Meditation on Love

By Sangeetha Saran, CYT 500

Love is defined as "an intense feeling of deep affection" is often directed toward a person or thing. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a popular diagram that gives a visual representation behind a person's motives and desires. The need for love and belonging is on the list. 

Typically, the love is given and received through friendship, family and sexual intimacy. Love is the source of millions of songs, stories, wars and victories. Alfred Lord Tennyson notably wrote that "it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Most people would agree that there's no experience quite like loving someone and being loved. 

Love is important because people need it to survive. No man is an island. Each person comes with their own emotional requirements and needs. Even with each person's differences taken into consideration, love is a vital part of a human's desire to survive. If a person doesn't feel loved, this morphs itself into feelings of low self-esteem, a lack of self-worth and a host of other negative feelings. When a person feels loved, they're naturally more confident, self-assured and happy. Statistics suggest that married men who are receiving love from a spouse tend to be a lot happier and live longer than single men. Love plays a large role in whether or not people survive and thrive. 

Love and meditation come together in a very magical space. When a person knows that they're loved, they're able to meditate from a clearer space. However, if they don't feel loved, meditation is a great exercise to start so that they can figure out the root of it. Self-love is very important to cultivate and in many cases, people forget that. Many individuals go out looking for others to love them and validate them before they do the work on their own. Meditation forces one to look inside and see the beauty within. If there are feelings of negativity, lack and self-doubt, a practice like meditation encourages a person to reset the mind and steer it to a place where love is in abundance. 

Love and meditation can really transform and lead the process of self-development. The reason behind this is because when a person loves who they are and has a strong sense of self, there's not much anyone can do on the outside to change that. When people continue the daily practice of loving who they are, they'll also attract others who will do the same. There are a few ways you can express love through your meditation practice. First, remain committed to making sure the practice happens on a daily basis. When you're dedicated to a practice that enhances who you are, it sends your brain the message that you're worth the effort and that you value your self-development process. 

Another way to express love through meditation is by deciding what thoughts you'll focus on specifically that send messages of love. Meditating on thoughts such as "I am loved" and "I love myself just the way I am" are supportive phrases of love and acceptance of who you are at the present moment without changing a thing. When a person loves and accepts who they are, they also invite others to do the same.

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