Loving

Loving attitudes and actions conquer fear. How? With a loving attitude you are free from the negativity that can cause you to feel trapped and isolated.

For most of us, being around dying and death evokes a visceral response of fear and avoidance. We basically view life as good and death as bad. Our fear makes us contract and respond in fight or flight or freeze mode.

You can call me naïve, but I believe that to save the human race and this magnificent planet we are on, compassion must be part of our daily prayer.

The greatest gift of love is the gesture of open arms -- let come what comes -- not because you don't care, or because you hope to steel yourself against pain, but because you care so much that you are helpless to do anything else.

The wealth of who you are is not limited in its reach. It expands as you touch to others. How does this have any impact, monetarily? Money circulates. It exchanges hands. It is given and received.

Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion.

Tossing something out was my method of staying in control, albeit a false sense of control that was really rooted in fear and insecurity.

Could you surrender the need to be seen to be successful in the eyes of the world, to take pressures off and to enjoy more fully your life as it unfolds towards you?

The cultural myth of the perfect partner or soul mate is a distraction that keeps us from the real work of love.

A year ago in my viral post "Why I'm Alone" I gave answers as to why I didn't seek a relationship. A week after I wrote that post I met a hell of a good man.

Can you imagine being more loving in your daily life? Not just with family and friends, but with co-workers, people on the subway, or just plain old strangers?

Ecstasy, bliss and love are all very closely aligned states of consciousness. In fact, some would say these are one and the same.

I was told that often the very rich are burdened with having so much stuff to take care of that they are not free to enjoy their lives. They lose a sense of who their friends are.

To be free and vulnerable with the one you love the most is to risk. What if by speaking up, you lose the approval of your loved one? What if you rock what is an otherwise comfortable boat?

Most people would prefer to experience loving and to be loved over just about any other qualitative experience in life.

You have probably heard the expression that people "battle cancer". In this sense, the spiritual warrior uses their human spirit to deal with the challenges and difficulties that he or she meets.

I get many letters like this from readers (both male and female): "I met this guy, and he took me to dinner, and it was really romantic, but he did/d...

Recently, I gave a meditation class for people who were either new or lapsed meditators. One person meditated 20 years ago, but recently with the moun...

A key is to appreciate with gratitude whatever comes your way. Everything has value. Nothing needs to be different from what it is, including you.

"The human spirit is so great a thing that no man can express it; could we rightly comprehend the mind of man nothing would be impossible to us upon t...

Our feelings towards our brothers or sisters aren't truly about anybody or anything against us. Ultimately, our experience of loving our enemies reveals how we are with loving ourselves.

"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature." Saint Augustine The way I see it, the time leading up t...