How to let Love into our lives, and how to express that Love to the world at large--the latest from a best-selling author.
Through the lens of these types of love, Richo covers topics such as: how to still be yourself while loving another; how to embrace your dark side; what to do when the one who loves you dies; need versus fear; clinging; healthy sexuality, including fantasies and how t.
He also provides exercises and guided meditations for identifying and getting through the things that keep you from getting and giving Love at each of these three levels.
It\'s a relief to know that even just aspiring to incorporate them really changes things.
He then shows us how to incorporate these varieties of Love into our lives.
This level of Love isn\'t for a heroic few, it\'s everyone\'s calling.
The Love expressed in the Sermon on the Mount and the Bodhicharyavatara.
Transcending the Love of individuals to the Love of all beings; self-sacrificing. - Level Three: Unconditional and Universal.
Commitment to others.
Intimacy and commitment to friends, family, partners, lovers. - Level Two: Caring and Personal Connection.
Pretty basic, but it makes the world a better place, and it\'s the essential foundation for growing in love.
As simple as being courteous, respectful, helpful, and honest, and decent in all our dealings.
He breaks it down to three: - Level One: Positive Connection.
The first step to learning to Love and be loved, according to Richo\'s model, is to identify the different levels of Love so that you can hit each one separately.
The second, related problem is that we\'re unable to share Love with those around us--and Love that isn\'t shared isn\'t truly love.
We\'re afraid of it, of getting hurt.
The first challenge is that we have a hard time Letting Love in: recognizing it, accepting it from others.
David Richo provides the tools here for learning how to Love in evolved Adult ways--beginning with getting past the barriers that keep us from loving ourselves, then Showing how we can learn to open to Love others.
It is also sometimes scary for us to share Love with those around us--and Love that isn\'t shared leaves us feeling flat and unfulfilled.
We\'re often afraid of getting hurt.
We may have a hard time Letting Love in from others.
We may find it a challenge to Love ourselves.
It\'s nothing other than the purpose of our lives--but knowing that doesn\'t make it easy to do.
Loving ourselves and others is in our genetic code.
We were made to Love and be loved.
How to let Love into our lives, and how to express that Love to the world at large--the latest from a best-selling author
