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We are not sorry for somebody who is dead.
We are sorry for ourselves.
Look at a very practical thing in life.
Let’s imagine for a minute that
the area you are living in is
not secure and you are ready
to turn off the lights and
going to sleep;
and your partner is sleeping
on the bed away from the door.
What is your first request;
would you come on this side?
Why? Oh, because somebody might come in.
So it is okay with you if I get hurt
when somebody comes in,
but it is not okay with you
if you get hurt.
But I love you.
Ah, what an expression of love.
Somebody told me a real life experience.
They went camping. They put the tent on.
They were ready to go to sleep,
turn off the light and
that is exactly what happened.
The wife said, “Would you please
come and sleep on this side?” “Why”?
“What if some bears come in.
And he said “Would you feel better
if you were just a window rather
than without an arm”?
So what does the husband do?
Then you’re perfect love or
is he a protection?
He actually is your protection,
he is not your perfect love,
because if he was a perfect love,
the actions will say exactly the opposite.
It would say "dear would you please sleep
on that side on the tent,
because I want to sleep right here.
I don’t want you to be the first one
exposed to any hurt;
and it goes for both.
I submit to you humanity has purposely,
knowingly avoided the true love,
because true love calls for
a complete unconditional surrender
and sacrifice, and no sacrifice will
ever be big enough for a true lover.
There is a parable that the 2 lovers
lived across a river and the women used
to take a earthen pot;
use it as a support and swim across
the river, and the lover used to catch
the fresh fish and cook,
and keep it ready for her to come.
And one day there was so much
heavy wave in the river that
he could not catch any fish,
and she is coming.
So she reaches there.
He puts the meat in front of her,
and the first bite she takes
out of the meat and she says
"this fish taste totally
different than all the fish
you ever cooked. "What happened?
Where did you catch it"?
He said "right from here"
He is not telling anything,
and suddenly she puts her hand
on his leg and he cries with an ouch.
So "what happened"? "oh nothing";
and she looks at it that he actually
cut the muscle of his thigh
and cooked that because he could not
catch the fish. Can you see the sentiment?
The story ends that somebody sees it that
she goes everyday. So he actually exchanges
the pot she used to use.
And rather than a baked solid pot,
he put a clay pot which is not cooked
and she sees it the moment she picks up.
She says this one is not going to go
all the way. It is going to melt in the water,
but I am not going to break the promise knowingly.
She takes that pot and she goes; starts swimming
across the river and by the time she reaches
the middle of the river, the pot completely
dissolves, and he, on the other side
knows something has gone wrong.
She is not going to make it today,
so he starts swimming without any help.
And they both meet at the middle
of the river and drown together.
Here is a metaphor for you
when the physical love reaches the height
and becomes a spiritual love.
Where the physical body loses significance
so cutting the body and feeding is
so irrelevant and dying for each other
is completely irrelevant.
So we wanted to know today
what is the definition of true love,
what is a pure love and I submit to you,
It exists and humans have knowingly
walked away from it because
it requires 100% sacrifice,
surrender, non judgment, and we keep
hiding behind this word and,
declaring to the world.
And we look at the people and say,
"well what is the matter?"
Well, he or she must be in love.
No, they are not in love.
Their hormones are confusing the hell
out of them. They are not in love.
They are attracted to each other.
It’s a pure attraction, it’s not love;
because if it was love, it will never ever change.
Again, why are we experiencing a
divorce rate of 60% in the first
2 years of the marriage?
They were all in love once upon a time.
What happened? Where did the love go?
That is why they say the husband
and wife are the 2 sides of the same coin.
They like each other so much that
they stay with each other,
and they hate so much that
they can’t face each other.
So my dear, don’t confuse the emotions,
those thoughts with love. You can only love
your Creator. And in that love, you can only fall.
That is why it is normal,
the term I fell in love. Ofcouse you fell,
you are not in love; you are in ***.
Because love will always help you rise up.
It will not allow you to fall down.
It will raise you up and that love is
only between you and the Creator.
The rest are all bondages, attachments, attractions, ***.
You can give any name to it,
so with that we will conclude
today’s talk and open for questions.