We don’t talk about rising into love, but falling…
We “fall” into love because it requires a surrender. Love asks of us to let go of the need to control, the need to force an outcome.
Love is not something we need to search for to find, it is the truth of who we are, we are made of love. But in order for us to experience this, we will have to surrender completely to exactly who we are, and then we see it in everybody…
“Well now let’s go back to falling in love. It’s quite crazy. Falling. You see? We don’t say “rising into love.” There is in it, the idea of the fall. And it goes back, as a matter of fact, to extremely fundamental things. That there is always a curious tie at some point between the fall and the creation. Taking this ghastly risk is the condition of there being life. You see, for all life is an act of faith and an act of gamble. The moment you take a step, you do so on an act of faith because you don’t really know that the floor’s not going to give under your feet… so, actually, therefore, the course of wisdom, what is really sensible, is to let go, is to commit oneself, to give oneself up and that’s quite mad. So we come to the strange conclusion that in madness lies sanity.” – Alan Watts
“Love is not something that is a sort of rare commodity, everybody has it.” – Alan Watts
“So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.” – Alan Watts
“When you find out that there was never anything in the dark side to be afraid of, then nothing is left but to love.” – Alan Watts
So much of our experience of love has been infected by the fears we formed around rejection and acceptance, that we often become too scared to take a step in any direction for fear that the ground might give way.
We are made to do this though, falling is just a part of playing and perhaps we have forgotten to be playful. Perhaps we were tricked into believing that “grown ups” have it all figured out, and that after being a child you should always be getting it “right”, so now taking even the tiniest step has become something loaded with fear.
The moment that you lose your fear of falling you will fall head over heels in love with life again, trust me, and trust in the ability of your soul to catch you and hold you no matter how hard the fall.
Embrace the fall:
- Embrace the Unknown: Be open to the mystery of life.
- Let Go of Control: Surrender to the flow of the universe.
- Love Yourself: Accept yourself, flaws and all.
- Love Others: Extend compassion and kindness to all beings.
- Trust the Divine: Believe in the power of something greater than yourself.
So let us surrender to love, to life, to the unknown. Let’s embrace the fall. Let us surrender to the unknown. Let us trust in the divine. Let us trust that the universe will catch us, that we are always supported and guided.
Have a beautiful Friday peeps!
– pierre –
Today’s LIVE meditation is: Sharing love.