It is an amazing feeling to take a deep breath and feel energized. Breath is a sign of life, but what is life? Life is so amazing, precious and wonderful that defining it with words can be an impossible task. The Webster dictionary uses words such as ‘principle’ and ‘force’ to describe life.  For the purpose of this discourse however, a more traditional word, ‘Spirit,’ will be used as the name for this force.

Philosophers debate whether the force called Spirit is contained within the body or held elsewhere. The location of the Spirit is not as important as its nature or its function. For example, when the concept of Love is viewed through the eyes of the Spirit, there is an aura of understanding which surrounds its purpose, power and function.

Life, as detonated by the breath, is filled with such potential that it creates a powerful charge which sparks and ignites and burns within, as an energy called Love. Like blood which nourishes and sustains the physical body, this powerful energy flows through the veins of the Spirit with a similar function with the potential to create.

If life’s potential is stifled, the spark of Love remains dormant. The desire to be creative will not be felt, leaving emptiness and sadness as the result. The Spirit knows  emptiness and sadness should not exist. Thus, its innate desire is to always use its potential to manifest the brilliance of its Love. Additionally, its desire is to shine with such brilliance and to embrace and enlighten all of existence. It is the innate nature of the Spirit which can be felt within during mediation.

Meditation is a key which can open the door to this awareness. Imagine a life filled with the most amazing joy fuelled by the spark of the Spirit, indeed, fuelled by the purest form of Love. Imagine a mind filled only with the desire to manifest only the purest form of Love, Spiritual Love. 

This energy lies within everyone and shines through the physical body manifesting in many different ways. For example, absolute acceptance without any expectation has the potential for both giving and receiving, and furthermore, is founded upon the purest form of Love – Spiritual Love.

Consider relationships which are based on such unconditional mutual acceptance. It is the recipe for growth, achieving goals, fulfilling life’s purpose and ultimately achieving the truest form of happiness.