Love without waiting to be loved and you will be free

“Learn to love without waiting to be loved in return, and you will be free and able to do a great deal with this freedom. Unfortunately, human beings do not value freedom or try to obtain it; on the contrary, they do their best to tie themselves down. It is as if freedom weighs heavily on them, that it bores them and makes them feel at a loose end. Whereas, with constraints and even blows, at least they have something to do: yes, they can suffer, complain and weep. Well, that is not very bright.
Disciples must learn to resolve this question of love by understanding that what is most important is to love. Love all living creatures, day and night, like the sun that sends its love throughout space without bothering to wonder on whom that love might fall – on nobody or on the whole world – or whether or not some living creature might return that love. What is essential is that this energy, which comes from heaven, should flow through us, because this is what swells our hearts, filling us with wonder and inspiration.”*

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

* Related reading: The Splendour of Tiphareth – The Yoga of the Sun, Complete Works Vol. 10, Chap. XIV.