There’s a story about a man once walking through a garden. He stumbles upon a beautiful array of roses. He begins to smell them and admire their beauty. A thought arises in his mind that he should pluck out the rose and take it home. Then his heart tells him that if he were to take this rose home then it would die and wither away. This type of love would be called possession. Then he thought to himself that if he truly admired the beauty of the rose then he would leave it be and continue to walk away. This kind of love would be true appreciation. So true love is appreciation not possession. For possession is guided by the ego and appreciation is guided by the heart.
We have far too many people today who have completely misunderstood the idea of love. Love is not at all about possession. It is freeing and appreciating. Men especially need to learn how to truly appreciate their women. Astonishingly many men think twice when it comes to complimenting their woman because their insecurities prevent them from doing so. I say compliment your woman. Show her just how special she is to you and proclaim to the world just how much she means to you through your actions. Focus on filling her cup and age will devote herself to loving you. Women are not complex creatures when it comes to the matters of the heart. Love them, appreciate them and make them feel safely reassured so that they can bring out their love & warmth for you.
A woman's highest calling is to lead a man to his soul, so as to unite him with Source. ... A man's highest calling is to protect woman, so she is free to walk the earth unharmed.
In this day and age far too many women are walking around the world with little to no safety felt in their hearts. Toxic, hyper masculine men lie to them and do not create a feeling of safety or reassurance for them.
This in turn damages them and hardens their hearts. Women need to feel safe and men must exercise warmth, kindness and appreciation towards them.
It is indeed true. Women are generally more inclined to use their heart than men are and they tend to be ruled by their heart. A woman in her passion is the most powerful force in this world. Only weak men belittle their woman and truly the strong men are able to make their women feel alive, strong and supported. The divine feminine is a force of compassion, creativity, connection and flow. Observe a woman tap into her divine feminine and you are going one of the most powerful & beautiful forces in the force.
“You must break to allow the light to enter” - Rumi
Enduring hardships is just a part of life. Your heart is going to be broken, your friends are going to disappoint you and even your family may surprise you. Heart aches are inevitable. There may be life situations which will stretch you to your core and have you crying in such tears that you’ll be praying to God on your knees.
This too shall pass. Take this opportunity as a blessing. Rumi time and time again speaks of the cracking of the heart to allow one’s heart to illuminate and receive divine inspiration. Begin to see your challenges as blessings and it will all change. On a high level ask yourself: “have these challenges brought me closer to God? made me more humble? Increased my acts of worship? If so then be appreciative.
Story Time
For many people, wealth and power can harden their hearts. I remember walking down in Las Vegas on a high end shopping center and saw people that could easily be millionaires or billionaires. What intrigued me the most was the lack of spirit in them. They were walking with no life emanating from their eyes. There was no life in these people. They were walking together with their family and I could sense no joy. It made me think of the quote “some people are so poor all they have is money”.
So truly start seeing your problems as opportunities for you to grow as a human being. Adversity does make us stronger, better people and more altruistic towards others. The heart that hasn’t been broken will never understand the plea of other broken hearts.
How to Tap Into Our Flow ?
Tapping into our flow is essentially getting our soul on fire. It is
Go out in nature. Meditate under the tree. Listen to the birds chirping, observe the running clouds and even take your shoes and socks off in the grass. Nature is our instrument to gain a deeper appreciation for God and the Divine. It’s the simplicity of tuning out all the noise and arriving to the quiet eloquence of nature to receive divine inspiration.
Meditate.
Read a book that moves you.
Recite or write poetry.
Make art.
Have inspiring conversations.
Physical activity.
Give back to others.
Express gratitude.
Discussion Activity:
Every morning start your day with gratitude. Just think of 5 things that you’re grateful for and see your heart expand in appreciation.
Take an Epsom salt baths.
Every morning get in front of the mirror and say “I love you” to yourself with your hands placed on your heart.
Forgive all those who may have hurt you. It’s not about them as much as it is about yourself. By letting the pain go of what they might have caused you, you are basically telling yourself that you are moving on and moving forward. Forgiveness makes us feel lighter and flow stays requires a certain energetic lightness to carry itself.
The Value of Materialistic Things
In 2015 a man by the name of Ali Banat was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and was told by Doctors that he had only 7 months to live. He then immediately sold his 2 successful businesses and started to sell off his material wealth. He also owned a Ferrari, properties, Rolex watches and other very expensive items which he now seemed worthless in his eyes. In his own words “my Ferrari is worth to me just as much as the flip flops I own. In my eyes, giving these flip flops to a child in Africa brings far more happiness to me than owning this car”. Ali then set up a charity called the MATW Project in Africa where he helped a religious mosque and provided food, water and shelter for the youth. Ali lived 3 years passed the date of his diagnosis and left this world with no worldly possessions. Not all of us are as blessed as Ali, as his cancer was a wake up call for him. He started focusing on the aspect of giving in life and derived the meaning from helping others. Imagine how many people leave this world everyday who are only caught up in their own egotistical world of luxury, pride and arrogance. What a sad state they must be seeing that living a life of selfishness, greed and lust is a life wasted away. With brother Ali’s passing, he left a beautiful and inspiring legacy for others to follow in his footsteps. Even if you don’t believe in God, just imagine how much good karma he built in those 3 years of living a life of service and contribution to humanity.
There’s something truly special when we help others. People may be impressed to see you get a promotion at work or receive an award but they’ll be touched to see you help someone on the street. You see, as someone wise once said, the greatest things aren’t remembered in the mind but felt in the heart. Our greatest contribution to humanity and our legacy in this world is to give. There have been so many people who have been Kings, Queens, Emperors and Rulers but we never look back in reverence to the ones that were tyrants or oppressors. We only appreciate the ones who actually cared about their people and actually did something to make things better for other people.
Life tip: At the end of the day people don’t care about how wealthy you are or how much power you have. But they’ll deeply care on how you treated them.
Having a Daily Practice
It’s very important in having a practice that fuels your creativity, spirituality and connectedness to self. For some it’s meditating, for others it’s a daily set of practices that involve mantras, journaling, reading books or exercising. All in all it’s something that allows you to think in big picture terms to help the brain think big and also give you inspiration.
Is life a marathon or a race?
One of the smartest pieces of advice that I was given was that life is more like a marathon than a race. It’s a game of endurance so develop habits that are sustainable, healthy and will not burn you out in the long run.
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