no power on heaven or earth could ever separate you. This is where the expression “Love is Eternal” comes from. True, undying, unyielding, blinding Love has a power and energy unmatched in the universe. When you are able to control it, you feel almost god-like. Hugo says, “The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
The energy that comes from truly and honestly being in love with another person is absolutely astounding. You find you can tap untold stores of energy, enthusiasm, and endurance. You are more playful, upbeat, kinetic, and restless. Your batteries rarely discharge, and you seem to always be able to go the extra mile and no distance or effort seems too great. You wonder where this came from, and you cannot understand how you can now sleep more soundly, and wake up with more vigor! The energy of Love emanates from your soul and feeds other people around you. You actually will become a magnet to people around you because of this abundance of energy that permeates your very being. Real Love creates energy, other imitation loves drain you. As Tagore says, “Love is the highest bliss that man can attain to, for through it alone he truly knows that he is more than himself, and that he is at one with the All.”
Here is to feeling the power and energy that true love brings. -- Joan
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