Resistance Has No Place in Love
“Where there is love, there is no consciousness of relationship. Only in a state of resistance can there be this consciousness, which is merely an adjustment of opposing conflicts.” — J. Krishnamurti Do you demand that your pet always behave how you want? No. You love it even when it’s being destructively mischievous, or moody, […]
Love Is the Highest Ideal
“The third is a still higher test… When one has thrown off all shopkeeping and cast off all fear, one then begins to realize that love is always the highest ideal.” — Swami Vivekananda What does ideal love want? The answer is nothing. The ideal love doesn’t care about heaven, about anything in this world, […]
Love Conquers Fear
“The second test is that love knows no fear… Does the lamb love the lion? The mouse, the cat? The slave, the master?… With love never comes the idea of fear.” — Swami Vivekananda Swamiji gives the example of a young mother. If a dog barks at her on the street, she flees into the […]
True Love Sets You Free
“The first test of love is that it knows no bargaining. So long as you see a man love another only to get something from him, you know that it is not love; it is shopkeeping.” — Swami Vivekananda People get upset when they can’t find “true love.” What they really mean is, “I can’t […]
How You Treat People Says A Lot About You
“We should always try to see the duty of others through their own eyes, and never judge the customs of other people by our own standards.” — Swami Vivekananda The visitor who bellows at the security guard who asks for his details. The woman who constantly haggles with vegetable vendors. The man who shouts at […]
How To Do Your Duty
“Duty is seldom sweet. It is only when love greases its wheels that it runs smoothly; it is continuous friction otherwise.” — Swami Vivekananda Can you do your duty as a parent if you don’t love your child? Can you do your duty as an author if you don’t love writing? Can you make an […]
We Don’t Need More Tolerance
“Because our minds are so acutely developed in cunningness, in subtlety, in selfishness, we are forcing ourselves to be tolerant or love one another, or help another, serve another, all intellectual things. Whereas, if you really love with your mind as well as your heart, with your whole being. . . you are, therefore you […]