It talks about love love love and it's conflicts in following the Divine Will, or something. *wink ;)
In one way or another, I find it speaking in behalf of myself - in every word stated.
Traditional religious practices are important: they allow us to share with others the communal experience of adoration and prayer. But we must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there are NO RULES.
Some may try to control their emotions and develop strategies for their behavior; others may turn to reading books of advice from "experts" on relationships but this is all folly. The heart decides, and what it decides is all that really matters.
All of us have had this experience. At some point, we have each said through our tears, "I'm suffering for a love that's not worth it."
- We suffer because we feel we are giving more than we receive.
- We suffer because our love is going unrecognized.
- We suffer because we are unable to impose our own rules.
But ultimately there is no good reason for our suffering, for in every love lies the seed of our growth. The more we love, the closer we come to spiritual experience.
Those who are truly enlightened, those whose souls are illuminated by love, have been able to overcome all the inhibitions and preconceptions of their era. They have been able to sing, to laugh, and to pray out loud; they have danced and shared what Saint Paul called "the madness of saintliness." They have been joyful because those who love conquer the world and have no fear of loss. True love is an act of total surrender.
Sooner or later, we have to overcome our fears, because the spiritual path can only be travelled through the daily experience of love. Thomas Merton once said that the spiritual life is essentially to love. One doesn't love in order to do what is good or to help or to protect someone. If we act that way, we are perceiving the other as a simple object, and we are seeing ourselves as wise and generous persons. This has nothing to do with love.
To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.You know what I mean? In every word stated, it portrays all that I want to say about the much overrated word LOVE.
I believe this is an excerpt from the novel By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho -my favourite author already!! The said book also have curl-up-in-bed-while-sobbing-and-reminiscing and life-realization kind of quotes which everyone should give a minute to read. HAHA ♥
I'm off to my five-day long vacation now in a place where I haven't been ever to and with people I didn't know I'd even meet - all thanks to the generousness of the Lord! Let's see how this goes! ;)
