The Happiness Podcast 43 - What Does It Mean to Love
Feb 20, 2020
A reflection on love as total sensitivity to life and people. It explores how closing off hardens us and kills compassion. Small everyday acts like removing hazards or helping strangers are highlighted as expressions of love. The narrative suggests love already exists inside, waiting to be noticed and released.
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Love Is Universal Sensitivity
- Love means being sensitive to life and feeling for everything and everyone without exclusion.
- Anthony de Mello warns exclusion requires hardening of oneself, and the moment you harden sensitivity dies.
Everyday Acts Reveal Inner Love
- Small compassionate acts reveal love present within you, like removing a stone or nail from the road to prevent harm.
- De Mello cites helping strangers find their way and grieving distant environmental destruction as examples of released benevolence.
Recognize Love Inside You
- You cannot acquire this kind of love because it is already inside you; recognize and release it rather than seek it externally.
- De Mello's guidance is to notice moments when love surfaces as proof it's present and available.