Category: Overflowing

Learn to appreciate what’s well made.

Art, music, a meal…

Buried inside quality is spirit. And to appreciate quality is to appreciate another’s spirit.

And what is it that does the appreciating exactly? …That’s right: your spirit.

Appreciating is as good for our spirit as it is for others’. We cannot pour love from a cup that doesn’t already contain love. And appreciating is a means that both gives and generates love.

…It’s a process that ameliorates the quality of life for all involved.

Equally important: avoid what’s spiritless—both from others and in what you choose to make.

Life is too short. The benefits of doing the opposite are too large.

And after all… what could possibly prove to be more important than the nourishment and growth of our and others’ spirit?

…Spirit, I think you’ll realize, is the very essence of it all.

While at Jayh’s wake last week… one of the pastors made a comment that stuck with me.

He said something along the lines of, “Why complicate religion? Forget all of the endless interpretations from the endless lines of religious text and simplify. For me, it all boils down to two lines: Love God and Love Thy Neighbor. Period.”

And he continued by saying if what you’re doing in life doesn’t model those two lines, then you need to check your religion.

This reflects one of my core beliefs that comes from the Dalai Lama. When asked to define his religion he said, “My religion is kindness.” …And if there’s any concept that needs to be more closely interpreted for integration into life practice… it’s that line.

Don’t miss the forest for the trees. Don’t get caught up in the nuances. Don’t overthink what most religious texts try to make predominantly and abundantly clear… LOVE is the bottom line. KINDNESS is the interpretation. TOWARDS ALL is who we should include in our practice. NOW… TODAY… is when it’s needed.

…More than ever.

Here’s the thing: with each decision, we’re either contributing to the problem or contributing to the solution.

When dealing with the virus that is hate, we need to remember that not only is it easily transmittable (especially in today’s world) from others to you… but it’s just as easily transmittable from you to others.

See a lot of people think to themselves, I’m only one person… what can I do? And this is the transmittability of the virus speaking. Because if it can infect you, it knows it’ll infect many others.

But if you can take on the role of the white blood cell and stand up to hate… be an example of overflowing love… and let the transmittability of the cure do the speaking… you’re not just protecting yourself from the sickness that is hate… you’re doing it for the countless others who won’t get exposed from you, too.

P.s. Stop the hate.

“How do you know when you’re in love?” She asked.

When the desire for pleasure is gone… And yet… They’re still able to halt time.

People shouldn’t have to work for your love.

Conditional love isn’t love at all. It’s manipulation.

Your love should flow unconditionally to all those who are within the range of its overflow.

…If they abuse this privilege, their access gets revoked. Simple as that.

…And they have to work to regain access to you.

But your love continues to flow.

With or without them.

Never forget: unconditional love does not mean unconditional tolerance.

In fact, unconditional love is a sacred energy that should be protected at all costs. Even more so than the ways in which you protect the money in your life.

For the value of money pales in comparison to the value of fully expressed and absorbed love.