Every step on the inner path, however seemingly small, Ann K Gryczan Sometimes people think if the love in a relationship is no longer there, the relationship is over. This is not true! Love is a state of being and not dependent on anything outside of it – and that means we can all be love. If two people in a relationship are unloving toward one another, they are sometimes waiting for the other one to love them. Each person thinks he or she will be loving once the other person behaves well toward them, treats them kindly or somehow shows some love. But this never works and it cannot, because if we have closed the door on our love flowing out, it can’t flow in either.
When one person decides to be loving the whole relationship can become love. It might take a while – if the relationship has been like a neglected garden it will take some tending, but every moment of love makes it more a place of beauty, sustenance and joy. Sometimes, people mistake allowing themselves to be treated meanly or abused as being loving. There might seem to be a fine line between forgiveness and taking part in an unhealthy dynamic. But it is not fine at all. The way to tell the difference is with love. Being loving always includes loving oneself, and that is to recognize your inherent human dignity, just as you recognize that essential truth in the beloved. Treat the other as the tender soul he or she is, and do not allow your tender soul to be treated badly. Of course, every garden will follow the path of least resistance if allowed to go its own way, and then the weeds and stronger plants take over. This is true for us too – doesn’t it sometimes seem easier to be lazy, put off until tomorrow what we should do today and have a second serving? And sometimes it is important to be lazy and enjoy the sun while it shines. But every garden needs tending and so do we. Being willing to hear the hard things, see the flaws and make corrections in ourselves are all part of love too. Because integrity is another word for love, it means “whole, intact, complete,” so as we strive for integrity, and ask others in our orbit to do the same, we are aligning with the whole and essential truth of ourselves: the power and potential of who we are. May the weeds be effortless and your garden bountiful! I will sing you a song Of a garden fair, Wherein were sown seeds That brought blossoms rare. H. Fussell
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This is a blog for those who travel an inner path, seeking truth, beauty and the source of being.
Here are ideas and practices to help and encourage the traveler, and to address the obstacles that we, as students of consciousness, inevitably encounter. Everything you find here you can do at anytime and take as far as you want.
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