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A pilgrim arrived at the village where Abu Yazid al-Bistrami lived.
- Teach me the quickest way to reach God.
Al-Bistrami answered:
- Love Him with all your strength.
- That I already do.
- Then you need to be loved by the others.
- But why?
- Because God looks at the hearts of all men. When He visits yours He will surely see the love you have for Him and He will be happy.
“However, if He also finds your name written with affection in the hearts of others, He will certainly pay far more attention to you.
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I have always believed in love. In India , we believe that the dua or good will of others, friends, elders ,children will do one a lot of good. I am also compelled to share the advice of my grand mother who said that I should think of positive things , becoz the spirits that be , say thastu , or so be it , to every wish of ours….
As always in you i find one so like me… that may sound pompous though..
Yes, we can give without fear of losing. And we should give without craving a place in heaven. Love is above a measuring mind. It comes from another place – not from our calculation but from an empathic heart. And Mr. Coelho is our guide to find this path of love inside.
I thought God loves without conditions?
It is unfortunate how many people misunderstand God. We forget that all the suffering in this world was created by us, not Him. Now, we’re upset because He is not doing what we think He should do about it.
I am definitely helping others to reach god, unconditionally…
When people ask me What is religion? I say LOVE.When ppl ask me why are you on earth? i say for LOVE and cz of LOVE. I will go from this world just cz of LOVE and for LOVE. If you will include LOVE in everwhere and in everything. Then you ll never feel alone.
If you ll think loneliness is also cz of love….
There is no hate in the universe….rather We can say there is no love…..
Love wins, Love always wins.
but you can’t force others to love or like you…
this is something which can’t be commanded or asked, and others can’t force themselves to feel affection for you… If they are jealous or envious of someone or too much into themselves then they cannot show affection for that person…
How many people truly like us ? Many so- called friends are just people with whom we may share one common point in life at one given tiem but may not necessarily be people who you love/like and/or whom love/like you…
i finished reading Aleph yesterday and i feel so much close to you. i am a stronger person every time i read one of your books. i hope you will have a signing session in Lebanon sometime soon. Thank you so much for everything.
german translation
Lieben ohne Angst
Ein Pilger kam in das Dorf, in dem Abu Yazid al-Bistrami lebte.
- Lehre mich den schnellsten Weg zu Gott zu gelangen.
Al-Bistrami antwortete:
- Liebe ihn mit all deiner Kraft.
- Das tue ich schon.
- Dann müsst du von den anderen geliebt werden.
- Aber warum?
- Weil Gott auf die Herzen aller Menschen schaut. Wenn Er das deine besucht, wird er sicherlich deine Liebe, die du für Ihn empfindest, sehen und er wird glücklich sein.
Allerdings, wenn er deinen Namen, mit Zuneigung in die Herzen der anderen geschrieben, findet, wird Er sicherlich weit mehr Aufmerksamkeit auf dich richten.
There is a practice in Buddhism: to do something good & with love at least once a day without anticipating being acknowledged for this, even doing it in an anonymous way, & without any judgement. one can also add: doing something good & one may even need to “push oneself” because it does not fit into one’s comfort zone.
so, for example, giving the begging homeless person at the intersection some coins even though you can see this person is drunk & may use your money for buying some more alcohol. stopping the car even though it is raining & trying to rescue a dirty, wet stray dog that seems to want to run into the traffic.
Me & my ego, that is looking for getting all my good grades so that god will look at me with pleasure, are in this situation not existence & important.
helping with love in an anonymous way & going beyond looking out only for me will bring other surprises that we miss so easily when allowing our spiritual voice to become a patriarchal expression.
and I can hear it in the last sentence of this story.
When we find god through our hearts, we become the people of the love, that god is all about without fear.
In the house the husband would often give up his own pursuits to help his wife with domestic chores and projects. At first he thought this a bother and expected recognition, although his wife rarely said anything … the chores were an everyday reality to her and having the dishes done was nice, but SHE got no recognition for this. After a while the husband no longer needed the reinforcement or recognition. When he became selfless in his contribution, the TAO grew between husband and wife. The Tao pleased God.
I grew up with a bad relationship with all things church. I do not want to say believe in God. Yet for some reason I feel this story so deeply agreeable. In times of desperation, sadness and fear, I still find myself turning to the concept of God, I catch myself preying and hoping that he will come through for me.
I don’t know, I guess what I’m trying to say is, his is a beautiful story and I wish that, to a story as beautiful as this, I had a beautiful comment that would say, like the comments below (or above), ” because of my beautiful and holy life i have lead, that part of me is in this story.”
But instead I am left with a feeling of inferiority and misplacement. My ignorant self upon reading your books, I just assumed that all other readers and the readers you write for would be just like me. However, reading these comments I have found it is not so.
So now I am sitting at a desk in my university library, writing a comment, too long now for anyone to read, in response to a story I do not relate to. With no resolution or epiphany to help summarise everything i am trying to say.
I read it. ;-) In my life I’ve come to realize that through loving others I can know the true nature of love. And, by being loved, I can appreciate it. In the first instance, I am the source, the well spring, the giver. I am the creator and know the subject in an intimate, personal way. However when I am given love, or loved, everything comes full circle and I can appreciate the joy, warmth and beauty of the very thing I have been giving. Therefore, I hold to the belief that to give love, is the only way to truly KNOW what love is. ;-)
Just the fact that you acknowledge this is a good start, you go to Him when you are in a bad place he knows you have some belief in His ability to make things right…. its you who are taking the credit away from your own faith… but dont worry reach out to Him enough times when thins are hard and eventually you will start thanking Him when things are going right and before you know it every facet of your life will be surrounded by this Spirit you dont really believe in…. He made us, so He knows us…. and even though it might be hard to believe… He knows us much better than we know ourselves!
Dear Elisabeth,
Don’t feel inferior or misplaced. You are worth just as much as anyone else. God absolutely loves you without end. You do not need to prove yourself to God, He loves you so much and you don’t need to earn it.
You are loved. Don’t forget. :)
The only thing you need is knowing that God is love and that the church is not perfect. You don’t have to go to church to find God there. Church so very often gives a distorted image about God. The bible is not God either. Love is God. A hug is God. A smile is God.
You don’t need religion if it makes you feel insecure. Be who you are because there is no one like you. :-)
“too long now for anyone to read”
I took the time to read it. for some random reason. maybe “universe” told me to read it and then to answer you. even if I really dont know why am I answering to you really and what I would want to say. I kinda feel that I should and could say to you something that helps you out somehow.
Maybe it is just this that helps you in a way I dont personally see. That someone reads your comment and even replies. If it happens to be so, hey, I even spent a little moment imagining you someone sitting in the library reading this same story, worrying a bit about his/hers own life, and then writing a comment – maybe not really knowing why.
First thing you said was you grew up with something. Never forget that.. Past is past, there kinda is no future, there is just this exact moment. So what you figure that is in the past, _does not_ define that what you are _now_ :-)
Every single moment, you have the right to choose what you are and how you feel. Still I would be quite amazed if I see someone who knows this and can truly change the way he/she feels etc instantly. But think about it.
Goodness! I can really relate to your comment! I am reminded of a story about an acolyte speaking to an enlightened one. The acolyte asked, “How do we know if we are pleasing God?” and the enlightened one responded, “I don’t know.”
Not to worry, Elisabeth; despite the feeling that we have no traction, we can, each day, push ourselves to do some little positive thing in a selfless way. Maybe it will add up. Maybe not. But at least it leaves the door ajar should the Great Teacher come to call.
Paulo!! I worked overtime in the ER to get enough money to buy Aleph now, in hardcover!! I bought it today as it is pay day!! 20 pages in and OM goodness!! I can FEEL the truth of life in every word!! I am soo thankful that I was able to buy this book!! Thank you ! Thank you! Thank you!! With so much love!!
What if you always feel that your giving love, but it’s not returned. . . .
then you are focusing on the wrong thing… just give it and keep giving it and know you arent made worse for giving love, they are at a loss for not know how to accept it…
May be we are loving the wrong person. The problem is that we keep on looking at that one person and wait for him/ her to love us back and in the meantime we just dont notice the love and care we are already recieving from others. Love never goes waste and is always rewarded.
That is where the point comes up… Donot expect to be acknowledged..
the secret is giving, without expecting return. love is not a job where you get paid, it exist for itself. if you are able to give love in its purest way, then just be grateful, since this happens very rarely among mankind.
From Mother Theresa
ANYWAY
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered,
LOVE THEM ANYWAY
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives
DO GOOD ANYWAY
If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies
SUCCEED ANYWAY
The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow
DO GOOD ANYWAY
Honesty and Frankness make you vulnerable
BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY
What you spent years building may be destroyed overnight
BUILD ANYWAY
People really need help but may attack you if you help them
HELP PEOPLE ANYWAY
Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU’VE GOT ANYWAY
From a sign on the wall at Shishu Bhavan, the children’s home in Calcutta created by Mother Theresa
And the final part of the ANYWAY poem (posted by Rachel) is as follows:
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
perhaps or probably He will Pay more attention to you, but He will certainly not love you more than anyone else.
I don’t believe that God loves anyone more or less based on their ability to love. Let’s be real here. The goodness of God is in the heart of everyone – when they can move past their fears to share this with others it is a miracle. There are no small or bigger miracles and there is no God measuring how many people love us that earns us a higher standing with God. This is kind of message is what I would expect from religious groups. I usually like your teachings but this was a really poor example of asking people to love others. Simply say that when we love others we can feel a greater presence of God in our lives but it’s not because there is a measurement it’s the reality of sharing our love with others readily. Peace.
I’m not so sure of this. What is ‘grace’? Does it mean that the one with grace is the one listening and watching and attending to the spirit with the most energy?
“AMAR A LOS DEMAS, COMO SI AMARAMOS A DIOS. “
a Muslim’s quote which belongs to Mohammed the prophet I read it lately ,its about the divine love : God says “I am as My servant thinks I am. I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself. And if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assembly better than it. And if he draws near to Me a hand’s span, I draw near to him an arm’s length. And if he draws near to Me an arm’s length, I draw near to him a fathom’s length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at speed.”
Sounds beautiful. If we have light and love inside of us then we all have the same God. Thanks for sharing.
beautiful reminder. When I miss the One I love, I thank God for the all the love He presents to me in my life. And do best and sincerely to love others.
I very much like this story. I heard it from a Nazarene friend. It gives me reassurance.
After reading Aleph I decided to go to church once in a while I have not entered a church in 3 years. I grew up with your books many thanks.
No se que me produce más terror. Sí aceptar que otro me ame o tener la apertura para amar.
De todos modos hoy mi guerra esta enfocada en algo diferente. Mi cuerpo. Por mucho tiempo llore para comer, y comí llorando, y me consola comiendo y célebre en otra comida. Me quedó unas marcas de más de 100lbs de sobrepeso por un amor no correspondido.
Amar mi cuerpo, amarme a mi, ganara las huellas a seguir en el camino a la apertura a amar y ser amada. ¿ o no? Lo que importa es sanar. ¿sanar es amor o amas al sanar? Lo sabré al final, cuando llegue a Itaca… ;) lindo año.
By loving others we show God how we love Him. Whatever we do for others we do for Him. Such a simple story that teaches so much. Thank you.
Carissimo Paulo,
questa volta non sono daccordo con l’ultima parte del brano che tu hai proposto.
E’ vero che ogni essere umano è felice di essere nel cuore e nell’amore degli altri ma l’ultima frase MI TROVA VERAMENTE IN DISACCORDO e ti dico perchè.
Ti faccio un esempio per farmi capire: prendiamo in considerazione un uomo che venga preso di mira dall’egoismo di altri esseri umani. Guardiamo ad esempio al Darfour, all’odio razziale nella storia passata e presente, all’odio religioso, all’invidia e alla malevolenza che talvolta si abbatte ingiustificatamente su molti, molti esseri umani pacifici e generosi di cuore.
Quanti sono stati isolati a causa della giustizia, della pace, dell’amore e ne hanno subito le conseguenze: il Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luter King, Nelson Mandela e tanti altri martiri noti e anonimi tra cui bambini inermi ed innocenti.
Dov’era Dio in quel momento?
Dio ha guardato dall’altra parte e non si è preso a cuore la situazione di milioni di perseguitati perchè essi non erano nel cuore di altri uomini? Perchè gli altri uomini semplicemente li odiavano?
E cosa diciamo allora di milioni di donne violentate, ripudiate, senza diritti in tutto il mondo ancora ai nostri giorni?
Esse non sono nel cuore di chi dovrebbe amarle: mariti, padri, capi di stato poco generosi(è un eufemismo), capi delle religioni, di quelli che contano e potrebbero fare la differenza e non la fanno. Perciò sono meno amate anche da Dio?
Allora, Paulo, cosa diciamo a questi milioni di dimenticati da Dio e dagli uomini?
Che sono essi stessi colpevoli dei mali che ricevono dagli altri esseri umani malevoli e crudeli?
No, davvero non me la sento di condividere e di non contrastare l’ultima frase del racconto di oggi.
Sarò anche esagerata e troppo severa, ma io ho il coraggio di schierarmi dalla parte dei più deboli, degli indifesi. E non mi importa se sarò impopolare. Dio legge nel cuore di tutti e sa esattamente perchè parlo.
Del giudizio degli altri esseri umani, – a questo riguardo, e solo a questo riguardo, preciso-, non mi importa.
Forse anch’io da questo momento sarò un po’ meno nel cuore di tanti ma l’importante è potermi guardare allo specchio e non chinare gli occhi per la vergogna, perchè si può ingannare chiunque ma non la propria coscienza e neppure Dio.
Grazie per lo spunto di riflessione odierno.
Auguri.
Grazzie per il tuo commento Bella Margherita!
<3
My hubby passed away Dec 25, 2009 and really enjoyed your books. Not a day goes by that I not miss him terribly – he truly was a person that “died while he was alive”. I find consolation in your books – it always succeeds in lifting my spirit. thank you – I sure believe God can see in my husband’s heart that he loves me and his two children….
I believe the biggest lesson for humanity is to learn to welcome each other, and stay with loving kindness through the good times and difficulties. No need to agree with everything, but an understanding that work and talks are done under truth, and the best of intentions.
God created love – The flower but we have to add effort for the same to bloom.
Sentir que estamos limitados quando poderíamos fazer mais é algo angustiante . Sentir que estamos limitados ao amor , a amizade , aos sonhos , é algo triste .
Temos que libertar o amor que carregamos no peito , dividi-lo com quem quiser .Tomar cuidado com aqueles que se aproveitam dos que tem bom coração , e dividi-lo com aqueles que querem .
Todos tem amor o suficiente para compartilhar com alguém , se o amor ficar guardado com a gente ele estraga .
You should try relaitng something to Scandinavia at a point. For exampel you keep talking about the light..
Here, like most nordic parts of the world, the light is gone most of the winter. We literally have no sun in some parts. We need to find the light within.
Весь мир в объятья агапэ удастся заключить..
Когда без эроса научимся мы жить.(ВЕГЕТАРИАНСТВО)
And God paying more attention to you attention to you means? Living a trouble free life? Rich, not getting sick or old? Or is it maybe to live forever? I don’t think so! I believe when God paying more attention to you, he lets you accept the fact that all the previous things are not possible and by doing so making happy…
Hello Paulo, I have one more note, probably you mean Abu Yazid Al-Bistami, not al-Bistrami, the famous Sufi master! <3
One or Abu Yazid al-Bistami sayings:
“A man asked Bayazid, “Show me a deed by which I will approach my Lord.” He said, “Love the friends of Allah in order that they will love you. Love his saints until they love you. Because Allah looks at the hearts of His saints and He will see your name engraved in the heart of His saints and He will forgive you.”
I am doing very hard time with this story. It is very good, I’ve been thinking about it hours. However, I do not believe what Abu al-Yazid Bistrami says. I want not believe it. Why? Well, I had to think of Mother Theresa. A wonderful woman. She has done so much, gained the love and respect of many people. She is certainly in the hearts of many people. And God will certainly have paid attention. But what about the people she helped? Nobody knows, nobody loves them. God gives them less attention than mother theresa? I pray that it is not so. It is certainly wonderful to be loved by many people, and a desirable goal. “We are all instruments.” God respects the stone so much as the popular types of people. The beggar as the rich. That’s my opinion.
I wish you all a wonderful day
God gave them Mother Theresa. And she touched the hearts of millions, both in the communities she worked and around the world. So in a very practical sense, if god is in the hearts of all of us, then it stands to reason that the more hearts you touch, the closer you are to God.
Yes Daniel, I agree with you. Maybe closer. I once read that she sometimes had very serious doubts, that she was tired. This makes her even greater. But that’s not the question. God gives more attention? I do not think so.
I wish you a wonderful evening
One example of how fear stopped me from loving, was once I fell in love with a black man. I truly would like to have explored growing a relationship with this man, but something stopped us both from pursuing it. I believe a big part of what stopped us was we belong to different races. I always lived in white dominated areas, in fact areas where it was highly unusual to see a black individual. When I moved to the big city as a student I had a white friend who dated a black man. Fascinating, but still way scarey that I would come near to do it myself. Today, I want to tell myself, wherever I meet love, I will go for it. Would I be willing even to pay the price of being despised by my community, perhaps loose my job, perhaps loose friends and family, perhaps loose myself for letting me love a black man? Social pressure is enormous in forming how we are “allowed” to love. Sanctions follow quickly if one dare to push limits. I want to say I would do anything to follow my heart. But I have been a coward at times. Why don’t I risk everything for love?
Ah Heart! Love can be a Pandora’s Box. :) This crazy girl is telling you that, but it depends in what you like the most.
Hugs
me paso lo mismo pero por un hombre mayor ,a diferencia que yo tengo una vida ,junto a un hombre hace 22 años ,a quien quiero mucho ,pero no he podido ser feliz y nunca me arriezgue por amor ,sera que siempre lo deje para despues ,pero ya se me paso una vida.
en tu caso se feliz!
si !que el amor es una caja de pandora.
Heart, It takes lots of courage to follow your heart and listen to your inner voice. I have also gone through same deliema many times where i want to do things which i really want to but then i get scared to lose my security, i am scared to step out of my comfort zone as i am so used to this life and all i have for unknown is fear. But once you decide and take that one brave step, life will change beautifully. So dear, next time you find your soul mate just go for it. God Bless…
En francais
Aimer sans peur
Un pelerin est arrive au village ou Abu Yazid-al-Bistrami habitait.
-Montres-moi le chemin le plus rapide pour parvenir a Dieu.
Al-Bistrami lui repondit.
-Aimes-le de toutes tes forces.
-Ca je le fais deja.
-Ensuite, tu as besoin d’etre aime par les autres.
-Mais pourquoi?
-Parce que Dieu regarde les coeurs de tous les hommes. Quand Il visite le tien Il va surement voir l’amour que tu as pour Lui et Il sera heureux.
‘Cependant, si Il trouve aussi ton nom ecrit avec affection dans les coeurs des autres Il fera beaucoup plus attention a toi,’
immpossible is nothing
But what if you already are loved by others but you just can’t “see” that?
You will, sooner or later. Have faith!
I have a lot of love in my life in different ways …. and that feels wonderful … and I´m blessed !!!! I also love “God” but sometimes I dont just agree with his/her way … then I go my own way … and that have worked so far …. and God might been suprised *LOL*
And by the way who is God ??? have someone ever seen him/her ?
I often have contact with the other realm …. but I have never seen God …. But i have seen others …..but they have told me that they dont look like that for real .. it is just so that I can relate to them better …or is it so that they all together are God ?
Because sometimes I hear a voice inside myself …. a higher me …. maybe that is God …. the higher voice inside myself …. the one who knows better *LOL*.
Like a spirit we cant see …. the voice of our heart ….. well that is my closest description of God ;-)
Then we all connected because this higher spirit talk to all of us if we just want to listen that is <3
this also feels to me similarly, that we all are spiritually connected. there are moments that the joint spirituality can be felt, or even when it is disturbed by bad events.
I have in dreams a symbolic person coming up again & again that feels like spiritual energy. it is knowing without words. the appearance can change: so what! we may be to much hooked to appearance in our realm.
what counts, is the type of energy that is there & the wisdom that is left even after I awake.
o que você faz quando você ama alguém, apenas um, tanto e eles se tornam perdidos para uma raiva escuro?
wow!!!!
I like what you said El Dormido ” I can’t begin to imagine what it would be like if I ever become good at this. Hum seems to me you’ve got pretty well together.
we must in order to see god and feel,we must live him…
try our best to live him in everything…
maybe it is somehow hard to explain and bring all those emotions and feelings inside to words..
but i can say that when i watch my bird sing,,i see God
when I see the sunset colors and swifting clouds I see him and feel him..
when I am blessed by a touch or the voice of my beloved I feel GOD as well…
for I believe that he has put in us a portion of himself..He ..the great soul has divided it and spread it upon us and all creatures on earth…
Wonderful post. Simple and direct :)
The human species is the only species on earth to have the intellectual capacity we have. Our intellect, asks how, why, where and when. We find these answers in science, and through physical material proof. Yet we believe in something beyond our intellectual capacity to explain, impossible to prove. We believe in the existence of god.
Not only do we seek intellectual fullfilment, but spiritual and emotional fullfilment as well. Our way to finding god is through spirituality. I think we find spirituality when we are one with love, joy and even pain. That oneness, that connectedness with our heart leads to god, whatever god may be.
I also think the biblical, religious concepts of god, can create more fear and doubt through the personification of god and his power and demands. How many wars have been fought in the name of religion or god?
I often think that without these religious concepts we would find god much more readily. Our intellect wouldn’t have to battle with what in the bible seems so illogical. We would find god without the fear of having sinned, without the fear of doubting the truth of religion. We would more naturally and readily open our hearts feel.
When we find god through our hearts, we become the people of the love, that god is all about without fear.
Dear Brigit,
You said it all, and so beautifully!!!
I don’t know God even I haven’t seen, as every one
Love & fear are the emotions,
Usually relate to some thing
As he is the feeling ……..for me…….
Believing on him might be impossible for me because, I always love those who love me, help me, spend time for me share things with me, (my inside child always argue with these thoughts)
He might punish me if I said these words again …………..He is Most Power full, THE MIGHTY LOARD ,OR MAKE MY LIFE HARDER TO SPEND OR HELL NO ,NO WAY…………….FORGIVE ME PLEASE………..God(my Mature ,social inner self).
BUT I GIVE, MY SELFTO YOU,
IN YOUR SUBMISSION,
CAUSE, OF
MARTYRDOM OF PROPHET’S GRAND SON IMAM HUSSAIN (A.S)……
ONLY.
I NEITHER EXPLAIN NOR DESIDE YOUR EXISTANCE …
EVEN THOUGHT I’VE A STRONGE FEELING INSIDE …………
GOD IS LOVE,AND CARE,IS GOD ……. (My soul)
Loved the arguing with the self! Keep it up ,never let go one side win. You need all three to arrive….;-)
dream of love
learn to love someone like you and you
fight for your love
Understand what your partner says
the real fear is never love someone
Faith is an idea, but it is also a feeling that makes you feel ‘sure’ of the existence of God, of the ethereal and the spiritual world. Faith and Love cannot be described or expressed by words. Love has no boundaries! It resides in our hearts and it is the reason for .. us desiring to transcend our limited bodily existence and become .. immortal, to become and feel again complete, to be the Light, the Sun that shines for everyone, without .. discrimination.
We are humans, so we need, we long, we desire our love to be .. returned, to be ‘reciprocal’, to feel love and be loved. Otherwise, we may have all the riches of the world and the whole ‘knowledge’, but without ourselves being in other people’s hearts, we are the loneliest and poorest people on earth.
LOVE,
Thelma
I agree Thelma. Perhaps our desire to love and be loved is an attempt to get back to the source of all things, to manifest that in our lives. To be held in the heart of the universe that exists in everything we do but so often remains hidden…
One word
The warmth in my arms,
The press of my lips on yours,
Are just a pale imitation,
Of what I feel inside,
Because nothing could say,
Just what I feel for you,
All I’ve got are these words,
And this body of mine,
I lay them alll before you,
I give them all away,
I’m not scared of this feeling you’ve given me,
That feeds a desire deep in my soul,
But there is this discontent,
That the world has only given me one little word,
To describe what I feel.
many signs today again, freedom and trust,something simple.we are free and god give us his trust.when we give joyce and peace in heart and our minds,we get love,no doubt about this freedom.
I love this post.
In my life I know that there are two rules of the “Loving without fear” theory. And these are the thing that I keep continue learning to do everyday.
They are:
- “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” [Mathew 22:37]
- “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” [Mathew 22:39]
Love is the common and very simple term. It has no meaning but again it means a lot. It is the symbol of affection, care, togetherness, self-emotions and many more.
As you said, Paulo ! The love for God should be fearless, the love of other people is only that matters.
My point is that- I do not have point. I do not know if I believe in God or not but one thing I surely know from the saying of Edison that,
“Nature is what we know. We do not know the gods of religions. And nature is not kind, or merciful, or loving. If God made me—the fabled God of the three qualities of which I spoke: mercy, kindness, love—He also made the fish I catch and eat. And where do His mercy, kindness, and love for that fish come in? No; nature made us—nature did it all—not the gods of the religions.”
I do not have any idea if there exits a god or not, I do not know ! But again, when I am feeling down and unhappy when my words are not making any sense I go deeper into my own caves and try to find the answer why not ? I ask with this best friend of mine who is inside me all the time. I do not know if those who believe in God call this best man inside them as “God” ?
Whoever, it is I am happy that I only have one. There are people who have many friends, but for me the outer world has friends and all of them are best. I do not want to differentiate. I do not want to make any difference by stating who right and who is wrong. I do not want to say that, this person is best and the other is worse. I only see- all of my friends as the best !
I am not sure if tomorrow I will be recognized by the people as “Santosh Kalwar” or will they forget me after certain time frame. I do not even care about that but, wait a moment- life is just like that, we are here on this mother earth for some purpose and every individual has the purpose to fulfill.
As I can see- you have been doing loads of writing and you are the one of the great author of the books. I am inspired by your ideas and creation.
In my first self-publish book I have mention one chapter which states that- “My comments on Paulo Coelho’s blog.” All those comments that I have posted on this blog are availaible on this book. I do not use this for marketing purpose but I use these comments simply because these are useful to those who would like to learn and read. As time goes and life moves in more sluggish path.
I do not see if God exits or not but whatever be the circumstances, life goes on and I hope I will be able to make those who are around me remember with my names and I often do not forget them. !
Cheers ! :)
-Author of the book “Nature God”
http://www.amazon.com/Nature-God-Santosh-Kalwar/dp/1435760913
http://www.kalwar.com.np
I read so many things…and I love it when I read something that makes me say: ah! Something so simple as this..explains SO much. It makes me think about my own life and to when I am the happiest. It’s true..if you have good people around you, who want the best for you..the best will reach you. That’s why you should distance yourself from people who are a bad influence on you.
Love Saadia, Holland
http://visheshunni.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/god/ here is my view on God,hope you don’t mind me posting a like here :)
I remember practicing “present moment” meditation sititng on the couch on the front porch.
It was about spring with a cup of coffee and a cigarette in hand. I would sit there with as much a silent mind as possible listening to the world.
As I allowed my thoughts to quiet inside, the sounds of the morning rose up and filled my awareness. Bird song, wind through the trees, all the things that occupy the silence.
And a sense of Presence seemed to preside then, in that moment, and it felt like Love, unconditional Love, Love just existent.
Since then I have been through some things that give the sense that love flows through the interconnectedness of all things.
When I am able to be still, as I was sitting on the couch, that binding fabric of love seems like it holds all existence together within its embrace in a seamless tapestry of life. That unity seems to emerge from the subtlty to the perceptible.
It is a powerful force that can become recognizable and utile.
One morning I was at the bus stop and felt a knot of fear, anxiety and worry grippin my heart. I intenionally breathed awares of my heart chakra, breathing out that fear\anxiety\worry, and breathing in the power of love, that perceptible force.
I have played around with breathing meditation and chakra awareness in the sense of moving my conscious awareness up and down beginning at the base of the spind the upwards through the chakra centers during inhalation, with a specific gesture of openess at the heart.
I find I often, through the day, have to reach out for conscious contact with God, seeking attunement to God’s nature, trying to sense how best to implement God’s will through spiritual principles, outside of my ego, personality, understanding, habitual modes of feeling, thinking, and action in order to be most immediately effective and conscously aware of my actions.
I really need to do this so that the various aspects of my personality can be held in check in order for me to constructively deal with a preswent situation and circumstance beyond my arrogance, insecurity, vanity, fear, pride, anxiety and self-obsession.
As I loosen the grip of that fear and anxiety, and all those attendent feelings, from around my heart I actively reach out, making a conscious decision to do so, for that same sense of presence, peace, release and unity that I felt sitting on the porch in silence, that power of love, as it were, to use it to clear my path of all self-obstruction and move forward with clarity.
I really hate that phrase, “power of love”, ’cause I can’t help visualizing a very large Buddy Miles behind the drum kit for Hendrix’ Band of Gypsies singing that phrase and then scatting behind it, plus all those other associations from hippiedom and I don’t know what else.
But the fact of it has become compelling for me. I can find life in the self-less moment of surrender to a silence which can allow that presence to rise up and become effective in my life, to give heft and bite to my attempt to live by spiritual principles without self-centered motivations, manipulations, baggage and fear.
You know, I am not real skilled at meditation or sustaining silence in my mind but, still, as long as I make an effort in that direction, express the willingness to do so to my God, I do experience the benefits of peace and freedom in the moment. I can’t begin to imagine what it would be like if I ever became good at this….
Good post. Yes, we’re all here together.
Take care,
Uku
Thanks,I need that story.Very nice ,with simple words does explain so abstract feelings as Love,Faith.
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