The Profound Power of Loving Kindness

One of the most powerfully transformative outlooks that we can view reality from is the lens of compassionate awareness. When we practice loving kindness towards ourselves and others, something really miraculous occurs. When that love is truly allowed in and integrated, the ego’s defensive posture can drop away. What remains when that façade is left behind is the pure shining essence of the soul without pretense. That love can set each of us free to be our illuminated self without the self-mortification that limits our potential as human beings.
Most people intuitively know how healing love can be. Many people dream of truly being in love. Unfortunately, romantic love is rarely completely unconditional, and that unconditional love is what most people deeply crave. It is the greatest healer of all. The person best suited to give you that kind of love is yourself. It’s really a good idea to cultivate that self-love, as you have to live with yourself no matter what. There is no getting away or leaving. It is much better to resign yourself to unconditionally loving yourself than to conditionally loathing yourself.