My place

My place. Boxpark. There are some spots in the world that you just feel like you own. Your dad's shoulder. The space next to your best friend. The bench at the park under your favorite tree. This staircase.

As humans, we are born naturally materialistic. To rise above our natural instincts, we have to fight our DNA and reach for the abstract concepts of joy through giving rather than acquisition. Instant gratification is like a drug though. And hence, when we view the world, alot of the time its through the lens of everything that we can brand as our own.. even the people in our lives are like assets gained and lost. 😊

Its difficult to remember the truth... the transience of the physical realm.. the ever after of the spiritual one. It requires a de-linkage from our long held beliefs of "if i can see, taste and touch, then its real". Its like having to believe in a higher power.. having faith in the unseen.. which many of us do on a daily basis because thats what we were taught.. but we forget that it applies to our wider existence as well.
Love doesnt lay its foundations on owning.. it lays them on giving. That's why it's so hard. It literally goes against the grain of human nature and tries to uplift the spirit from the material to the celestial by asking for selflessness and a lack of expectations.

There arent many souls alive that know how to love like love would like to be manifested.

Rise above.

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Epiphany

One of the weirdest things about life is.. when u suddenly have an epiphany and understand the universe... and STILL fail to understand your self!

😊 in all seriousness, i think we all understand ourselves. We understand our unique combinations of light and dark. We understand our limitations.. our talents and our failings. We are just unable to accept our WHOLE selves. We're unable to accept that ANY part of us can be imperfect.. can be flawed... because as we grow, society nurtures a very healthy distaste for anything less than perfect.

And that distaste is first and foremost directed inward. Because the first being you get to know wholly.. is yourself. So that's the first being that gets hung and massacred at your alter of judgement.

Its sad isn't it?! Our ability to love, is linked to our ability to love ourselves. For to love, you need to give.. to share your soul. And if you already think that soul is flawed, you'll never be able to share it... and you will never love... and hence, in a cruel twist of fate.. never know love in return.

There is still hope... it springs eternal. There are some souls out there that have managed to overcome their fear of their own imperfections.. have accepted them.. they have learnt to love without judgement.. themselves and others...

But they are few and far between... its our luck if we manage to come across one and share a piece of ours with them..  hoping they consider us worthy of sharing a bit of theirs back...

To love.. without expectation.. is the greatest gift you can bestow upon another living being. For in doing so, you have freed yourself from the selfish bonds of human desire.. and you have freed them from the fear of having to payback if they receive... this love will know no bounds.. it will reside in the celestial realm and it will only thrive and grow... endless, fueled by your unselfishness.. and in doing so, the soul.. that poor flawed, imperfect soul.. will be free to be its best self...

To be fair... summiting Everest is probably an easier task...
C'est la vie :)