Need for Love Meditation by Tarika Lovegarden To discover how to fulfill your deepest longing for love,
Please find a comfortable position and close your eyes,
Feeling them come to rest.
Become aware of whatever you're experiencing in this moment,
The feeling of your body resting here,
Relaxing into the support of your pillow or chair.
Notice what it's like to receive this support,
Just like you can receive support from others.
Feel how life is supporting you in this moment,
Giving you everything you need to become receptive to the love that's already there,
Within you and around you.
Rest your hands on your heart center.
Touch your heart tenderly with care.
Take deep,
Gentle breaths,
Breathing in,
Opening to whatever you're feeling,
Breathing out,
Releasing the weight of the past,
Breathing in,
Feeling the energy of your heart expanding,
Giving you space to simply be.
Nothing needs to change for you to be okay.
Take this opportunity to consider that you are already worthy of love,
Not necessarily perfect,
Just lovable as you are.
Can you experience the reality of this in this safe space?
You are naturally coming back home to yourself,
Connecting deeper inside,
Centering in the depths of your inner being.
All the energy that was flowing towards others,
Hankering for love and attention,
Is now turning inwards,
Becoming available for you.
Deeply receive this warm embrace of love,
Feeling every fiber of your body and being,
Absorbing this nourishment.
How does it feel to receive love?
Can you open to receive even more love in this moment?
Take a deep breath and feel the depth of your love.
The source of love is within you.
Feel this infinite pool of love flowing within you,
Fulfilling your need for love in this moment,
Independent of whether you have someone to share it with or whether your partner fulfills you.
Take time to absorb this radical understanding of love.
Even if you are only experiencing one drop of love in this moment,
It's enough.
One drop connects you to this infinite spring of love.
Feel your love expanding in this moment,
Naturally,
Without having to do anything.
It's your nature to love and be loved.
Now let's practice connecting to this source of love while opening to receive love from others,
Whether you have someone in your life or not.
We all have needs that are not met.
We all need love.
Our need for love is what makes us human.
It's as primary as our need for food and water.
Take a moment to acknowledge your needs.
Feeling your need for love enables you to become fulfilled in love.
A yearning for love is a vital signal from your inner being.
As you recognize and feel your need,
You open to love.
Centering in love,
You open to greater flows of giving and receiving love from others.
This circulation of love is profoundly healing,
A magnetic force of two human beings meeting in love.
Can you open to the possibility of having this in your life?
Remember,
In your heart,
It's safe to feel what you feel,
To allow yourself to be vulnerable.
Feel these tender parts buried deep inside,
Calling for your love and attention.
Recall a reoccurring situation in your life in which you need love,
Attention,
Companionship,
Acknowledgement,
Or whatever you're longing for.
Perhaps you feel lonely at night or get distressed when you wait for your partner to come home.
Imagine a situation like this happening right now.
Take a deep breath and feel.
What's happening?
What are you feeling?
Do you feel disrespected,
Sad,
Betrayed,
Or insecure?
Are you able to stay open to the feeling?
Or are you closing down,
Cutting off from yourself or the other?
Do you get angry and demand what you want?
Or do you protect yourself by pretending you don't need anything?
Perhaps you manipulate the other into giving you what you need.
Do your thoughts go round and round in circles,
Questioning yourself,
Or blaming and criticizing the other?
Become aware.
Are these strategies giving you what you want?
What if you stopped denying your needs and allowed yourself to feel these tender,
Vulnerable places?
It's okay to have needs.
Acknowledge your needs.
They are signaling you to open to love.
There is intelligence in your need.
It's like a seed.
A seed has everything it needs to become beautiful,
To become a strong,
Beautiful tree contained in its DNA.
The same is true with your needs.
Feeling your needs gives you the intelligence to fulfill them.
Can you feel what you are needing in this moment?
While receiving this warmth of love,
Plug back into your source.
Do you feel full,
Complete?
Yes,
There's pain in needing love.
We depend on each other for love.
But being human means you can also stand alone,
Be fulfilled from within.
Perhaps the hankering is gone.
Pain comes from seeking fulfillment from outside.
Even deeper,
You are resting inside.
There is no pain.
You are deeply receptive to this infinite pool of love when you are alone and together,
Meeting in love.
The truth is you don't know whether love will come from the other or not.
Remember,
You can plug into your source of love in any moment when you are alone and together.
Remember,
Being alone is part of life.
Sometimes the other meets your needs,
And sometimes they don't.
You can feel your needs and become fulfilled,
Whether the other is there or not.
Remember to reconnect with this source of love again and again.
Plug back into yourself,
And your love will never run dry.
Please stretch your body and open your eyes whenever you are ready.
Every time you feel the need,
You are watering the seed.
