Words from the Master

Love which is always under threat is not real love. It is just arranged love. And anything arranged cannot be total. And when something is not total, it is always under threat. Love needs to be a celebration, not a duty.

And one more thing: We all confuse love with respect. Be very clear: When you love totally, nothing that you do can appear disrespectful. You see, when you closely observe respect, you will find that when certain people do certain things, it appears absolutely normal, while the same thing, when some other person does it, it appears disrespectful. The energy behind the person doing the act is what causes the act to seem respectful or disrespectful.

When the energy behind you is total, you can get away with anything. When you are not sure of yourself, you will get caught with the problems of respect. I am not asking you to be disrespectful. I am only saying that when your Being resonates with love, your body language will be such that your actions can never seem disrespectful.

But if you get caught with respect instead of love, then you are missing the whole thing. Then instead of being loving, you will start pretending, and when you pretend, you are not total.

When you are centered on respect, you will pretend because respect is societal and it keeps changing in its definition. But if you are centered on love, then respect simply becomes a joyful by-product. So center yourself on love and respect will automatically happen.

Remember: Respect is dead. Love is alive. Respect creates a distance; love knows no distance.

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This excerpt has been taken from the book: Guaranteed Solutions.