 Love your wounds
The way to solve the problem of suffering, to find the meaning of life, to reach that which we are searching for without even knowing what it is (we only know that we haven't found it yet) – is to love.
Love is our attention. When we place pure attention on things without judging them or trying to get something out of them, we love them. And if we do so, we find that our attention activates the natural intelligence inherent in all things and lets them flow to the goal they are seeking, just like the light of the sun energises the world. All things are flowing. They don't know where they are going, but they are flowing, and all things that are flowing eventually find the sea so long as they are allowed to keep moving naturally. You don't know it, but all your life you have been flowing towards the infinite sea.
When you love a wound it will heal.
When you love a problem you bring your intelligence to bear and the solution will come to you.
When you love your body you give it health and vitality; to love another body is to do the same.
To love the world in its suffering is to bring the resources of the world of which you are a part into alignment to heal it.
The greatest part of the suffering in the world is caused by a misunderstanding of this. People assume that problems can be resolved by withdrawing attention from them, but pain exists only because love is needed. Suffering is a test of your love; if you don't turn away, but remain erect and full in your love, you heal the pain. If you respond to pain with unlove, the pain increases, and you will be tested more brutally in future. Love your wounds.
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