I want to share with you two distinctions ‘with love’ and - TopicsExpress



          

I want to share with you two distinctions ‘with love’ and ‘without love’. Why am I sharing these distinctions? Because distinctions shed light on what is so and at the same time open doorways to new possibilities. Today, it occurred to me that everything that you and I do, is done either ‘with love’ or ‘without love’. And there is a profound difference between doing something ‘with love’ or ‘without love’. When I listen, am I listening ‘with love’ or am I listening to you ‘without love’? When I speak, am I speaking with love or without love? When I write, am I writing with love or without love? When I cook, am I cooking with love or without love? When I serve the food that I have cooked, am I serving it with love or without love? When I eat, am I eating with love or without love? When I clean the house, am I cleaning with love or without love? When I turn up to collect my children from school, am I turning up with love or without love? When I help you with something, am I helping you with love or without love? When I walk, am I walking with love or without love? When I sit, am I sitting with love or without love? When I sleep, am I sleeping with love or without love? When I work, am I working with love or am I working without love? It occurs to me that the default is ‘without love’. It is so much the default that I don’t see that I act ‘without love’. My acting just shows up as acting: I do that which I do as I have always done it. And I think no more of it. I do what I do mindlessly. Yet, the person on the receiving end does notice whether the action was taken with love or without love. When I act with love the other tends to feel accepted-appreciated-loved and I also experience joy. When I act without love, the other is left feeling that s/he does not matter. I invite you to imagine what your experience of living would be like if you listened with love, spoke with love, and took action with love. What would show up if you brought love to all that you do?
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:25:17 +0000

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