Saturday, 07 February 2004

• "Imagine that an extraterrestrial lands on Earth and tries to make sense of us human beings from our popular songs.  It would probably conclude that we regard love (whatever that might be!) as infinitely more precious than everything else combined.  But once the ET figures out how to measure love, it might be surprised to discover how little of the invaluable substance actually flows between us most of the time.  Love, the ET would no doubt deduce, is not only precious, it's incredibly hard to find.

  For creatures who want to be loved, appreciated, even adored, we certainly go about fulfilling our desire in a curiously unfulfilling way.  Instead of manufacturing it ourselves in the little love machine inside our chests, we complain about not getting enough of it, search frantically for someone else to give it to us, and try to make ourselves more lovable by improving our looks or earning more money.  But the truth is, the Beatles song has it right: The love you take is equal to the love you make.  In other words, the most effective way to get love is to generate it yourself."

  - Bodian, Stephan.  Page 158.  Meditation for Dummies.

  • 6:08 PM
  • 7 Views
  • 2 eProps
  • 1 Comment