Expressions of Love

Expressions of Love- Anant Sri

We are a harmony of body, mind and consciousness. Love finds its expression through all these together.

Since the body, mind and consciousness differ in their characteristics, love is also expressed in different forms through them but there is no division. They are all interconnected and they are simultaneous.

You begin with the beginning. First love finds its expression at the body level. And as the body is gross, its struggle is for permanence, so love at this level aims at permanence. But the problem is that the body does not function alone, it has the ingredients of the mind and consciousness too. The mind is fluid; it keeps flowing, constantly changing, and so all the effort of the body to make it permanent fails.

The fluid mind is in the middle connected to both the body and the consciousness. It is fluid so it is constantly changing and therefore the expression of love at the mind level is all the more impermanent, forever fluctuating. There is nothing wrong with it; it is a stage in between in the evolution of love. If one fears impermanence and stops at the body level then there will be no growth in love. It will stagnate there at the level of pleasure.

The mind is in the middle and acts as a bridge between the body and the consciousness. Though it cannot give permanence, but it can connect you to consciousness where there is permanency. So the role of the mind is indispensable.

Once you reach consciousness, then love is your being, all inclusive, the body, the mind and the entire existence transcending all limitations. And then it is for all times, everlasting.

Kaam is also an expression of reaching love through the body. It is gross, it is chemical. You cannot do away with it. You have come through Kaam, it is there in every cell of your body.  Kaam is not only what we commonly know about it, it is much more. It is a means of trying to get joy and bliss through the body. The body does not need another body for its bliss. The body is extremely mysterious and can put one in unimaginable joy by producing certain chemicals in the brain of a person that can give great pleasure. But these chemicals can also be administered from external sources. One who aims at deriving pleasure from the body is limited to joy and never reaches love.

The need of bliss through another body is the need of the mind. But mind being fluid, it is always fluctuating and along with that the so called love. Then the partners and companions are changed, but to no results. And all this leads to emotional fatigue and dissatisfaction for the love does not stay and moreover it creates dependency.

Passing through the mind, the purpose is to transcend it and reach your consciousness which is already there. You have to make best use of the bridge of mind to cross over and come to the other side. You cannot forever be on the bridge. You cannot build a permanent structure on the bridge. You have to reach the other side and get established in your everlasting nature and this fulfillment is permanent. This is love.

Once love is your being, it can flow through all the three, the body, the mind, the consciousness. Let your love be eternal. This love includes all, reaches all and transforms all. This is the true expression of love.