How to know whether the love you are experiencing towards yourself is of the true kind or an illusion of your Ego-mind? If it is selfless self-love or egoistical love of the self?
If it is making you feel so full of love that you could hug the whole world and everybody in it- even those people you thought you disliked once,- your love is of the heart. If the centre of your love lies with God and thus has and illuminating effect upon all forms of life you are encountering, it is true love you are filled with. And if the feeling of love within you, extends your mind's capacities, making you unable to name a finite reason for your blissful exuberance (which might also make itself felt to you in silent serenity) it is true also. And if it passes the test of time and even survives personal storms of emotions/thoughts or physical pain you can be sure it is true love for yourself which is filling your heart.
However, if on the other hand your love only reaches as far as your Ego-mind, you will be able to give finite reasons for it and put it into words. It will make you wish to exclude certain people or personal past experiences from your love. Or it may be dependent upon certain outward factors or your personal emotional/mental/physical conditions. If it fluctuates with your mood-swings and outward situation in life and if you are afraid it might be taken away from you or suddenly vanish, again you are loving with your Ego-mind.
True selfless self-love does not advertise itself to the world and it does not cling on to certain conditions. It simply IS and in BEing, it conquers your personal existence and by this also the world through and around you.
If it is making you feel so full of love that you could hug the whole world and everybody in it- even those people you thought you disliked once,- your love is of the heart. If the centre of your love lies with God and thus has and illuminating effect upon all forms of life you are encountering, it is true love you are filled with. And if the feeling of love within you, extends your mind's capacities, making you unable to name a finite reason for your blissful exuberance (which might also make itself felt to you in silent serenity) it is true also. And if it passes the test of time and even survives personal storms of emotions/thoughts or physical pain you can be sure it is true love for yourself which is filling your heart.
However, if on the other hand your love only reaches as far as your Ego-mind, you will be able to give finite reasons for it and put it into words. It will make you wish to exclude certain people or personal past experiences from your love. Or it may be dependent upon certain outward factors or your personal emotional/mental/physical conditions. If it fluctuates with your mood-swings and outward situation in life and if you are afraid it might be taken away from you or suddenly vanish, again you are loving with your Ego-mind.
True selfless self-love does not advertise itself to the world and it does not cling on to certain conditions. It simply IS and in BEing, it conquers your personal existence and by this also the world through and around you.
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