Define: Love by Gregeory David Roberts

Love is the passionate search for a truth other than your own. Any definition of love must be broad enough to include all the many and varied forms of love, from the love of parents for children to the kind of love that keeps poorly paid researchers struggling to find a cure for a communicable disease; from romantic love to the kind of love that keeps teachers working to bring new generations into the light of understanding.

My definition includes its essential elements for the following reasons:

“Passion,” because there is no love without passion: You can’t be half-hearted about love, because love is all or nothing.

The “search,” because love is an active thing, not a passive thing: You can’t sit around, loving things by intention — you have to get out there and connect in order to love.

“Truth,” because love is inextricably connected with truth: You can’t love something that is a lie, and you can’t love something with a lie.

And “other than your own,” because love reaches outward from within: The idea that we can love ourselves is solipsistic nonsense, in my view, because every act of love involves engagement and interaction with others, directly or indirectly. We can like ourselves or dislike ourselves, but it takes two — or many more than two — to make love exist.

Companionship

Let it be comfort
and a medium of the all knowing
Let it become what you aspire
and a mode of growing

Let it teach
and compliment the spirit
Let it not breach
the boundaries of merit

Let it nourish
and kindle the soul
Let it flourish
like the garden for all

Or it shall perish
Dwindling the spirit
and its faith in love...

I am love, grace and the Universe!
Nisha Balani
April 16, 2011

The World Cultural Festival

Brandenburg, Germany, 2^nd Jul 2011 - 3^rd Jul 2011

Celebrating Harmony in Diversity

The World Culture Festival, to be held July 2-3, 2011 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, will be a celebration of the diverse cultures of the world. With an expected attendance of 70,000+ people from over 150 countries, this Festival will showcase music, dance and food from across the globe.

The Festival will mark the 30th anniversary of The Art of Living Foundation, a UN-accredited non-profit whose programs have benefited over 55 million people in 151 countries across the world.

The Festival will recognize and celebrate the traditions and values of all cultures and peoples of the world. It will also highlight the vast cultural heritage of India. Special programs on Yoga, Indian-dance and vegetarian cuisine will allow participants to experience the richness of the Indian subcontinent.

For more information: http://www.artofliving.org/world-culture-festival

To Love, Serve & Remember

Why have you come to earth, do you remember?
Why have you taken birth, do you remember?

To love, serve and remember...

This beautiful song by John Astin came to me during a breath workshop. Three simple sentences summarize is essence my spiritual path. I have come to earth to love, serve and remember.