Loving Ourselves

Sometimes loving ourselves comes through offering loving kindness to someone else, but it is all love of self. By offering love to others we are truly loving ourselves. We give to others only as much as we have to give to ourselves. For those who find it difficult to think of loving the self, look at how you offer love to others. Is it unconditional, gratefully given just for the sake of doing so? Or does it have conditions? Does the other person have to behave a certain way or dress a certain way for you to love them and feel proud to be with them?

The answers to this question are revealing how much love you have for yourself. By accepting others just as they are, we can begin to accept ourselves in the same way. We are all sacred Beings walking this Earth in search of love. Let's be kind to each other so it is easier to see.

Delayed Effects

A couple of days ago I received a beautiful email from a former neighbour telling me how much I affected her life with my spiritual presence and how she is ready to pursue her spiritual self after the loss of her brother. It was a great reminder that we can change the world one person at a time. We are impacting everyone who crosses our path and the very earth that we walk upon with every thought. I think another poem is calling:

THE EYES OF LOVE
The eyes of love look upon your Soul like
the sun awakening the dawn of a new day.

The eyes of love look into your heart to
witness the beauty that lies within.

The eyes of love reveal your pain with
understanding and compassion.

Look carefully to see the glory of who you are,
for the eyes of love have no judgement.

Blessings,
Rashana

Fearlessness?

A few days ago my wise and wonderful yoga instructor and sacred friend, Mandee, stated in yoga class that "Fear is Love." Indeed. Fear is love searching for itself... The searching is within, for that is truly where love comes from.

This Valentine's Day may we find that love that we so yearn for not within a paper heart, not from what someone else does to prove their love, but within the deepest recesses of our hearts where true love resides. The love of self. For it is from that pool of love that we give to others. May we find the peace in our hearts today to fill that pool of love for self and to share with all who cross our paths.

Blessings to all,
Rashana

Here We Go!

I am quite surprised to find myself here, writing my first post for my blog. I have never read a blog in my life except for a brief sentence here and there. Promptings from the heart have brought me here as I journey into the world of global communication.

There are times when I sit in meditation and the love that comes through for me moves me to tears and I began to feel that these words could offer comfort to others as well. Actually, it is a feeling, in some way, that LoveSpeak is what I came to do. And so here the journey begins with a simple poem as I play and learn what this world of blogging is all about.

AWAKEN

Sacred heart, do you not see the beauty that lies within your soul?
The truth that you seek is within yourself.
The love that you so deeply yearn for is already yours ~ waiting to be awakened.
Let your fears slip away and claim your Light.
Come out of the dream ~ it is your Divine right to be whole.

By Rashana, a dreamer awakening.