The Loving attitude means there is happiness everywhere. There is order in chaos, so even a bad situation is good. This order turns both the unacceptable and the acceptable into beauty. Then there is simply love everywhere. You are guided to love by the ability to see both the bad side and the good side of everything. Your attitude is not dependent on something happening, or people living up or down to your expectations; no matter what happens, your love is there. You now have the ultimate power; there is no need to react, or to run away from situations. To love means to hold deep happiness within, no matter what transpires. It is a loving intent to see that all your disturbances or blockage in love come from you, not from the way the world is.
Happiness comes from the ability to see beauty, and this creates peace of mind. Peace of mind breeds an inner smile, a stillness. In turn stillness breeds contentment, and contentment means we don’t want to change anything. So if we can quickly change our perception from an emotional viewpoint of acceptable and unacceptable and start seeing balance, we will soon notice that all is perfect as it is. This is contentment, stillness, an inner smile, peace of mind, and all leads to a deep inner happiness. Who would not want to live with a person who has that attitude to life?
Happiness is where the spiritual person comes from. They come from happiness, because they see beauty, they feel content, and they do not want to change anything because they have peace of mind. Love can only flow from a mind that is at peace with itself. This does not mean the mind has stopped thinking; it has simply come to rest. It is working intensely, focused, but is not stressed, worried. This happiness grows when these four key attitudes are held as fundamental principles of your life:
1/ Kindness, because it places the heart and mind of others higher than your own.
2/ Gentleness, because it raises the energy of the moment, and allows hearts to open.
3/ Care, because this is the gratitude that brings us present in the moment.
4/ Contentment, because it is without struggle, there no trying, just a simple exchange.
The real question in all of this is, “Where do you come from?” If you are always thinking, “How do I get more money, how do I get more wealth, how can I pay my rent?” then you will live a very emotional lifestyle. No matter how much yoga or meditation you do, if you are asking, “How do I get more” of anything, you are being emotionally motivated. Questions like “How do I get more love?” “How do I get more income?” “How do I get more sex?” “How do I get more people to my yoga class?” “How do I get more happiness for my friends?” “How do I get more peace on earth?” are the questions of the materialist mind. No matter what your idea is about the value of what you are doing, wanting more of anything always leads to a form of duality, uppers and downers, unhappiness in you and those people you love. There can be no peace in that heart, because it is wanting, wanting, wanting.
If you come from a loving perspective you come from Loving Kindness. You do not want anything. Your heart is filled with Loving Kindness, therefore, you are already complete. If someone is hurt by you actions, but you are coming from loving kindness, then that hurt is their journey. It is the way your actions are received that caused the hurt, not your intention. This is very important to understand. By holding loving kindness and your intent, whether at work or at home, you treat everyone with the same attitude. Then, if a person is hurt, it is not by your doing, but by their receiving. And nature has a plan for them too.
You can have it all. You can build a life of great material success as well as a sacred loving relationship. And with an attitude of loving kindness, also find inner happiness. The key is the ability to know yourself, your energy, and your ego, and understand the difference between these aspects and true love. In the extreme, this is called healing, and in the everyday life it is called pure intent, the intent of loving kindness.
About the Author:
Christopher Walker
Chris Walker is a world leading change agent, an environmentalist and author of more than 20 books. Born and bred in Australia, he consults to people and organisations throughout the world on improved relationships, health and lifestyle through the application of the Universal laws of Nature. The result he offers is that we stay balanced, share loving relationships, work with passion, enjoy success, and live our personal truth. To learn more about Chris’s work and journeys to Nepal, visit http://www.chriswalker.com.au
Article Submitted On: October 25, 2006
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