A man once came to a rabbi and said, "My son is estranged from God,; what should I do?" The rabbi replied simply, "Love him more." (From Eknath Easwaran's "Words To Live By," May 12)
You are estranged from your friend, from your soul mate ...love her/him more.
We are estranged from our mother/father/sister/brother...love them more.
Sounds good...but doing it? That's the toughie, and it takes a lifetime, according to me.
I believe the doing starts with depersonalizing. Whatever we hear, feel, sense...and resist by a hair...depersonalize it. The "it" we must depersonalize is our own interpretation to what we've heard, etc., for that is what is causing our resistance.
We hear, we interpret, we personalize, and we resist. Then, we name it "parent," "sibling," "friend," "spouse," "enemy."
Until we become willing to name it "self," we will never be free to love.
Thank you.
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