A Nice Article about Love
By Swami Vivekananda
I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were
sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with
some water and held it before me, and said this:
“You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love.”
This was how I saw it: As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow
it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to
close your fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through the
first cracks it finds.
This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love…they try
to posses it, they Β demand, they expect… and just like the water spilling
out of your hand, love will retrieve from you .
For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If there are
people you love, allow them to be free beings.
Give and don’t expect.
Advise, but don’t order.
Ask, but never demand.
It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly
practice. It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must
sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an
unconditional caring.”
I have received this sometime back. Great lines. !!
So turned philosophical huh? go visit your girlfriend NOW!
Hmm I have read this before…very beautiful and true.
@Xylene LOL π
@Suda yes!!!
Hi,
Nice thoughts, I have also written a small article on this topic which refers to the thoughts of vivekananda.
You can check that article at
http://ideafest.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-is-luv.html
Xylene ,Reema
Yes its truly beautiful.
@Again Xylene and Reema
Man!! Don’t spread salt over the wound (*literal translation* π ) I wouln’t have waited for a split second if it was so easy for her. Some personal problems override everything π¦
@Abhijeet
Hey Hi, long time no see π
If you had read my post few days before, alas, blogspot is blocked in my office π¦ So bad, I cant even read blogs now.
Oh, Ok. π
very nice..
unlike u guys i dint receive…my friends never send me good mails π
I have read this somewhere, but then it was sand not water. π
Wait!!!! This was in DCH also!!!!
I think i also read where it was sand and not water, but whatever it is! the essence is what one should grab… and i truly back xylene that you should GO and Meet your “you-know-who”! π π
Yeah, I’ve got this fwd before… And before you go mad, go and marry her, you idiot! π
I read this story before. Wonderful one! π
hai all,
this is for the first time i am posting a commment int his blog…
Mainly i want to give a small definition of love in my point of view …whether it is correct r wrong u have to decide…..
“The word which is widely used but least understood”………….
Infact, this is very superb and brings more emotions about love. It is so wonderful
I like the meaning of love ! I always keep it in mind .