If we're loved really deeply by somebody,
It gives us strength.
It's like the strength and resilience of deeply loved kids.
And if we love someone really deeply,
That gives us courage.
And that courage will be woven then into our personality for future challenges.
But what if we've never maybe been loved deeply or even loved deeply?
What about us?
What do we do?
Maybe we want strength.
Maybe we want courage.
Well,
What you can do is pay a lot of attention to yourself and to your experience.
Not like in a narcissistic way.
I'm not talking about that.
Eight different flavors at Starbucks and stuff or a million dollars for a haircut.
I'm not talking about that.
It's more throughout the day,
Asking yourself how you feel.
So you become a lover to yourself.
How do you feel?
And then notice if you don't feel much,
If you feel numb.
Or you might feel a little bit of anger underneath that part of you is pushing down.
Or you might feel a little sadness.
But I'll tell you,
If you keep this up,
Like being this lover,
Like a lover to yourself,
Asking the Beloved,
How are you feeling?
How are you feeling?
You will start to receive information from inside,
From the part of you that is just so grateful to receive your attention.
And you'll get data about how you feel.
And you'll hear the still small voice within.
You'll hear guidance and insights.
You know,
If you really keep it up,
Really keep it up,
Like a devoted lover,
You will start to find out about yourself in a deeper way.
Any of us can do this.
It's just a decision not to be distracted.
Yeah.
And if you do that,
You know,
Your understanding of both yourself and others will grow exponentially.
Because,
You know,
The person who has self-knowledge of their own,
That gives them access to the selves of others.
They understand other people.
And they stop judging,
You know,
Which just makes for a happier life.
But,
You know,
Some people have been loved really deeply.
Some kids were loved really deeply as children,
You know.
And some people have loved so deeply that it's brought out the absolute best of themselves in their lives.
Gave them courage to step forward and express their true nature.
But any of us can do this,
Even if these special things haven't happened for you.
You can become a lover of your own self.
And that is when also,
If you build a relationship with your own heart this way,
With your own sort of an emotional understanding of yourself,
Staying in touch with yourself and how you feel about things,
How you think about things,
Then what will happen is it's far easier for a true lover to manifest and start reflecting this back to you in the physical.
In fact,
It's part of how it happens.
Okay,
Just wanted to say all this.
So please,
May it become easier and easier if you stay in touch with yourself,
For you to become a lover of your own dear self.
Because you'll also become a better partner and a better parent as you do this.
And the world will warm up and we'll stop poisoning ourselves and killing each other so much.
Because we'll just all be like lovers.
Okay,
Bless your hearts.
