Don't surrender your loneliness so quickly.
Let it cut you more deep. Let it ferment and season you
as few humans and even divine ingredients can.
Something missing in my heart tonight has made
my eyes so soft, my voice so tender,
my need for God absolutely clear.
Hafiz
For ages you have come and gone
courting this delusion.
For ages you have run from the pain
and forfeited the ecstasy.
So come, return to the root of the root
of your own soul.
Rumi
you don’t have to try to open your heart
you don’t have to try to keep it open
it’s always open
the seeming closing of it is only an appearance within the openness
the seeming energy blocks and resistance are appearances within the openness
the openness is you
each trigger reminding you of what’s real.
reminding you of what’s true.
reminding you of the Love that’s always here.
reminding you of the Love that you are.
Those who seek validation externally-
-are those who have Unconsciously abandoned Themselves.
This is hard to See.
If You give too much, hold too much, give up or don’t have needs, You’re not “caring or giving”-
-You’ve abandoned Yourself.
Look Within.
Return to Yourself…
Every situation that happens to you is necessary for your growth. There are no mistakes. Everything that you've been through, everything that you're going through, is absolutely necessary for your spiritual growth.
Robert Adams