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Contrast? Nah. Attunement!

By pointing out ugly deeds or who the ugly people are, you haven’t created a beautiful world and you haven’t made yourself a beautiful person. Contrast has its place and time, but it is an effect — shocking, sharp and short-lived — not a lifestyle. Your creative energy seeks its own contentment. It has aContinue reading “Contrast? Nah. Attunement!”

The Gold of Love and the Brass of Self-Assertion

The phrase “I love you” is often used for reasons of seduction, self-centredness (“I love myself .. when you are around”), therapeutically (“I am feeling awkward and don’t know what else to say”). Maybe that is fine? It just does not mean what it says: “I love you. I care about YOU.” The person whoContinue reading “The Gold of Love and the Brass of Self-Assertion”

Culture Hungering for Love

Those unaware of the deficit of love in their lives will always be drawn to extremist ideologies and, once lured in with the promise of power (power over others), will join a cult of hatred, seemingly at the drop of a hat. However sudden the attitudinal change appears to an onlooker, it is actually notContinue reading “Culture Hungering for Love”

It Is Easy

Love is easy and natural. Love is not a challenge at all. What is a challenge is to ignore the power of unlovable mindsets, essentially unwholesome thought forms, and to be who you are – with or without the support of community. Sometimes groups succumb to false beliefs about what human “nature” is. A healthyContinue reading “It Is Easy”

Growing Plants, Growing People (In a Harsh Climate)

You expose tender seedlings to the outdoors gradually. That is what makes them strong, beautiful, useful plants that offer healthy fruit and delight you for a long time. Plants thrive on sun and water. They don’t thrive when it is cold, frozen and windy. Children and adolescents are a bit like young plants: they needContinue reading “Growing Plants, Growing People (In a Harsh Climate)”

Sons

Of all the skills you can awaken in your son as a parent, emotional literacy is the most important. Not only will it give him the building blocks for success on the job and in his approach to life, but also for his long relationships, especially romantic relationships. It is common knowledge that a relationshipContinue reading “Sons”

It’s Appreciation! The Key!

Appreciation is the innocent and “dear” aspect of love. It shows you what you truly love. And who. And here is something revealing: a person who is out to harm you or who doesn’t care whether you are well or not can not instill appreciation in you. Therefore, appreciation — more than desire, hormonal excitement,Continue reading “It’s Appreciation! The Key!”

Offer Freshness

When you are offering freshness, you are offering love. Freshness is more than novelty. Novelty distracts and can jar. Freshness centres and restores. Love is the force that motivates you to provide freshness, to become freshness, to be a place of freshness for all your loved ones. Without freshness, love remains unrealized and feels incomplete.Continue reading “Offer Freshness”

More Than Verbal Goodness

Being able to put into words what you do is a great skill, because processes that are communicated can be replicated. But not everything great can be put into words successfully. Because not everything great comes from the mind, even though the mind can observe it as remarkable. Love is one of those things whereContinue reading “More Than Verbal Goodness”

Love for Love’s Sake; Protest Out Of Love Too

I find it good to challenge and question everything that offends us, our love and sense, in a world that is losing both. I find it good to add beauty and encouragement to all things that elevate us, that promote our love and sense, for the (less evident) part of the world that has neverContinue reading “Love for Love’s Sake; Protest Out Of Love Too”

Be a Lover. Bond In the Good.

For May Day: #romanceinlove #loveinromance  At one of his recent concerts, Carlos Santana said many healing truths that made me approve of myself and many of my decisions a lot more. I was very moved by the synergy within the band and how they give their music to the highest good of all. Because itContinue reading “Be a Lover. Bond In the Good.”