Every day, I witness the power of love that can express itself as forgiveness for oneself or others, generosity, kindness, goodwill, or simply as surrendering to what is—the absence of rejection, of pushing away, of resistance. Giving away without expecting anything in return, regardless of the recipient.
It can be trained and cultivated until it becomes a way of life. At the beginning, it might feel forced or fake, especially when we have been brought up in a place where those heart qualities were not present and we had no one to learn from. Step by step, through loving kindness meditation and the development of insight, it becomes easier and easier to release those beneficial qualities without feeling ashamed, guilty, weak, taken advantage of, ridiculous, too emotional, too feminine, too motherly, and so on. By tracking with wisdom, the results of our kind, respectful, and moderate thoughts, speech, and deeds, we start to recognize that those bare sweet fruits for oneself and for others. As a direct consequence, the quality of our lives increases. Skepticism and doubt about efficiency are being put aside.
We don’t need to wait for the external conditions to get better for us to be happy. It starts right here in our very hearts with the willingness to develop wholesome mind states.
Fundamentally, when all defilements of the mind are removed through the practice of morality, mind training, and wisdom, one can recognize that love is our very nature. It is what shines forth unconditionally.
Love for every being and every little tiny thing becomes inevitable.
-: 𝙱𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎 – 𝙸𝚗𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚎 – 𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 :-
Nibbana Unplugged 
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