Selfless Love

 

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Selfless Love

To be selfless means to put the needs and desires of others above your own desires. It is about making compromises and tough decisions with those you love; it means giving your love for others a priority ahead of what you yourself may want. When your navel and heart chakra develop to such an extent then your nature becomes one of pure giving, giving and more giving. When this happens, you are not bothered about your needs as your compassion and feeling for others surpasses your own needs.

If you observe nature – it gives unconditionally – the Sun is giving light and energy without asking for anything in return, rivers provide you with water, trees with shade and fruits and the examples could go on and on. If we tune ourselves with nature and merge with it then we too become more giving, more compassionate, our caring for others becomes second nature and we offer to help spontaneously without thinking of what the consequences might be!

The best part of selfless love as part of our own nature is that we begin to love ourselves too selflessly, the moment we start loving ourselves, our love for others expands exponentially and then it is no longer restricted to just people – it encompasses all sentient and insentient beings on earth. Ask yourself this – when you see a nail, a stone, or any object which may cause hurt or damage to anyone lying on the road or footpath, do you bend down to pick it up and put it in the dustbin? Or do any such selfless act which potentially could harm someone you do not know at all – because by removing such object from the street you are doing a good turn to unknown persons – that is selflessness in operation.

With regular meditation and mindfulness practice you will observe that your own nature changes. The moment you cross the heart chakra your nature becomes more loving and giving, you think less of yourself and your needs and more for others. You become helpful with loads of compassion built, people start getting attracted to you because of your giving nature. There will be people who will try to take advantage, but mainly those who are needy will come to you and your soul will guide you when the greedy try to con you. Apart from becoming compassionate and giving, you will also become smart and diplomatic and charmingly deny those who are greedy and try to take advantage of you. This is the beauty of becoming soul conscious, because with your soul becoming your Guru, you get inner guidance on what to do and what not to do!