In Honor to the “Love Your Brain” Project

It feels good to love, be loved; to be love.

One could say that it feels filling, rewarding, expansive, relaxing, creative, conceptive and ((((therefore)))) natural. We start this life surrounded by love and that’s what keeps us safe and healthy during our formative years.

That’s why, whenever we express any kind of expansive creation (any action that is for the greater good of the whole), we feel the type of love that brings us a personal sense of satisfaction/achievement.

But, what are the specific actions/activities that create these feelings?
I asked you this through my Instagram stories and here’s the result of our collaboration. Thank you<3

Full Acceptance
Having zero expectations
Unconditionality
Forgiveness
Being Welcoming
Empathy
Compassion
Respect
Patience
Care
Full Presence
Listening attentively
Admiration/acknowledgement
Inspiring/encouraging to grow
Good reminders/compliments
Cooking healthy
Drawing/painting from the heart
Having thoughtful brainstorms
Giving selflessly
Fun surprises
Meditations
Acts of Service
Carrying a good intention/vibration
Gratefulness
Being lighthearted
A smile-provoking conversation
Being playful
Giving hugs
Writing letters
Sharing inspiring stuff (movies, books, poems, blogs, experiences)
Being intentional with your words
Reserving a day for something special
Celebrating anything
Having initiative
Creating a space for openness & collaboration

Now, I invite you to read the list again and picture your mind in front of you. Direct this message to your consciousness and grow in that space.

After reading and reflecting on this list, I think that this is a powerful aid to answer the following questions:

Why Love?, Why do we seek for it? & Why do we do it?
Why do we wait for others to give us what we already can provide for ourselves?
Why do we sometimes reject actions of love? Why have we closed ourselves to be loved?

~Te invito a ser expresión máxima de tu ser, de aprender del amor y compartir lo que aprendas a lo largo del camino. Te invito a reciprocar amor y a ser parte consciente de esta expansión.~
Translation: I invite you to be the greatest expression of your being, to learn from the love and to share what you learn through your journey. I invite you to reciprocate love and to be a conscious part of this expansion.

Where “=>” means “Leads to”

Unconditional Love => full acceptance => light-heartedness => space to play/learn => joyful experience => being fully in the present => flow (surrender of control) => creativity => growing through intuitive action => holistic health => transcendence

Now, what can we do with this Love?

Share and grow any of the actions that express love to you and your surroundings
Create/improve personal spaces that spark joy (s/o to Marie K.)
Write lists of things that you want to do. Break -that- down into personable actions.
Cleanse (Let go of everything that does not serve you anymore)
Grow your meditation practice
Heal and open yourself to the love around you
Create a community that brings inspiration and growth to your life’s experience

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(If you got to this point, and you decide to continue reading, it’s so important that you read everything below) Thank you btw <3

Putting the topic of love in perspective for a bit,

one may say that today’s world can seem to make “love” a hard thing to do, feel, and sustain. That it’s such a challenge to feel love when the trending topics going around on social media have hateful and/or hopeless messages, when the relationships with the people surrounding us (including ourselves) is troublesome, when we feel that natural disasters happening all around the world are not being addressed enough…
This list can go on and on if we let our romantic & cynic selves wander off in such tragedies.

Now, ask yourself this: What’s the purpose of spiraling down in such topics? Am I going to be able to solve these challenges by just thinking about -and indulging- in them? What’s the point, then, in being caught up in the anxiety and depression of today’s tragedies? Why do we let ourselves be paralyzed by these thoughts?

From this point on, there are only 3 ways to perceive this situation.

Ignore or complain about the problems & challenges of today. Mourning the tragedies until the hashtag becomes unpopular. To live in the past and the future.
Leave everything behind and dedicate your entire life to any of the causes.
Ground yourself in the present moment and take every action with an intention of growth/positive change, doing what you know how to do best and contributing to the betterment of our planet from your particular experience of life. All coming from the full acceptance of our particular -and current- “position in society”.

“La palabra no cura; evidencia lo que hay, pero no sirve para curar. Hay que pasar a ritos, actos, acción.” -Timothy B.

Translation: “The word doesn’t cure; it brings evidence to what it exists, but it does not serve to cure. We ought to apply it through rites, acts, action.” -Timothy B.

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