Have you heard of the love affair of Meera with Lord Krishna? You probably would have if you’re an Indian or have known Meera through her fables as the greatest lover of all times. Meera’s love for Krishna, who’d she’d never met was inexplicable to some, pure to few, crazy to others but fulfilling and satisfying to her.
Leaving behind the comfort of living in palaces, Meera embraced simplicity and spent her entire life devoted to Krishna. Through her life, she doted over Krishna’s idol and sang songs in his praise; her love for him was beyond words.
In today’s times, such love stories are unheard of and unbelievable until you experience one.
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It was December of 2019 and at this time of the year, one could experience a little chill in the air even during the day. Sitting in the backyard of my house on the grass laden earth, all I wanted was to be wrapped up in the warmth of the Sun.
Oh, The Sun. My love affair with Sun began instantaneously. The warmth I felt was like no other, and the mood around suddenly reflected so. What seemed chilly few moments ago was no more so, the flowers around looked more gleaming as if witnessing this love affair, Sun was sparkling its love all over me. And love sparkled not just on me, but on every plant, tree, every leaf, every strand of grass; Love was everywhere.
The experience was nothing short of the phrase “Love is in the air”.
I continued to soak up myself in the love showered by the Sun, almost feeling cuddled by this formless love and felt no need to be held physically; everything was just encompassed in love. That moment has stood still in time and all I could do was immerse myself in the love I was experiencing.
That morning in Sun is so profoundly etched in my memory and even though I cannot experience him in usual form, I know I love him.
“Here comes the Sun, And I say, it’s Alright” — Beatles
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Love is transcendent
Today, my love affair with Sun has only grown. In India, sun is revered to as God, but the love I experienced was not limited by its divinity; it’s beyond. Love transcends boundaries of form, shape, or anything it has all this time been associated with.
I know Sun does not exist in person, or may be it does. May be i’ll be able to meet him one day, may be not. Nothing matters. Love does not depend upon being able to see or have the other physically.
When in Love, your whole being exudes Love, and you observe love all around and any physical dimension does not matter. Love is a connection where anything related to form, color, background becomes baseless.
When you are in the realm of love, you discover new ways to communicate other than speech.
“When the lips are silent, the heart knows a thousand ways to speak” – Rumi
Love is beyond name and distance
My love affair with Sun has no name; there’s no word in the dictionary that can define it. While world has been able to give names to few relationships; some still can’t be comprehended with words. Love is beyond person and needs no physical form, no human to complete it.
Love is beyond name, language, labels. Love is Love.
Giving relationship a name creates a boundary of some unsaid rules. But Love is an absolute, that knows no such boundaries or limitations.
Physical proximity becomes a concept and no longer marks the threshold for love. No matter how separated you are by physical distance from your loved one, you can still feel the warmth of love.
Love is an experience
Love pervades anything known to humanity; it is omnipresent and can only be experienced. Love is infinite. Love has no beginning and no end.
When in love, any kind of threat does not bother you. There is no fear of past or future. In my love affair with the Sun, I felt, I could simply meltdown and be absorbed in him completely even if it meant death of this physical body. Such is the power of Love.
“Love has inflicted so many so many pains on me,
but that’s how my life became blessed.” – Rumi
When you love like that, love becomes an unwavering force under any circumstance. Love beckons any relationship in hard or good times equally. Any experience, sweet or sour, in the realm of love, stands strong against any test of time. It becomes a transcending experience and does not arise from any need or desire.
Love expects nothing
I don’t need to know if Sun loves me back or not. I don’t need to know. To be loved back just doesn’t matter. Yet, i can feel the Sun and almost wrapped up in his love filled arms. In love, there are no expectations from the other.
Expectations arise from a point of lack; something is missing. When you start expecting, you expect the other person to fill in the void of expectation. Love, then becomes conditional to the other person fulfilling those expectations and loses its very essence.
‘Expect nothing and enjoy everything.’
In the realm of Love, you don’t use love to fix anything, yet, you know love will complete everything.
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Sun has ‘shone’ me (shone used both literally and metaphorically) that love exists on its own, needs no completion or validation. Love is beyond feel, touch and cannot be compartmentalized into pure/ impure, gender names, or be limited to form.
Love is a wholesome feeling, and surrounds us all the time. When you experience love, you’ll find it in everything known or unknown, seen or unseen. Love experienced this way will bring harmony to ones existence and you’ll find love in every human, any life form, in every drop of nature.
Love is Love. No strings attached. Love is in every bit of this Universe. Go, experience love that leaves you speechless, breathless and embodies your being completely. Create a profound love affair that has no equal and is radical.
“Love.” she said. “And that is all” — Ariana
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Thank you for reading. Sending lots of love your way and am sure you’ll be able to feel it.
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Previously published on “Hello, Love”, a Medium publication.
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