I'll say it again: LOVE is the meaning of life.
That
may be good enough for me but I suppose I should back up my proposition with
some facts. Take a look at the message from some of the world's greatest religious
leaders:
Jesus
from Christianity: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and
with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength."
and "Love your neighbor as yourself." - quoting
Deuteronomy 6:5 in Mark 12: 30,31, The NAS Bible.
Buddhism:
"To love life through labor is to be intimate with life's inmost
secret. All work is empty save when there is love, for work is love made
visible."
I
could go on, as the "love" message runs throughout just about every
religion and form of native belief system.
Another
question people often seem to seek in the spiritual life is the search for
answers to two existential questions: "Who am I?" and "Why
am I?" Gandhi said, "I claim to be a passionate seeker after
truth, which is but another name for God." If God is truly love,
then when we seek God we consider experiencing more love.
God
is within us.
Also,
it is important to note that God is within us - which is why I refer frequently
to the divine self or higher self; I'm talking about the same thing as God, how
most of us define God.
Examples
of this fact from religion include:
Buddhism:
Look within, you are the Buddha.
Christianity:
The kingdom if heaven is within you.
Confucianism:
Heaven, earth and human are of one body.
Yoga
(part of Hinduism): God dwells within you as you.
Upanishads
(part of Hinduism): By understanding the self, all this universe is known
In
recognizing that God is within us, and we can love God and each other to have a
better life, why would we lie to another person? We'd be lying to our self,
in a sense. Why steal from someone? We'd be stealing from our
self. The Bible says "God is love." If God is within us
then it makes sense we love our self, we love others, and love nature around
us. In doing so, we are certainly on the right path.
Why
do anything less than everything possible to enjoy life and treat other people
lovingly - especially in in our business life? These principles are the
roots and foundation of beliefs supporting AspireNow and our mission
together.
Sometimes
people are so wrapped up in their kids, their careers, or even things
later in life like social security or Medicare eligibility, that they
forget to LIVE while they got it.
Love is
the meaning of life. Our whole focus is helping people figure out how to
bring more LOVE in their life. Because, with more love, we have more of
everything that really matters most.
