Conscious Creation - The Greatest Love of All

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"CONSCIOUS CREATION : "SELF-LOVE - Part 3"

presented by

Dr. T. Aaron Lim

Co-Founder, Bodhi Fellowship / Center For Inner Peace

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Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love. -- Thomas Traherne

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According to the song : "Greatest Love of All "

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The greatest love of all

Is easy to achieve

Learning to love yourself

It is the greatest love of all.

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Self-love may be the greatest and most important love we ever experience in this lifetime. However, "learning to love yourself" does not seem so "easy to achieve." For most of us, genuine self-love seems so elusive, so much harder to grasp than we expected. How we feel about ourselves has a lot to do with how others feel about us.

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If we pour and pour from a vessel without ever refilling it, eventually, it will run dry. So, if we are like that vessel, how do we refill, recharge, re-energize, and replenish ourselves, so that we will have energy and love to give to others and to the world? The answer is: by loving and giving to ourselves, first.

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Loving ourselves is the foundation. In order to have loving relationships with others we must have loving relationships with ourselves. Answering the questions below is the first step:

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"What would you do if you believed you were completely responsible for the presence of love in your life? What relationships would you heal? How would you act if you believed you were the source of love in any encounter? How would you change the way you treated yourself?"

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Just as a lack of self-love has a vibration, so does unconditional self-love. It has a quiet, steady radiance which draws others to its light.

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You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and you will not find that person anywhere. -- Unknown

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If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself. -- Barbara De Angelis

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WHEN: Friday January 22, 2010 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

WHERE: Bodhi Fellowship Dharma Center

1B-39-3, Bachang Mall

Jalan Kesidang 3/11

Kg. Lapan

75200 Malacca

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(close to Petronas / along Prudential Insurance / 7-11 Store / Zhong Hua Seafood Restaurant / a few doors down Gateway Christian Fellowship and above Dermastrata Beauty Salon. Call Ruby @ 012-6133788 for direction)

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Friday evening presentations are an excellent opportunity to meet new people, build long-lasting friendships, and learn to live a spiritually-centered and loving life.

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Here is the music video of the song itself. Listen to the song paying close attention to the lyrics. I have heard this song many times, but didn't realise there is so much power in the lyrics.

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Lyrics: "Greatest Love Of All"

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I believe the children are our are future

Teach them well and let them lead the way

Show them all the beauty they possess inside

Give them a sense of pride to make it easier

Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be

Everybody searching for a hero

People need someone to look up to

I never found anyone to fulfill my needs

A lonely place to be

So I learned to depend on me

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[Chorus:]

I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows

If I fail, if I succeed

At least I live as I believe

No matter what they take from me

They can't take away my dignity

Because the greatest love of all

Is happening to me

I found the greatest love of all

Inside of me

The greatest love of all

Is easy to achieve

Learning to love yourself

It is the greatest love of all

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I believe the children are our future

Teach them well and let them lead the way

Show them all the beauty they possess inside

Give them a sense of pride to make it easier

Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be

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[Chorus]

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And if by chance, that special place

That you've been dreaming of

Leads you to a lonely place

Find your strength in love

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If you reading from facebook and want to watch and listen to the music video, click here

Holistic Monday

(Sometime in November 2009)

1000h: Meeting with the director to discuss about the character of the film, of a father who hasn't seen his daughter for 6 years and to have her appearing out of the blue in the house without warning. "What do you think the father will feel on meeting the daughter?" Script writing can be very revealing I realised. More so when you are playing the character yourself. Isn't life all an act?

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1200h: Time to meet up with the client, a financial service institution. We have been paid to hack into their information system to make sure that their information security is in good health. It is delightful to meet up with this client, as they have been happy customers for some years now. After all the publicity, marketing and advertising, nothing beats giving sincere and quality service and getting repeat business by word of mouth.

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1500h: The mock lecture with a university here was postponed to a later date. I had prepared a role play experiential learning session of a scenario where a bank's internet bank got hacked exposing the identity of its customers! This frightful scenario had entertained and educated my clients for many years. Experiential learning beats mere lecture of knowledge.

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1600h: Phone calls from clients looking to raise capital for their projects. It is difficult to raise capital in developing countries. As such capital becomes very expensive and it stymies the economic progress and the much needed job creation in these countries.

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1800h: An appointment to read the fortune and character of two customers. They are real estate agents, so I provided them a direction chart, the directions which they should focus on to get optimum results. That means, should there be no other business appointments for the day, then take the first one that comes. However, if there are several opportunities coming in, then place priority to those in those directions that will give you success first. One of the customers asked me to check the compatibility with the spouse. This is a common question that sometimes I have to struggle to come out with useful answers for my client. Not so easy! For more, read here

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It has been a colourful day, playing many roles. We all wear many different hats in our life. As wife, mother, daughter-in-law, work colleague, ...etc. But in the end, we must not lose track of who we are, and that we are our peaceful selves.

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The Mindful Way - a BBC documentary

Found excerpts of this enlightening BBC documentary, "The Mindful Way", that has an interview with Ajahn Chah, posted on YouTube. For more about Ajahn Chah's wisdom in Vacuum State, click here

The ultimate is to let go, and even to let go of "letting go", for the mind must have no desire and flow with the natural cause. When that happens the mind will be as still as the forest pond. There will be problems but you will see through them.

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When we cease to cling to happiness, we begin to be happy. In the end, we don't own anything, as ultimately there is no self, but just the basic elements of Earth, Water, Air and Fire.

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Meditation confronts this 'self'. This can be like a raging storm to free one's heart and open to loving kindness that embraces all life - that all lives have breath that rises and falls - and eventually, all lives expire.

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If we can't understand 'death', life can be confusing. And so in the movie "Tuesday with Morrie", Morrie said, "When you understand death, you start to learn how to live."