Dreams of Love
| Saturday, June
10, 2006
Dreams of Love
Dreams of love are a lie.
Not the LOVE, the dreams.
Dreams are drugs.
Everything that everyone dreams about does not exist. They are
virtual pleasures based on the future, on needs, desires, lack or
beliefs. They do not exist in reality, here, in the now, the only
palpable moment we have.
Dreaming about meeting someone, reuniting with someone, reminiscing
about something in the past with someone, planning an imaginary
future with someone; all of these are drugs that take us out of
the present moment. They stop us from loving; caring; sharing with
the ones we’re with. Even if we’re at work, on the bus,
or waiting in line at the bank, we can only really know love by
being loving at that moment. Thoughts of another, better love, elsewhere,
distract and disorient us, and the energy we expend on these dreams
literally, emotionally and physically sucks us dry of the energy
we need to be fully participating in life in the present moment.
And that’s where the love is.
Because so many people don't know how to live fully in the present
moment, our rich society is plagued by boredom and hunger, people
seeking excitement or needing to escape, numb out, take off, get
high, get loaded, get a fix, get laid. All of these are temporary
solutions to a yearning that keeps coming back, painfully, again
and again.
Those who turn to pornography get caught in this web, and although
it may entertain their sexual interests or relieve their pent-up
anxieties the way watching television or a movie apparently relieves
stress, ultimately, this too remains virtual, empty and unsatisfying.
We didn’t come here to dream about love,
We came here to love.
Love is a verb, not an idea.
If you want to feel love, now,
Try holding someone quietly in your heart,
Or better yet, in your arms. This is real.
Comments:
John said:
Amazing post.
I've stumbled upon your blog twice now, and I enjoy reading your
perspective on what love is.
I like what you've done with your drawings, keep up the great work!
You've gained another reader :) |
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