Expand The Spirit Of Giving
Posted on July 25, 2008, under Miscellaneous.
There are two currents of energy and consciousness in life.On is expansive; the other, contractive.Expansion, whether of outer success or inner feelings of love or happiness, inevitably alternates with its opposite, for such is the inevitable flow of things.
Marriage, also has its ups and downs and couple need to make the best of it.This “best” is determined by how intelligently a person reacts to whatever happens.An inward contraction of the ego always brings with it a sense of loss, suffering and pain-the consequence of mental and spiritual suffocation.Marriage is wholesome only when the expansiveness it was designed to promote, continues outward to embrace the world.By limiting their sympathies to one another, couple become psychically ingrown.An expansive marriage recognizes the need both individuals to pursue their individual interests and embrace the world.
Contraction and expansion must be understood as directions.For a marriage to be fulfilling, one must not mentally shut the windows to the world.When couples love each other in a spirit of giving, and not just taking, their relationship strengthens.They discover a natural need to embrace the world lovingly, without fear, secured in their sense of belonging to one another.
The “us four and no more” consciousness is only delusively expansive.It creates a cozy nest, psychologically where littleness is exalted to the level of a principle, and the bright intelligence of one’s early years withers gradually into old age.
An expansive attitude, on the contrary, generates self-awareness.This, partly, is what makes marriage and family such an important human institution.Marriage, in the greater scheme of things, was never meant to be a “closed corporation”.It was meant to expand our consciousness from the narrow confines of self-love, that we inspired ultimately to embrace universal, divine love.
