LET US LEARN TO LOVE

LET US LEARN TO LOVE


Interestingly I have written so much about love...
1)Travelling towards sacred domain-love.
2) Exploring the concept of love. And then "valentine day"which is regarded as the epitome of love.
We all know that, this spacial day comes only once a year, so what about the rest of  the year. 
When I say "LOVE", this word does not implies sexual relationships only, it implies all forms of love. Generally people married for years together and having kids and full life still feel unloved, incomplete, empty or vacant inside or you can say still virgin emotionally and mentally. And on the contrary, a single glance from a complete stranger fills you up- to the brim. No physical touch, no communication, and absolutely no contact afterwards and knowing nothing about that person, no longings, a complete an aura of mystery around that person, which even you sometimes afraid to break, because it is so complete, so fulfilling, as if you require nothing more than that. This Love is wholesome, as it is without the fear of losing your beloved, as you never really owned him/her.

Just a glance and a little hint of smile in the eyes is all you required to make yourself complete. As if he/she understands you and love you in his/her own secret way. You feel so satisfied which even a passionate love-making lacks.

I agree that love is a state of ecstasy. It envelopes us, sustain us, and is the very cause of our being. It is omnipresent. We can see it in the eyes of lovers, feel it in the touch of a mother, hear it in the chirping of birds and can gauge it in the embrace of a child. It is over flowing inside each of of us.
But we restrict it by making choices: we can only love ourselves or the likes of us, or in a way, our own extensions. Unfortunately, those, who don't fall into these categories are the innocent victims of our wrath. Their only fault seems to be that they happen to be different.
Love is a positive energy, which can give directions to our lives. It has the capability to makes us achiever, giving a whole new  meaning to our goals and ambitions. Whereas hate is the negation of what love stands for. It is a destroyer and if not controlled consciously, would destroy the life of a hater and the  hated ones alike for sure.

Can't we celebrate love everyday. In every bit of our and other's gestures, like a few kind words to downtrodden, sick or a smile to a beggar.
Why, we have to build walls of doubts, envy and revenge around us, which most of the times hinder us from savoring the nectar of pure love.

Generally, people gets into the habit of gauging every actions of everyone, and getting ruthless, especially for those whom they hate. And this is the worst thing they can do anybody, is to doubt their every actions including good ones.
India is lucky to have a few saints, who understood the great power of love. They spend their whole lives for the uplifting the poor and sick, and this eventually became their passion and ultimate goal in lives, without thinking about their own needs. The foremost example stood out of all is SWAMI VIVEKANANDAJI, and Mahatma Gandhi.

Looking for the ulterior motive in others actions, is worst thing we can do to repay them.
The Professionals will think, what favor you might ask in return and a rich man will think that how much money you will demand.
This psychology has given birth to a new barter system favor/favor. Well I have come across a few shameless people, who impudently says, that it was pretty difficult for me to help, but then I thought that I might be needing your help someday. Or a new fad line in India, bhai, mujjei to punnai lagega, (I will get blessings from God, if I am helping you now, even though it is like a giving it a car lift  for a small distance, or looking for a patient for few hours or keeping you as a guest in foreign land for few days (relatives included).
Here I would request God or eternity to let me to keep me  away from this barter system. Let my few kind words or a gesture of goodwill would be understood as love. Nothing more and nothing less. And let me stay away from sick psychology of accessing people' class, creed, religion or nationality before helping them or saying a few kind words to them.

Let it be understood as a simple extension of love.

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