Does the sun fall into its reflection on the water? There is no falling in love. Love is not a relationship, but an effulgence. The heart overflows, bathing whoever enters its radiance. Love has no object. The radiant heart blesses both friend and stranger, not for the sake of the other, but for the sake of love its Self.
Some say this sounds very selfish. Yes, love is divinely Self-centered. And the centered heart is the heart that truly gives, for it wants nothing in return.
How could we fall in love when love is where we already always are? We fall into love's reflections, but reflections fade. If I love a Master, a Savior, an Avatar, even this love will fade in the course of time. If I fall in love with the most delightful paramour or spouse, the charm will fade some day. If I give my heart to charity, in the most loving service of humanity, this selfless passion will burn out and fade away.
Weary petals fall; the energy of the blossom sinks back into the seed. It appears to be a loss, a death. But this is renewal. The energy of a thousand suns is hidden in the seed. And the inviolable seed is buried in the core of the heart, deeper than light, more inward than any relationship.
Let this loss be holy. Let us sink back to the seed a little while. The true purpose of meditation is to restore the seed of love in our heart. Let us rekindle love at its source. The source is not the guru, the savior, or the lover, but the light within the heart.
Waves of love spill from the heart into the eyes, the hands, the earth, blessing and healing the people. Yet all the while, the ocean stays still inside. Love is an ocean without a shore.
I heard Maharishi say these words over forty years ago. I am finally beginning to experience their truth:
"Every wave of love arises from the Self and returns to the Self. No one really loves anyone but the Self. This is the secret of love." ~Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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