Do I Love Myself?

Q: I asked myself, “do I love myself?” Yet I do not know the answer.

A: Perhaps your real question is: "Who am I?"

Am I the body?
Am I the mind?
Am I the son?
Am I the husband?
Am I the friend?
Am I a man?
Am I the fluctuating emotions?
Am I the wondering mind?
Am I the seeker of Truth?
Am I the soul, the Higher Self?
Am I the Sacred Heart, the Spirit, God?

Spiritual growth is a process of redefining oneself.
Each definition entails different embodiment of love and insight about love.
Decide who you are first, and you will love yourself accordingly.

Two Paths to God

Letting Go

The sadhu let go of everything,
His belongings and relationships,
His desires and attachments,
His pleasures and pains,
And the roles he played.
He forcefully chooses God over everything else.
For it’s either God, or no God at all.
He purges his subconscious and meditates only on God.
By and by, he has nothing left except his self.
By and by, he even let go of his self.
By and by, he has nothing except God.
Then by the grace of God,
Self made His Presence known.
He sees Self in the self,
And then Self in all.

Sublime Taste

He follows his bliss.
He follows his heart.
He follows the path of joy and the feelings of love.
In all possible situations and relationships,
He contemplates scenarios and follows complete satisfaction.
He aims to choose the best and experience the most aliveness.
By and by, he passes from experience to experience.
By and by, his taste becomes subtle and sublime.
By and by, only God satisfies him.
At the perfection of his taste,
He naturally chooses only God and nothing else,
And then God appears everywhere,
And he sees the Self.