The unconscious mission of people everywhere is to escape the loneliness that they sense as they lose touch with the sacred soul energy of life. Yet the answer is not to escape loneliness but rather to embrace it by learning self-love. For you shall not be lonely if you are fond of the person you are alone with. Learn to love yourself and loneliness simply does not exist. Self-love is the first essential step to being able to take charge of your life and to make a life that is rewarding.
The creation of self-love also brings the confidence that helps you to open yourself to the world and to identify and connect with others. This aspect is important, for self-love with no regard for others is simply fear in another guise and will lead to the greatest loneliness of all.
At the core of all human loneliness is an intense and compelling craving for a coming together with one's lost self. We enter the world alone and we leave the world alone, but we do not enter the world in loneliness. At the beginning of life we are at peace with ourselves, connected and complete. Sadly, many people come to believe, over the years, that they are separate from their inner selves. The sense of inner connection disappears as fear takes a grip.
The truth is that none of us are separate from our inner selves; we simply become confused. As confusion clears we once again feel connected to ourselves, to life, love, and to other people.
Self-love is the heart of all inner value and balance. You can develop it by knowing how you live and the value of your life and its influence upon other people. Self-love drives out all feelings of separation and loneliness and connects you to everything; it encourages other people to love you and to want to be with you.
Meditation of Self-love: Sit quietly and close your eyes. See your body dissolve into a pile of ash and then see it remake itself. All your emotions and negativities from the past dissolve and you are filled with calmness, quiet and rest.
'The Tibetan Art of Serenity'
Christopher Hansard
Salam,
Cherine
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