Is Love & Compassion Important?
Across a wide range of spiritual and religious traditions, there is a lot of emphasis placed on the idea of love and compassion. Some examples of this include Rumi (the Islamic poet of the 13th Century who spoke of love in such beautiful ways) and in Buddhism (where loving kindness, non-violence and compassion are considered as a cornerstone to any practice).
Through Christianity also, love plays a key role in the religious teachings, and through the Hindu tradition, where countless Gurus and Saints throughout the ages have all spoken of love and compassion as being one of the most important aspects of their path. And in addition to all of this, there are also now many kinds of new age spiritual teachings, such as those coming through channeled teachings, which speak of love and compassion as being the vibrational basis for all things. Such is the power of love and compassion! Love Inspiration has also received many different types of teachings from a variety of Guides which have spoken of the importance of love. And every single healing system and teaching which we offer here, without exception, works from these deeply satisfying energies. |
|
The Vibration Of Love
Why Love Is The Key
Everyone loves love - its that simple. Whether this is seen in a baby clinging to its mother or father, a wife as she takes a walk in the park with her husband, a grandmother playing with her grandchild or whether it's the love shared between you and your family pet. Everyone loves the feeling of sharing love with another living being. It seems that this is very much our natural state of being.
When we fall in love, we feel like we are invincible. We can feel happiness like we have never felt before. We even feel like we can fly up high into the sky and perhaps even touch the stars; such is the feelings of an intense love. The energy of love is filled with light, peace and it also brings a huge amount of healing into our consciousness.
It is often said that any kind of dis-ease or imbalance within ourselves, in some way or another, stems from a lack of love. In other words, where there is physical or mental states of dis-ease or imbalance, there is ultimately darkness. Where there is love, there can only ever be light, as our Guides have said to us:
"Love obscures darkness - always"
"Offering love brings many treasures - try it"
When we fall in love, we feel like we are invincible. We can feel happiness like we have never felt before. We even feel like we can fly up high into the sky and perhaps even touch the stars; such is the feelings of an intense love. The energy of love is filled with light, peace and it also brings a huge amount of healing into our consciousness.
It is often said that any kind of dis-ease or imbalance within ourselves, in some way or another, stems from a lack of love. In other words, where there is physical or mental states of dis-ease or imbalance, there is ultimately darkness. Where there is love, there can only ever be light, as our Guides have said to us:
"Love obscures darkness - always"
"Offering love brings many treasures - try it"
A Deeper Understanding Of Love
Whilst words can often fail to describe the unlimited potential of love, we can look to the vast array of teachings which can help us to more deeply understand the true nature of love. For example, in the Buddhist tradition, love is talked about in the context of wanting others to be happy. It is said in this tradition that making the wish that all beings be happy is something that will bring about a feeling of love from within you and ultimately a happier state of being - such is the power of love.
Working in meditation, as beginners, monks imagine or visualise that a person close to them, perhaps a mother or brother, is sitting right there in front of them (thus creating a connection). They then make the wish, firmly in their mind and heart, that this person find and enjoy happiness in their life.
As they are starting with someone who is very close to them, there are likely to be very natural feelings of wanting this person to be happy so this is a really great practice great for those who are beginning on their path. As they progress, they will start to introduce different types of people, groups of people up to a point where they will eventually do this practice to include all beings.
Working in meditation, as beginners, monks imagine or visualise that a person close to them, perhaps a mother or brother, is sitting right there in front of them (thus creating a connection). They then make the wish, firmly in their mind and heart, that this person find and enjoy happiness in their life.
As they are starting with someone who is very close to them, there are likely to be very natural feelings of wanting this person to be happy so this is a really great practice great for those who are beginning on their path. As they progress, they will start to introduce different types of people, groups of people up to a point where they will eventually do this practice to include all beings.
"Your state of health represents your state of mind. Keep your thoughts directed on love and watch your illnesses dissolve."
How Energy Based Practices Can Help
If we continue on with our example above, the monk doing his loving kindness practice. They will also learn the preliminary teachings such as compassion, karma & suffering and these are then combined with additional energy based meditative work which help to bring the monk's consciousness to a higher vibration of love and purity very quickly and effectively.
|
And it is precisely this added oomph of energy based meditations which moves their energetic vibration closer towards purity, divine love, light, wisdom and truth as they walk towards a state commonly known as enlightenment. We would humbly suggest to anyone wishing to receive more love & light in their life that a combination of energy based healing and/or meditation practices are an invaluable and very rewarding practice to start working with, even if it is only for 15 minutes a day.
Through this very small time investment, you are able to clear many kinds of energetic blockages, imbalances and impurities from within as you move to higher and more harmonious states of being. This is a most important point for us to emphasise and as always, we will continue to do our best to help spread these beautiful and uplifting energies of love & light into the lives of others. May we all realise the significance and benefits which flow from these kinds of energy based healing and meditation practices. |
|
The Vibration Of Compassion
What Is Compassion?
We have now looked at love from a number of different angles and we spoke of the monk who learns that love comes from a wish that others be happy. It is often said that the energies of love and compassion are often thought of as being two sides of the same coin so if we were to use this same example, and if love is the wish that all beings be happy, compassion would be the wish that all beings be free from suffering.
And as a way of understanding compassion more deeply, you can try to think of yourself as a mother who is unable to help her sick child. Just take a second and try to feel what she might be feeling - this feeling is likely to be compassion. The wish that her child be free from all suffering; the feeling of empathy, love, and compassion which can sometimes produce tears when felt at the depths of our being.
It is said that compassion is the ability to feel or have empathy for the suffering of another. Almost like you can feel what it would be like to be in their shoes for a while. To see things from this 'others' perspective can often enhance the feelings of compassion, understanding or empathy within us. And once we have this ability, skill or understanding, we can then do some meditative work to then expand these feelings of compassion outward, so that it applies to all beings. Then we can truly start to feel the powerful benefits of compassion.
And as a way of understanding compassion more deeply, you can try to think of yourself as a mother who is unable to help her sick child. Just take a second and try to feel what she might be feeling - this feeling is likely to be compassion. The wish that her child be free from all suffering; the feeling of empathy, love, and compassion which can sometimes produce tears when felt at the depths of our being.
It is said that compassion is the ability to feel or have empathy for the suffering of another. Almost like you can feel what it would be like to be in their shoes for a while. To see things from this 'others' perspective can often enhance the feelings of compassion, understanding or empathy within us. And once we have this ability, skill or understanding, we can then do some meditative work to then expand these feelings of compassion outward, so that it applies to all beings. Then we can truly start to feel the powerful benefits of compassion.
The Healing Power Of Compassion
The incredible healing power of compassion is also spoken about in many different spiritual texts and traditions and is said to be a healer of all ailments - whether they be spiritual, physical, mental or emotional. It is certainly our understanding that any kind of energetic blockage, disruption or imbalance can indeed be cured (over time) through the energies of compassion and it is for this reason why compassion is emphasised so strongly as a wonderful way to purify and heal ourselves in centuries past. As our Guides have said:
"Compassion is the key to strength, integrity and humbleness and cannot be replaced by other means of energy."
To live with compassion is to open up to are truest and most fundamental part of ourselves and by connecting to these energies, we allow ourselves to receive more happiness, joy and inner peace in our lives. As our Guides have said:
"Opening up to compassion allows us to emanate the true self, allowing us to radiate the pure goodness which benefits all."
