What do the masters say about love?
February is the month of love and it’s always good to talk about love. After all, there can never be enough of it in the world.
I do my best to spread love. I thought it might be fun to look into quotes about what different masters say about love.
As I read through the different quotes, I began to understand that many of the masters were referring to self-love and universal love. This invites mindfulness. If we can look within and truly love ourselves, then we can change the world. Truly.
Mindfulness and Love
It is said that when one reaches enlightenment, they become love. They embody love. They inspire others to love. And they even can love their enemies.
I read “Be Love Now” by Ram Dass in autumn 2018. I was riveted by his story of how he visits a master named Maharaj-ji (not be confused with Maharishi, another master listed below) and almost immediately experienced an awakening.
This was just from being in the presence of an enlightened person who had learned to embody the true meaning of love.
Ram Dass never returned to teaching at Harvard after that. His whole life changed and it’s quite a story. So many remarked, after his return to the States, how “in love” he seemed.
This is one reason meditation is so powerful: it has the power to transform. To help you reach your fullest potential. To help you be love and spread love.
The Masters
I chose each of these folks based on their statements about love, and my familiarity with them. For each master, I have either read about them from various sources, learned about them through study, or read their book.
If you really look at each of these quotes, you’ll understand that they come from a place of enlightenment.
Incredibly, most humans will never experience this state.
I hope to one day. This lifetime journey, to me, is so worth it. And how awesome is it to inspire others to get on the path to enlightenment?
“The path of love is the one that wakes the light within. It transforms and elevates you to pure consciousness.” – Cynthia Sageleaf
Gurdjieff
Mother Teresa
Maya Angelou
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Saint Teresa of Avila
Dalai Lama XIV
Jesus Christ
Albert Einstein
Mahatma Gandhi
Eckhart Tolle
Confucius
Rumi
Patanjali
Ram Dass
Lao Tzu
What can I say, but thank you for this beautiful inspiration and words to indeed start my Monday off on the right foot. That said, I am a big believer in love, as well as sharing that love with others. So, thank you for the reminder of how important indeed it is to love here today. Hope you are having a wonderful Monday so far and sending many, many hugs your way today!!! xoxo <3
Janine – thank you for your inspiring comments every week! I’m with you there, I am a big believer in the power of love and sharing it. Thank you for coming over and making me smile. Know that I am always sending you love and light. I hope you have had a wonderful week, and wishes for a wonderful weekend ahead. XOXO
This is a great way to celebrate February and love. I really like the quotes and how you integrated them into such lovely photos. Are they photos you’ve taken Cynthia? May we learn to love more fully…. Hugs!
Brad, thank you always for your awesome comments. I thought this would be a great way to infuse a little love into the month. It took me a while to find the quotes, and pair up with photos. I found the photos over at pablo.buffer.com – they have them for free over there. Anyone can use them. The downside is that you don’t know who the artist is. You can often find the original source of the photos over at unsplash.com. However, pablo.buffer.com is a great way to create posts really quickly. That is also how I create my haiku posts. And yes, may we all learn to love more fully in every aspect of our lives. Have a wonderful weekend.
Thanks for the tips Cynthia. I’ve tried putting words onto my photos with a free Google/ Picasa option, but there aren’t many options.
BTW. I still can’t leave comments with the WordPress sidebar. I must come to your site and leave them directly. 🙁
Brad – Google/Picasa works. 🙂 Pablo is a great option. As far as WP reader, well…it’s a WP.org thing. Because my site is a WP.org site and not a WP.com site, they tell me that the ability to comment on reader is restricted. So…I do apologize and I wish I could fix it. But if I ever gain the ability to be able to comment through the reader, I will be very glad. 🙂
Thanks for helping me understand the issue with WP and commenting. Maybe I’ll try Pablo. Thanks for the tips.
Lil Sis, you left out my favorite master on love, Leo Buscaglia…..
Love is always bestowed as a gift – freely, willingly and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to love.
There is very little for me to add to that, other than
I love you!
Big Bro – what a wonderful addition to my quotes on love here. If I get a chance, I will create another picture with this quote on it. 🙂 sending you hugs, love, light, and glad tidings from back over The Great Divide. Have a wonderful weekend.
Love this and love you too, dear Cynthia.
You (and Bill) have captured such profound beauty in these selected quotes.
Thanks for this morning inspiration. Thanks also for your 7-days of guided meditations.
Love and peace, Maria
Sweet Mar, sending you love and hugs right back. Though it took a bit of searching and a while to find all these clothes that fit in with the theme I wanted here, it was well worth the search. I felt so inspired and full of love as I compiled this post. Thank you for your inspiration, support, and smiles– always! I also really enjoyed creating the seven days of guided meditations and I’m glad you enjoyed them, too. Sending you more hugs, and wishes for a wonderful weekend, Cynthia
Powerful wisdom! Thank you for holding love up to the light!
JoAnna – wonderful to see you, and I hope you are doing well. Sending you love and light. There is such wisdom in what the masters have said, isn’t there? Have a wonderful weekend.