E187: Love Is Not Found—It Is Unblocked
6/4/202648 min
Love is an inner energy that flows naturally when the heart is open, but people block it by holding onto past pain and resisting reality. The external world does not cause the absence of love—our internal reactions and stored past experiences do. By letting go, relaxing through discomfort, and accepting reality as it is, one can live in a continuous state of openness and unconditional love.
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First 90 secondsMichael Singer· Host0:00
Hmm, jaggery of jam masters. Rumi once started one of his talks by saying, "The topic tonight is love." I won't compete with Rumi. [laughs] There's a level of understanding of love. It can't take you there, 'cause understanding can't take you there, 'cause it's deeper than that. But certainly with a Western mind, if you understand something, it's easier to open and quiet the mind down. Understanding love, what it is, where it comes from, why it's there, why it's not there, why there's pain, why there's joy, all that stuff is understandable through the process of Shakti, the process of yoga. The teachings are so simple, they're so obvious. First of all, do you feel love all the time, no matter what's happening, no matter what anybody does? The answer, of course, is no. The question is, why? But that's not the question we ask. The question we ask is, "How do I find it?" I need to find somebody. I need to find a job I love. I need to find things I love doing. I need inspiration. I need to get turned on. I need to do extreme sports. I need to do something. And that, of course, leads nowhere, because the moment you get some love, you worry about losing it, or somebody changes, or you change,