Life As Lover

 A friend from France wrote a message, that there is a disciple of meditation in France who is considered as the most peaceful man. Having closely monitored him in depth, he treats life as lover.

Enemy of Life

The dominant characteristic of human suffering at this age, people become enemy of life. The past, the present, the future are all seen as threatening enemies. As a result, every cycle of time is similar to a burning chair.

If a burning chair does not give other choice except to burn, fire of life gives another option. It depends on the way of viewing and treating experience. Pain as an example, when it is seen as the calling of body to take a rest, the feedback of the limit of body, then pain can bring message of peace.

Failure as another example, it is a way of life to tell, life does not always go up. And failure is a teacher of being humble. With this perspective, it is understandable if the elder in spiritual life ever left a message like this : "there is no enemy of life, only messages that are not yet understood".

Companion of Life

Deep meditation starts from deep understanding like this, events are just messages that keep guiding. That's why, in meditation all is gently embraced in a perfect circle like this: "accept, flow, smile". This is what this simple article called as companion of life.

The direct result of deep friendship with life, nothing other than peace. Not the ordinary peace, but peace that open the door to loving and kind service.

Notice a genuine message of peace from a friend from Philippines : "I do not have pretty face to brag, but I have loving hands to serve". In the language of the author of the book When I Love Myself Enough: "when I love myself enough, then life blossoms in a beautiful way".

Kissing Life

The result of deep friendship with life makes the saints rest in silence, kiss this moment like a teenager kissing her boyfriend. In the depth of excavation like this, time is no longer linear and move in three spaces (past, present, future), but rotates in a complete circle. That is why, in many old traditions perfection is symbolized by perfect circle.

In perfect circle like this, human being return to the original nature. Like lake which is naturally blue, hill which is naturally green, people who arrived here are naturally full of compassion. Feel deeply the poetic message of Kahlil Gibran : "darkness can hide tree, but darkness can not hide love". Even darkness can not change the natural nature of human being to love.

In the world of the Sufi, once there was a saint who put life as lover. Deepen the lyrics of message that was left: "my love, if I love you for the fear of hell, let me enter hell. When I miss you because the greedy of heaven, keep me away from heaven". This is the hallmark of life as lover, always kiss life unconditionally.