Love of life. How to develop and strengthen this feeling

Target: the image of the strength of the human spirit, the infinity of possibilities in an extreme situation in the story of D. London "Love for life"

Tasks:
Educational: learn to read the text, find and highlight the main thing through text analysis, retell the text, find common ground in a story and a poem.
Developing: express impressions of the text, navigate the text, answering questions, generalize observations.
Educational: to educate a compassionate person, ready to help in difficult times.

Epigraph:
To what extent a person overcomes fear.
That's how human he is.

During the classes:

1. opening speech teachers:
Guys! Today we have to reflect on the heroes of J. London. It will be necessary to find out: What are they? What drives them? What is the most precious thing in the world? What real man? Jack London himself was an eyewitness to many of the events described in his works.

2. Biography story (for students): (accompanied by presentation)
Jack London (1876–1916), American writer(Appendix 1[Slide 2]).
Born January 12, 1876 in San Francisco. At birth he was named John Cheney, but eight months later, when his mother married, he became John Griffith London. His stepfather was a farmer, later went bankrupt. The family was poor, and Jack could only finish elementary school.
London's youth came at a time of economic depression and unemployment, financial situation the family became increasingly shaky. By the age of twenty-three, he changed many occupations: he worked in factories, in a laundry, was arrested for vagrancy and speaking at socialist rallies.
In 1896, the richest deposits of gold were discovered in Alaska, and everyone rushed there, hoping to get rich. (Appendix 1[Slide 3]).
London also went there. He was a prospector in Alaska during the Gold Rush. But the young man stayed there for a year and returned as poor as he left. But this year changed his life: he began to write.
Starting with short stories, soon conquered the east coast literary market with stories of adventure in Alaska. (Appendix 1[Slide 4]).
Jack London became famous when he published his northern stories in 1900, among them was the story "The Love of Life". Their actions are unfolding in Alaska.
In 1900, London published his first book, Son of the Wolf. For the next seventeen years, he published two and even three books a year.
London died at Glen Ellen, California on November 22, 1916. (Appendix 1[Slide 5]).

Teacher : We see that nothing broke London, because he was, in my opinion, a real person. As an epigraph to the lesson, I took the words: (Appendix 1[Slide 6]).

Epigraph: To what extent a person overcomes fear.
That's how human he is.
(Thomas Corleil, English writer and historian)

3. Analysis of the story:
Teacher: Today we must follow the fate of one of the heroes of the story by J. London. Look at the beginning of the story. How does the author show us the characters?
(The heroes of the story have been on the road for several days. They are very tired.
"tired and exhausted, faces expressed“patient obedience”, “shoulders pulled heavy bales”, “walked hunched over, bowing their heads low, not raising their eyes”, they say"indifferent" voice"sounds dull" ) .
Teacher: It seems that at such a moment they should support each other, but what do we see? Why did Bill leave his friend? (Appendix 1[Slide 7]).

( One of them gets in trouble and the other one is Bill - leaves his comrade, frightened that he will be a burden for him, hoping that it is easier to save a life alone).

Teacher: How do you rate Bill's behavior? Find words that describe his behavior.

Teacher: Bill is gone, but the main thing is that for the remaining hero, Bill becomes a goal, a movement forward, towards life, a hope for a meeting with Bill. (Find and read)(“... Bill didn’t leave him, he was waiting at the hiding place. He had to think so, otherwise there was no point in fighting further, all that remained was to lie on the ground and die”).

Conclusion: And the person begins to fight for life, moving towards the hiding place, because there are “cartridges, hooks, and fishing lines for fishing rods ... And there is also flour and ... a piece of brisket beans”, i.e. . there is a meaning to life.

Teacher: The hero finds himself in a difficult emergency situation.
What is an emergency situation?
(Appendix 1[Slide 8]).
- (from lat. extremus "extreme") Extreme situation- the situation is extremely tense, dangerous, requiring from a person the highest rise in mental and physical strength.

Teacher: The hero gets into a difficult situation.
What is the complexity of his position?
-Uncertainty;
- Pain (dislocation of the leg);
- Hunger
-Loneliness .
Teacher: These difficulties give rise to a feeling of fear, despair. What do you think is the worst thing for a person?
- Loneliness- an unpleasant feeling.
Teacher: Follow through the text how our hero behaves when left alone:
(“Melancholy appeared in his eyes, like a wounded deer”, in his last cry “the desperate plea of ​​a man in trouble”, finally, a feeling of complete loneliness not only on earth, but throughout the universe.)
Teacher: The description of nature helps to understand this feeling even more: (find)
(“Above the very horizon, the sun shone dimly, barely visible through the fog, which lay in a dense veil, without visible boundaries and outlines ...” that in the same direction passes through the Canadian plain a terrible path arctic circle". And again: “He again looked around at that circle of the universe, in which he was now alone. The picture was unhappy. Low hills closed the horizon of a monotonous wavy line. No trees, no bushes, no grass - nothing but a boundless and terrible desert - and an expression of fear appeared in his eyes")
Teacher: The nature surrounding the hero does not bode well for him. "The picture was gloomy. Low hills closed the horizon in a monotonous wavy line. No trees, no bushes, no grass - nothing but a boundless and terrible desert - and an expression of fear appeared in his eyes."
What do you think, for what purpose are the same-root words fear and terrible used? (To enhance the sad state of a person).
But a hero does not give up, strives for its goal, overcoming difficulties.
Teacher: Recall episodes of the hero's journey. What does the hero have to overcome? (find and read episodes)
Episode with matches.“He unpacked the bale and, first of all, counted how many matches he had ... When he did all this, he suddenly became afraid; he unfolded all three bundles and counted again. There were still sixty-seven matches.” (Struggle with fear).
Pain.“The ankle was in great pain ..., it swelled up, became almost as thick as the knee”, “the joints rusted, and it took a lot of willpower to bend or straighten each time”, “His leg became stiff, he began to limp even more, but this pain meant nothing compared to the pain in my stomach. The pain gnawed and gnawed at him…”. (Fighting the pain)
An episode with a partridge, fishing, meeting with a deer, etc. “In desperation, he sank down on the wet ground and began to cry. At first he wept quietly, then he began to sob loudly, awakening the merciless desert... and for a long time he wept without tears, shaking with sobs.” “He was possessed by only one desire - to eat! He went mad with hunger.” He dreams of feasts and dinner parties. (Fight against hunger).
But gradually the feeling of hunger weakens, but the person, "afraid to die", continues to move forward. ("Life in him did not want to die and drove him forward")
Teacher: One test is replaced by another. He wants to find out who is stronger.

(Retelling of the fragment “The victory of the wolf over the man » "The victory of the wolf over the man » )
Teacher: How are wolf and man shown?
- fangs squeezed his hand, the wolf wants to sink his teeth into prey;
-a man is waiting and clenching the wolf's jaw;
- the other hand grabs the wolf;
- the wolf is crushed under the person;
- the man clung to the wolf's neck, wool in his mouth.

Teacher: Man is trying to survive! Is it only a person?
- The beast too.
The author shows a man and a beast (wolf) in the struggle for life side by side: who wins? What does the wolf symbolize?
(It death symbol, which drags after life, by all indications a person must perish, die. Then she, death, will take him. But look, it’s not for nothing that death is given in the guise of a sick wolf: life is stronger than death.)

Teacher: We see that the man and the wolf are sick, weak, but still the man wins. What helped man to win over animals? (Strength of mind).
Teacher: What is the power of the spirit?
(Strength of mind- inner fire which elevates a person to nobility, selfless and courageous deeds).
We see that the man turned out to be stronger. But why?
Conclusion: thanks to the calculation fortitude, patience, endurance and love for life man conquers fear.
Teacher: But there are moments in the text where a person reminds us of an animal? (Prove.)

Students:Partridge hunting.“He threw a stone at them, but missed. Then, crawling, like a cat sneaking up on sparrows, he began to sneak up on them. His pants were torn on sharp stones, a bloody trail stretched from his knees, but he did not feel pain - hunger drowned it out. Not catching a single bird, he began to loudly mimic their cry.
Meeting with a fox, with a bear.“He met a black-brown fox with a partridge in his teeth. He screamed. His scream was terrible.…” . As you can see, the tragedy of the situation is growing, a person is changing before our eyes, likened to a beast.

Teacher: Find the words of the author that directly call a person an animal?
“He dropped his load and crawled on all fours into the reeds, crunching and munching like a ruminant.” He was possessed by only one desire: to eat!
The episode with the bones: “Soon he was already squatting, holding the bone in his teeth and sucking out the last particles of life from it ... The sweet taste of meat, barely audible, elusive, like a memory, drove him furious. He clenched his teeth tighter and began to gnaw. The last particles of life leave not only from the gnawed bones, but also from a person. As if the thread that connected our hero with people is torn.

Teacher: And yet, what distinguishes a man from an animal? What episode, very important, helps us understand this?
(Episode with Bill). (Appendix 1[Slide 9]).

Teacher: look in the text for a fragment of the meeting with the remains of Bill. What are your opinions, opinions?
(Bill turned out to be weak, could not overcome fear, he was afraid for his life and left a friend in trouble. Bill exchanged his life for gold).

Teacher: Can the hero be considered a real person? What qualities are inherent in such people? Support your words with fragments from the text.
(prudence(an episode with matches, in food, in a fight with a wolf, with gold, the way to the ship: “He sat down and thought about the most urgent matters ...”;
patience(in the fight against the wolf, against hunger);
reason(“The stomach seemed to fall asleep”, but our hero still continues to look for food for himself, what drives him? - reason: he must eat something so as not to die);
“At times, the mind was confused, and it continued to wander on like an automaton”, “He walked, not understanding the time, night and day, rested where he fell, and trudged forward when the life fading in him flared up and flared up brighter. He is more didn't fight like people fight. This very life in him did not want to perish and drove him forward.
- Fearlessness;
-strength of will.

Teacher: What (who) gave strength to the spirit of man? ( Target, target proximity: first it was Bill, then the ship).
Teacher: We see, the author does not call this creature a man, he compares it with a worm that moves, writhing and wriggling. But there was not a trace left of that “patient humility” that we saw at the beginning of the story: let it be twenty paces an hour, let it be crawling, but man goes forward.

Finishing work on the story "Love for Life", I would like you to listen to R. Rozhdestvensky's poem and determine: What is the relationship between a poem and a story?(Appendix 1[Slide 10]).

4 . Reading a poem:

If only people lived forever
it would be
inhumane...
How to find out,
what are you worth in life?
How to feel
what is risk?
Jump into the sea?
So don't drown!
Climb to the fire?
So you won't burn!
Plow the field?
Then I can...
Gunpowder to invent?
And for what?!.
Would enjoy lazy arrogance
Prisoners of their immortality.
They wouldn't do anything!
Never come out of the darkness...
Maybe the most important
stimulus of life
In the bitter truth that we are mortal.

Summarizing questions:
Why do you think the story is called “Love of Life”?
- The love of life helps the hero to survive.
(Love of life)
(Appendix 1[Slide 11]).
After all, such is life, vain and fleeting. Only life makes you suffer. It doesn't hurt to die. To die is to sleep. Death means the end, peace. Why then does he not want to die?”
Teacher: How do you understand these words?
(“He knew he wouldn’t crawl half a mile. And yet he wanted to live. It would be foolish to die after all that he had endured. Fate demanded too much from him. Even when he died, he did not submit to death. It may have been pure madness, but in the clutches of death he challenged her and fought her."
He wanted to live, so “the man still ate marsh berries and minnows, drank boiling water and watched the sick wolf)

Teacher: Very often people in difficult moments turned to the work of J. London. Why?
What lessons can be learned from this work?

Conclusion.(Appendix 1[Slide 12]).
"Love of Life" is a story about courageous man who survived such terrible trials as loneliness, the betrayal of a friend and the struggle with the harsh northern nature. Most importantly, he overcame himself, his fear, his pain.

Homework:

1. Write short essay on the topic “Have you met real people in your life? What are they?
2. Draw your favorite episodes of the work.

What is life?

To the question "What is life?" no one can answer. Regardless of religion, we are the children of materialism, and it will take a long time before the word "life" is directly identified in our minds with spiritual life. As long as we, with bulging eyes, stare at matter as at the primary substance, it will be forced to turn our head by force - well, if it does not break our neck - to where, upon careful examination, you can see the meaning of life. This is how matter teaches us to treat life correctly. He teaches hard. Maybe we will understand that life is something more than our body, but by then vitality completely dry up, and the body becomes decrepit. And then, perhaps, the question will arise: what is this force that set my body in motion, and where did it go? Turning in the last mental anguish to this nameless beginning and praying from the bottom of our hearts for its return, we may well feel that prayer has turned out to be the most effective means of allowing the body to regain strength. And, probably, we will understand that it was not someone who helped us, but ourselves.

There are a great many reasons why a person entrusts his life to others. The most banal is that he himself does not know how to do something. There is an excuse for inability: I'm not an expert. And the fact that an outsider, perhaps, also does not know how, a person does not think or does not want to think. The other one must be able to. If he does not know how, it is just right to call him to account. However, no helper is able to penetrate the soul of a person in need of help. That is, he is not able to live for him mental life, which is real life. Earth life- it's only mirror reflection spiritual life.

Most of us lack understanding of our own nature. Because they have lost their conscious CONNECTION with our higher selves. What does it mean to lose connection? This means losing a sense of power and responsibility for your life. And somewhere inside of us there is a feeling of helplessness, because we do not know who we are and what. Like little lost children, we feel powerless to change anything. Not only in the world, but also in your life. This inner feeling of impotence drives us forward, makes us make great efforts to assert ourselves. But we assert ourselves on the outside, but inside we remain just as helpless. And everything that you and I are doing here is aimed at discovering the CONNECTION and being READY to restore it.

We stubbornly attach our emotions to things and people outside of us, believing that our happiness depends on them. Remember that almost constant feeling that “something is missing” within us. And that means that that gingerbread, that bow, that teacher ... Remember this tension, anxiety and stress, eternal desperate attempts to fill the inner emptiness. Of course, it is empty inside, because there is no our “I”, the owner of all this economy is not there and it is not possible to get in touch with him. Remember our attempts to manipulate the outside world in order to obtain what we lack "for happiness." Remembered?

It is in this state that most of us set goals and try to achieve something in life. Unfortunately, at this level of consciousness, this is impossible ...
Or we ourselves create too many obstacles for ourselves, and achieve nothing. Or we reach our goal, only to discover that this is not the toy that makes happiness. Vicious circle.

All who have understood the secret of life comprehend that life is one, but it exists in two aspects. Firstly, as immortal, all-embracing and silent, and secondly, as mortal, active and manifested in diversity. The essence of the soul, which belongs to the first aspect, is deceived, becomes helpless and is caught up in the experience of life, in contact with the mind and body, which belongs to the second aspect. The satisfaction of the desires of the body and the vagaries of the mind are not sufficient for the purposes of the soul, which must surely experience its own appearances in the visible and the invisible; even though she tends to be herself and nothing else. When the delusion makes her feel that she is helpless, mortal, and captive, she finds herself uncomfortable. This is the tragedy of life, which plunges the strong and the weak, the rich and the poor into disappointment, makes them constantly look for something that they do not know. As Iqbal says, “I wandered in pursuit of myself: I was the traveler and I was the destination.”
/Hazrat Inayat Khan. Path of Illumination./

Life provides you free choice- whether to live in peace of mind or mental anguish. If you are convinced - and the conviction comes from the heart - that life begins with the person himself, then you make a choice in favor of love. If you don't know how yet, then learn. It doesn't matter how deep you are in the quagmire of life. Starting to help your soul spiritually, you will begin to help those who are trying to help your body to the best of their strength and abilities. In this way, the two facets of your life will be reunited. You will be grateful to yourself and those around you. Having gone through monstrous trials, you will make important discovery: you are surrounded by people. What happiness!

We understand that there is something more in life, and we begin to look for it. Such a search can be long, but, in the end, a person will certainly, having stuffed bumps and received a lot of unnecessary information, returns to himself. We become ourselves, realize that we ourselves are the creators of our lives. We are restoring our inner strength and fill the void within us.

When we are READY, fate gives us a chance to reconnect with our "I". It settles again in the Space of Love, which we have so diligently prepared. When we emerge from an empty, greedy, manipulative state of consciousness (when we believe that happiness can be found by acquiring another thing or winning the will of another person), our first and the main lesson learns to not get attached. That is, relax, stop fighting, efforts, stop manipulating events, things and people to achieve your goals. That is, stop doing so much and just BE for a while. As stated in famous book"stop worrying and start living."

It's not easy, so don't rush. Just as it is impossible to become a yogi or an acrobat in one day, so it is impossible to leave your attachments in an instant. That is why they are tied to us, so that it is not easy to untie them. But try, at first just imagine, then for a minute, two, three not to strive for anything external ... Having done this, we suddenly find that we are really good, we feel great simply because we allow ourselves to be ourselves and do not try to change world. This is what it means to be “here and now”. What in Eastern philosophy is called "to get rid of attachments." This is a feeling of extraordinary freedom, the main stage on any path of self-knowledge.

What's next? When this feeling arises in us more and more often, we gradually restore CONNECTION with ourselves, with our higher "I". We suddenly discover with joy that life has many faces, that it is always kind, generous and interesting. That life is a mirror. What you show him is what he reflects. Desire, so desire, goal so goal, dream, so dream... And then creative visualization and formula-statements become for us the most important tool for the further creativity of life. After all, what we do, then it will be reflected, what will be reflected, we will receive. And in order to form your desires and goals, affirmations and the power of imagination are simply indispensable.

Or you can imagine things a little differently. Imagine that life is a river. Most people cling to the shore in fear of the turbulent current. But everyone should be ready at some point to unclench their hands and surrender to this turbulent stream. At this point, we begin to understand the expression "go with the flow" and, perhaps, feel happy. When a person gets used to the movement of the river, he begins to look around. He learns to plot his own course, avoiding boulders and snags, choosing channels and river channels, but at the same time constantly "moving with the flow."
This comparison is metaphorical, but it shows how we can accept our life "here and now", surrendering to the will of its flow, and at the same time consciously achieve our goals, taking responsibility for our own life.

Don't forget that the creative view is a tool that can be used in many ways, including for spiritual development. With its help, each of us can imagine ourselves more an open person who surrenders to the flow of life, lives "here and now" and is always connected with his inner essence. Be blessed in whatever your heart desires.

inner life- the main lines of Fate, which we cannot change, this requires us to concentrate our efforts for a long period of time. The Buddhic body contains those internal attitudes of a person that gradually lead him along the Buddhic plots - these are his life positions, the general life philosophy, worldview and ways of perceiving the world.
The information encrypted in the Buddhic body manifests itself in two ways: in the form of basic storylines the fate of a person, on the one hand, and in his, as they say, "psychology", on the other.
The plots of the Buddhic body are, first of all, plots internal development person. Is it possible to change buddhial plots? In any case, it's difficult. In principle, there is always an alternative: either this fragment the plot is not final, and then after a while it will end and a new one will begin (however, it is not known whether the person will like it more or less), or this is the final fragment, and nothing else is planned by subtle karma, at least in this incarnation. However, in any case, a person can influence his destiny by working with the Buddhic body, the first sign of which will not be a change in dense karma (that is, the specific circumstances of his life), but changes in psychology, that is, a change in worldview and life positions, even though they are not conscious. How can you do this?
In principle, a person can deal with each of his bodies, firstly, by itself, and secondly, by influencing him with other bodies. At the same time, each pair of his bodies is connected by some kind of connection, but the strongest connections are usually between neighboring bodies; in this case it is Atmanic and Causal. The greatest (generally speaking) influence on each body is exerted by its neighboring more subtle body; in this case it is Atmanic.
The development of the Buddhic body is the work of a person on himself in the sense practical psychology, as well as practical philosophy and religion, that is, a change in attitudes, ways of seeing that part of the world that is directly related to the immediate life of a person. This is the development of certain character traits, weaning from bad habits and acquiring good ones, that is, transferring oneself to higher energy flows; the corresponding transformation of subconscious programs, etc.
However, all this has its limits, since most often it slightly cleans and corrects the plot, but rarely finishes it and even less often takes it to a qualitatively different level (although it happens). A much stronger impact on the Buddhic body can be exerted by the Atmanic one, whose energy has a qualitatively different character, and where introspection and psychoanalysis reach a dead end, new spiritual channels or a change in life ideals are needed.
In general, the word "ideal" in recent times acquires an unusual mental connotation. In fact, the ideal is what inspires, or in other words, the symbol of the high Egregor, which is able to give a person energy at the level of his Atmanic body. However, when Egregor dies, the word "ideal" acquires a connotation of obligation: an ideal is something to strive for, usually under fear of condemnation or other punishment. And although it may not be easy to find a true ideal, that is, a high Egregor inspiring the Atmanic body, insincerity here will lead to an energy dead end on all bodies at once: there is nothing to replace the energy of the Atmanic body. You need to look for an ideal that is high enough (otherwise it makes no sense) and voluntarily serve it, and choose it so that it compensates with its (high) energy for the lower energy of a person serving it. The mental ideal contained in the Atmanic body of a mental person, which is discussed below, never gives such energy, therefore serving what a person mentally, but not religiously considers the highest, leads to the waste of all energies and existential frustration, that is, the complete triumph of gray.
So, new turn the main plot of life is often provided by energy descending into the Buddhic body from the Atmanic one: a person acquires a new ideal that inspires him unusually, changes his views on the surrounding life, the system of values ​​in its light, rethinks himself, and his life takes a sharp turn.
However, sometimes this does not happen for some reason: new life as if already outside the gates (in any case, the old one is tired to death), but it will not start in any way. Here, a situation may well arise when, in order to shift the plot or change it, the Buddhic body needs involtation, that is, a certain decisive act is required from a person, most often a certain sacrifice, the energy of which will finally take out a chip from the wheel of subtle karma.
A specialist in the Atmanic body is, for example, a confessor or a preacher; the expert on the buddhial body is the psychologist or sage; a specialist in the causal body is a fortune-teller, or a practical adviser.
Cm. .

THE PURPOSE OF LIFE- this is an increase in the level of knowledge and love, understanding and awareness of the necessary lessons.
Life is given to man to work on himself.

THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE- struggle to learn to be harmonious. One must first be known in order to understand the other. Disharmony is a valuable lesson designed to make a person understand and appreciate the nature of Harmony.

FRUIT OF LIFE are the lessons that the Soul learns from life. All life experience is knowledge.

After all, you can just live, mind your own business, build relationships based on mutual trust, work without thoughts about another person, which are constantly distracting. Sooner or later, everyone thinks about why love is needed at all, and comes to the conclusion that life would be much easier without this feeling. In fact, everything in the world is harmonious and harmonious. If there is love in the world, our existence without it would be doomed. Let's see why this happens.

Why do we need love in the family

Love is different. This feeling can arise in relation to parents, children, husband, friends and girlfriends, sisters and brothers, favorite characters from films and books. But love for loved ones with whom we are in daily contact is very important. Imagine that every day you accumulate resentment and hostility towards your husband, because you do not like that in his character not everything is arranged the way you need. Then the answer to the question of why love is needed suggests itself. This feeling helps us come to terms with the small shortcomings of loved ones, look at them with understanding, accept them as they are, let go of grievances and continue to live in mutual respect.

Mutual love

Many people, especially teenagers, wonder why love is needed if it is not mutual. The answer is very simple. If so, it is not love. It can be anything, such as affection, interest, or the desire to conquer a person. Love as such is manifested in the fact that people want the best for each other, plan together future life ready to help each other, listen to each other. There is no feeling of hostility between them, there are no constant major quarrels or thoughts about a possible break. It concerns

It is unlikely that someone, during a quarrel with their mother, thought that he needed to look for new parents. The same principle works with the second half. A person does not love his chosen one if he thinks about leaving him.

How to learn to love

In order to be loved, you yourself must be able to express this feeling. It is not always possible to be tolerant and gentle towards loved ones, but this does not mean that you are cold towards them. Usually, we do not feel any emotions towards people whom we do not like, even if they are negative. So don't get mad if your mom asks you to wear a hat you don't like and your loved one insists you come home early. This is the usual care in which love is manifested.

A person by nature is able to manifest this bright feeling. The problem is that he may not realize his potential if there is no object of love next to him. When someone worthy of his attention appears in a person’s life, then there is no longer any thought about why a person needs love and how to learn to experience this feeling.

Love as a way to realize yourself

The question, and love, is not asked by people who are happy with their soulmate, and also inspired by this sense of identity. It is difficult to imagine how many poems, songs were written thanks to him, pictures were drawn, musical masterpieces, accomplished feats, discovered new phenomena. It is love that pushes people to realize themselves, to become better, to work on their knowledge and skills. When there is a person next to you who is ready to support you in case of failure, who believes in you with all his heart, you will definitely find a way to achieve success in any area of ​​life. Love inspires, pushes to bold and spontaneous actions.

"Wrong" love, or How to recognize its absence

Often people mistake ordinary affection or the desire to possess someone for love. If you have warm feelings for a person, and he is not ready to answer you in the same way, this is not love, this is the usual desire to experience it. It has nothing to do with the topic of our conversation. The basic rule of love is that it does not bring suffering.

Negative emotions can only show up in what you feel about close person, you want to save him from all adversity and suffering, you try to help him at the moment of difficulties and failures. In this case, the object of your love should also understand what is yours and try to calm you down, not only with words, but also with actions. This is a kind of compromise, which should lead to harmonious coexistence. If you managed to achieve it, and at the same time you feel comfortable, then most likely you have found your love, because for the sake of a loved one it is not a pity to make small concessions.

How to find love

If you think that you can find love, then you are very mistaken. She will find you when she needs you. will show up when you don't expect it. You will simply make a conclusion for yourself after a while that you love. And this is good, because the expectation of love is the expectation of a dirty trick. You will always doubt whether you opened your soul to that person. Therefore, stop waiting for the time to come, you will definitely feel that your time has come and that you have found a person who can become the meaning of life for you.

Thus, love is a bright feeling that cannot bring suffering. If you seek to experience it, then know that you need to run from the person who hurts you. It has nothing to do with love.

What is life?

To the question "What is life?" no one can answer. Regardless of religion, we are the children of materialism, and it will take a long time before the word "life" is directly identified in our minds with spiritual life. As long as we, with bulging eyes, stare at matter as at the primary substance, it will be forced to turn our head by force - well, if it does not break our neck - to where, upon careful examination, you can see the meaning of life. This is how matter teaches us to treat life correctly. He teaches hard. Maybe we will understand that life is something more than our body, but by that time the vital forces will completely dry out, and the body will become decrepit. And then, perhaps, the question will arise: what is this force that set my body in motion, and where did it go? Turning in the last mental anguish to this nameless beginning and praying from the bottom of our hearts for its return, we may well feel that prayer has turned out to be the most effective means of allowing the body to regain strength. And, probably, we will understand that it was not someone who helped us, but ourselves.

There are a great many reasons why a person entrusts his life to others. The most banal is that he himself does not know how to do something. There is an excuse for inability: I'm not an expert. And the fact that an outsider, perhaps, also does not know how, a person does not think or does not want to think. The other one must be able to. If he does not know how, it is just right to call him to account. However, no helper is able to penetrate the soul of a person in need of help. That is, he is not able to live for him his spiritual life, which is real life. Earthly life is only a mirror reflection of spiritual life.

Most of us lack understanding of our own nature. Because they have lost their conscious CONNECTION with our higher selves. What does it mean to lose connection? This means losing a sense of power and responsibility for your life. And somewhere inside of us there is a feeling of helplessness, because we do not know who we are and what. Like little lost children, we feel powerless to change anything. Not only in the world, but also in your life. This inner feeling of impotence drives us forward, makes us make great efforts to assert ourselves. But we assert ourselves on the outside, but inside we remain just as helpless. And everything that you and I are doing here is aimed at discovering the CONNECTION and being READY to restore it.

We stubbornly attach our emotions to things and people outside of us, believing that our happiness depends on them. Remember that almost constant feeling that “something is missing” within us. And that means that that gingerbread, that bow, that teacher ... Remember this tension, anxiety and stress, eternal desperate attempts to fill the inner emptiness. Of course, it is empty inside, because there is no our “I”, the owner of all this economy is not there and it is not possible to get in touch with him. Remember our attempts to manipulate the outside world in order to obtain what we lack "for happiness." Remembered?

It is in this state that most of us set goals and try to achieve something in life. Unfortunately, at this level of consciousness, this is impossible ...
Or we ourselves create too many obstacles for ourselves, and achieve nothing. Or we reach our goal, only to discover that this is not the toy that makes happiness. Vicious circle.

All who have understood the secret of life comprehend that life is one, but it exists in two aspects. Firstly, as immortal, all-embracing and silent, and secondly, as mortal, active and manifested in diversity. The essence of the soul, which belongs to the first aspect, is deceived, becomes helpless and is caught up in the experience of life, in contact with the mind and body, which belongs to the second aspect. The satisfaction of the desires of the body and the vagaries of the mind are not sufficient for the purposes of the soul, which must surely experience its own appearances in the visible and the invisible; even though she tends to be herself and nothing else. When the delusion makes her feel that she is helpless, mortal, and captive, she finds herself uncomfortable. This is the tragedy of life, which plunges the strong and the weak, the rich and the poor into disappointment, makes them constantly look for something that they do not know. As Iqbal says, “I wandered in pursuit of myself: I was the traveler and I was the destination.”
/Hazrat Inayat Khan. Path of Illumination./

Life gives you a free choice - whether to live in peace of mind or in mental anguish. If you are convinced - and the conviction comes from the heart - that life begins with the person himself, then you make a choice in favor of love. If you don't know how yet, then learn. It doesn't matter how deep you are in the quagmire of life. Starting to help your soul spiritually, you will begin to help those who are trying to help your body to the best of their strength and abilities. In this way, the two facets of your life will be reunited. You will be grateful to yourself and those around you. After passing through monstrous trials, you will make an important discovery: you are surrounded by people. What happiness!

We understand that there is something more in life, and we begin to look for it. Such a search can be long, but, in the end, a person will certainly, having stuffed bumps and received a lot of unnecessary information, returns to himself. We become ourselves, realize that we ourselves are the creators of our lives. We restore our inner strength and fill the void within us.

When we are READY, fate gives us a chance to reconnect with our "I". It settles again in the Space of Love, which we have so diligently prepared. When we emerge from an empty, greedy, manipulative state of consciousness (when we believe that happiness can be found by acquiring another thing or winning the will of another person), our first and foremost lesson is to learn not to attach. That is, relax, stop fighting, efforts, stop manipulating events, things and people to achieve your goals. That is, stop doing so much and just BE for a while. As the famous book says, "stop worrying and start living."

It's not easy, so don't rush. Just as it is impossible to become a yogi or an acrobat in one day, so it is impossible to leave your attachments in an instant. That is why they are tied to us, so that it is not easy to untie them. But try, at first just imagine, then for a minute, two, three not to strive for anything external ... Having done this, we suddenly find that we are really good, we feel great simply because we allow ourselves to be ourselves and do not try to change world. This is what it means to be “here and now”. What in Eastern philosophy is called "to get rid of attachments." This is a feeling of extraordinary freedom, the main stage on any path of self-knowledge.

What's next? When this feeling arises in us more and more often, we gradually restore CONNECTION with ourselves, with our higher "I". We suddenly discover with joy that life has many faces, that it is always kind, generous and interesting. That life is a mirror. What you show him is what he reflects. Desire, so desire, goal so goal, dream, so dream... And then creative visualization and formula-statements become for us the most important tool for the further creativity of life. After all, what we do, then it will be reflected, what will be reflected, we will receive. And in order to form your desires and goals, affirmations and the power of imagination are simply indispensable.

Or you can imagine things a little differently. Imagine that life is a river. Most people cling to the shore in fear of the turbulent current. But everyone should be ready at some point to unclench their hands and surrender to this turbulent stream. At this point, we begin to understand the expression "go with the flow" and, perhaps, feel happy. When a person gets used to the movement of the river, he begins to look around. He learns to plot his own course, avoiding boulders and snags, choosing channels and river channels, but at the same time constantly "moving with the flow."
This comparison is metaphorical, but it shows how we can accept our life "here and now", surrendering to the will of its flow, and at the same time consciously achieve our goals, taking responsibility for our own life.

Do not forget that the creative idea is a tool that can be used in many different ways, including for spiritual development. With its help, each of us can imagine ourselves as a more open person, surrendering to the flow of life, living "here and now" and always connected with our inner essence. Be blessed in whatever your heart desires.

inner life- the main lines of Fate, which we cannot change, this requires us to concentrate our efforts for a long period of time. The Buddhic body contains those internal attitudes of a person that gradually lead him along the Buddhic plots - these are his life positions, general philosophy of life, worldview and ways of perceiving the world.
The information encrypted in the Buddhic body manifests itself in two ways: in the form of the main storylines of a person's fate, on the one hand, and in his, as they say, "psychology", on the other.
The plots of the Buddhic body are, first of all, the plots of the inner development of a person. Is it possible to change buddhial plots? In any case, it's difficult. In principle, an alternative is always possible: either this fragment of the plot is not final, and then after a while it will end and a new one will begin (however, it is not known whether the person will like it more or less), or this is the final fragment, and nothing else. karma is no longer planned, at least in this incarnation. However, in any case, a person can influence his fate by working with the Buddhic body, the first sign of which will not be a change in dense karma (that is, the specific circumstances of his life), but changes in psychology, that is, a change in worldview and life positions, even if not perceived. How can you do this?
In principle, a person can deal with each of his bodies, firstly, by itself, and secondly, by influencing him with other bodies. At the same time, each pair of his bodies is connected by some kind of connection, but the strongest connections are usually between neighboring bodies; in this case it is Atmanic and Causal. The greatest (generally speaking) influence on each body is exerted by the neighboring finer body; in this case it is Atmanic.
The development of the Buddhic body is the work of a person on himself in the sense of practical psychology, as well as practical philosophy and religion, that is, a change in life attitudes, ways of seeing that part of the world around us that is directly related to the immediate life of a person. This is the development of certain character traits, weaning from bad habits and acquiring good ones, that is, transferring oneself to higher energy flows; the corresponding transformation of subconscious programs, etc.
However, all this has its limits, since most often it slightly cleans and corrects the plot, but rarely finishes it and even less often takes it to a qualitatively different level (although it happens). A much stronger impact on the Buddhic body can be exerted by the Atmanic one, whose energy has a qualitatively different character, and where introspection and psychoanalysis reach a dead end, new spiritual channels or a change in life ideals are needed.
In general, the word "ideal" has recently acquired an unusual mental connotation. In fact, the ideal is what inspires, or in other words, the symbol of the high Egregor, which is able to give a person energy at the level of his Atmanic body. However, when Egregor dies, the word "ideal" acquires a connotation of obligation: an ideal is something to strive for, usually under fear of condemnation or other punishment. And although it may not be easy to find a true ideal, that is, a high Egregor inspiring the Atmanic body, insincerity here will lead to an energy dead end on all bodies at once: there is nothing to replace the energy of the Atmanic body. You need to look for an ideal that is high enough (otherwise it makes no sense) and voluntarily serve it, and choose it so that it compensates with its (high) energy for the lower energy of a person serving it. The mental ideal contained in the Atmanic body of a mental person, which is discussed below, never gives such energy, therefore serving what a person mentally, but not religiously considers the highest, leads to the waste of all energies and existential frustration, that is, the complete triumph of gray.
So, a new turn of the main life plot is often provided by the energy descending into the Buddhic body from the Atmanic one: a person acquires a new ideal that inspires him unusually, changes his views on the surrounding life, the system of values ​​in its light, rethinks himself, and his life takes a sharp turn.
However, sometimes this does not happen for some reason: a new life seems to be already outside the gates (in any case, the old one is tired to death), but it will not begin in any way. Here, a situation may well arise when, in order to shift the plot or change it, the Buddhic body needs involtation, that is, a certain decisive act is required from a person, most often a certain sacrifice, the energy of which will finally take out a chip from the wheel of subtle karma.
A specialist in the Atmanic body is, for example, a confessor or a preacher; the expert on the buddhial body is the psychologist or sage; a specialist in the causal body is a fortune-teller, or a practical adviser.
See Buddhic body.

THE PURPOSE OF LIFE- this is an increase in the level of knowledge and love, understanding and awareness of the necessary lessons.
Life is given to man to work on himself.

THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE- struggle to learn to be harmonious. One must first be known in order to understand the other. Disharmony is a valuable lesson designed to make a person understand and appreciate the nature of Harmony.

FRUIT OF LIFE are the lessons that the Soul learns from life. All life experience is knowledge.

What is life?

To the question "What is life?" no one can answer. Regardless of religion, we are the children of materialism, and it will take a long time before the word "life" is directly identified in our minds with spiritual life. As long as we, with bulging eyes, stare at matter as at the primary substance, it will be forced to turn our head by force - well, if it does not break our neck - to where, upon careful examination, you can see the meaning of life. This is how matter teaches us to treat life correctly. He teaches hard. Maybe we will understand that life is something more than our body, but by that time the vital forces will completely dry out, and the body will become decrepit. And then, perhaps, the question will arise: what is this force that set my body in motion, and where did it go? Turning in the last mental anguish to this nameless beginning and praying from the bottom of our hearts for its return, we may well feel that prayer has turned out to be the most effective means of allowing the body to regain strength. And, probably, we will understand that it was not someone who helped us, but ourselves.

There are a great many reasons why a person entrusts his life to others. The most banal is that he himself does not know how to do something. There is an excuse for inability: I'm not an expert. And the fact that an outsider, perhaps, also does not know how, a person does not think or does not want to think. The other one must be able to. If he does not know how, it is just right to call him to account. However, no helper is able to penetrate the soul of a person in need of help. That is, he is not able to live for him his spiritual life, which is real life. Earthly life is only a mirror reflection of spiritual life.

Most of us lack understanding of our own nature. Because they have lost their conscious CONNECTION with our higher selves. What does it mean to lose connection? This means losing a sense of power and responsibility for your life. And somewhere inside of us there is a feeling of helplessness, because we do not know who we are and what. Like little lost children, we feel powerless to change anything. Not only in the world, but also in your life. This inner feeling of impotence drives us forward, makes us make great efforts to assert ourselves. But we assert ourselves on the outside, but inside we remain just as helpless. And everything that you and I are doing here is aimed at discovering the CONNECTION and being READY to restore it.

We stubbornly attach our emotions to things and people outside of us, believing that our happiness depends on them. Remember that almost constant feeling that “something is missing” within us. And that means that that gingerbread, that bow, that teacher ... Remember this tension, anxiety and stress, eternal desperate attempts to fill the inner emptiness. Of course, it is empty inside, because there is no our “I”, the owner of all this economy is not there and it is not possible to get in touch with him. Remember our attempts to manipulate the outside world in order to obtain what we lack "for happiness." Remembered?

It is in this state that most of us set goals and try to achieve something in life. Unfortunately, at this level of consciousness, this is impossible ...
Or we ourselves create too many obstacles for ourselves, and achieve nothing. Or we reach our goal, only to discover that this is not the toy that makes happiness. Vicious circle.

All who have understood the secret of life comprehend that life is one, but it exists in two aspects. Firstly, as immortal, all-embracing and silent, and secondly, as mortal, active and manifested in diversity. The essence of the soul, which belongs to the first aspect, is deceived, becomes helpless and is caught up in the experience of life, in contact with the mind and body, which belongs to the second aspect. The satisfaction of the desires of the body and the vagaries of the mind are not sufficient for the purposes of the soul, which must surely experience its own appearances in the visible and the invisible; even though she tends to be herself and nothing else. When the delusion makes her feel that she is helpless, mortal, and captive, she finds herself uncomfortable. This is the tragedy of life, which plunges the strong and the weak, the rich and the poor into disappointment, makes them constantly look for something that they do not know. As Iqbal says, “I wandered in pursuit of myself: I was the traveler and I was the destination.”
/Hazrat Inayat Khan. Path of Illumination./

Life gives you a free choice - whether to live in peace of mind or in mental anguish. If you are convinced - and the conviction comes from the heart - that life begins with the person himself, then you make a choice in favor of love. If you don't know how yet, then learn. It doesn't matter how deep you are in the quagmire of life. Starting to help your soul spiritually, you will begin to help those who are trying to help your body to the best of their strength and abilities. In this way, the two facets of your life will be reunited. You will be grateful to yourself and those around you. After passing through monstrous trials, you will make an important discovery: you are surrounded by people. What happiness!

We understand that there is something more in life, and we begin to look for it. Such a search can be long, but, in the end, a person will certainly, having stuffed bumps and received a lot of unnecessary information, returns to himself. We become ourselves, realize that we ourselves are the creators of our lives. We restore our inner strength and fill the void within us.

When we are READY, fate gives us a chance to reconnect with our "I". It settles again in the Space of Love, which we have so diligently prepared. When we emerge from an empty, greedy, manipulative state of consciousness (when we believe that happiness can be found by acquiring another thing or winning the will of another person), our first and foremost lesson is to learn not to attach. That is, relax, stop fighting, efforts, stop manipulating events, things and people to achieve your goals. That is, stop doing so much and just BE for a while. As the famous book says, "stop worrying and start living."

It's not easy, so don't rush. Just as it is impossible to become a yogi or an acrobat in one day, so it is impossible to leave your attachments in an instant. That is why they are tied to us, so that it is not easy to untie them. But try, at first just imagine, then for a minute, two, three not to strive for anything external ... Having done this, we suddenly find that we are really good, we feel great simply because we allow ourselves to be ourselves and do not try to change world. This is what it means to be “here and now”. What in Eastern philosophy is called "to get rid of attachments." This is a feeling of extraordinary freedom, the main stage on any path of self-knowledge.

What's next? When this feeling arises in us more and more often, we gradually restore CONNECTION with ourselves, with our higher "I". We suddenly discover with joy that life has many faces, that it is always kind, generous and interesting. That life is a mirror. What you show him is what he reflects. Desire, so desire, goal so goal, dream, so dream... And then creative visualization and formula-statements become for us the most important tool for the further creativity of life. After all, what we do, then it will be reflected, what will be reflected, we will receive. And in order to form your desires and goals, affirmations and the power of imagination are simply indispensable.

Or you can imagine things a little differently. Imagine that life is a river. Most people cling to the shore in fear of the turbulent current. But everyone should be ready at some point to unclench their hands and surrender to this turbulent stream. At this point, we begin to understand the expression "go with the flow" and, perhaps, feel happy. When a person gets used to the movement of the river, he begins to look around. He learns to plot his own course, avoiding boulders and snags, choosing channels and river channels, but at the same time constantly "moving with the flow."
This comparison is metaphorical, but it shows how we can accept our life "here and now", surrendering to the will of its flow, and at the same time consciously achieve our goals, taking responsibility for our own life.

Do not forget that the creative idea is a tool that can be used in many different ways, including for spiritual development. With its help, each of us can imagine ourselves as a more open person, surrendering to the flow of life, living "here and now" and always connected with our inner essence. Be blessed in whatever your heart desires.

inner life- the main lines of Fate, which we cannot change, this requires us to concentrate our efforts for a long period of time. The Buddhic body contains those internal attitudes of a person that gradually lead him along the Buddhic plots - these are his life positions, general philosophy of life, worldview and ways of perceiving the world.
The information encrypted in the Buddhic body manifests itself in two ways: in the form of the main storylines of a person's fate, on the one hand, and in his, as they say, "psychology", on the other.
The plots of the Buddhic body are, first of all, the plots of the inner development of a person. Is it possible to change buddhial plots? In any case, it's difficult. In principle, an alternative is always possible: either this fragment of the plot is not final, and then after a while it will end and a new one will begin (however, it is not known whether the person will like it more or less), or this is the final fragment, and nothing else. karma is no longer planned, at least in this incarnation. However, in any case, a person can influence his fate by working with the Buddhic body, the first sign of which will not be a change in dense karma (that is, the specific circumstances of his life), but changes in psychology, that is, a change in worldview and life positions, even if not perceived. How can you do this?
In principle, a person can deal with each of his bodies, firstly, by itself, and secondly, by influencing him with other bodies. At the same time, each pair of his bodies is connected by some kind of connection, but the strongest connections are usually between neighboring bodies; in this case it is Atmanic and Causal. The greatest (generally speaking) influence on each body is exerted by the neighboring finer body; in this case it is Atmanic.
The development of the Buddhic body is the work of a person on himself in the sense of practical psychology, as well as practical philosophy and religion, that is, a change in life attitudes, ways of seeing that part of the world around us that is directly related to the immediate life of a person. This is the development of certain character traits, weaning from bad habits and acquiring good ones, that is, transferring oneself to higher energy flows; the corresponding transformation of subconscious programs, etc.
However, all this has its limits, since most often it slightly cleans and corrects the plot, but rarely finishes it and even less often takes it to a qualitatively different level (although it happens). A much stronger impact on the Buddhic body can be exerted by the Atmanic one, whose energy has a qualitatively different character, and where introspection and psychoanalysis reach a dead end, new spiritual channels or a change in life ideals are needed.
In general, the word "ideal" has recently acquired an unusual mental connotation. In fact, the ideal is what inspires, or in other words, the symbol of the high Egregor, which is able to give a person energy at the level of his Atmanic body. However, when Egregor dies, the word "ideal" acquires a connotation of obligation: an ideal is something to strive for, usually under fear of condemnation or other punishment. And although it may not be easy to find a true ideal, that is, a high Egregor inspiring the Atmanic body, insincerity here will lead to an energy dead end on all bodies at once: there is nothing to replace the energy of the Atmanic body. You need to look for an ideal that is high enough (otherwise it makes no sense) and voluntarily serve it, and choose it so that it compensates with its (high) energy for the lower energy of a person serving it. The mental ideal contained in the Atmanic body of a mental person, which is discussed below, never gives such energy, therefore serving what a person mentally, but not religiously considers the highest, leads to the waste of all energies and existential frustration, that is, the complete triumph of gray.
So, a new turn of the main life plot is often provided by the energy descending into the Buddhic body from the Atmanic one: a person acquires a new ideal that inspires him unusually, changes his views on the surrounding life, the system of values ​​in its light, rethinks himself, and his life takes a sharp turn.
However, sometimes this does not happen for some reason: a new life seems to be already outside the gates (in any case, the old one is tired to death), but it will not begin in any way. Here, a situation may well arise when, in order to shift the plot or change it, the Buddhic body needs involtation, that is, a certain decisive act is required from a person, most often a certain sacrifice, the energy of which will finally take out a chip from the wheel of subtle karma.
A specialist in the Atmanic body is, for example, a confessor or a preacher; the expert on the buddhial body is the psychologist or sage; a specialist in the causal body is a fortune-teller, or a practical adviser.
See Buddhic body.

THE PURPOSE OF LIFE- this is an increase in the level of knowledge and love, understanding and awareness of the necessary lessons.
Life is given to man to work on himself.

THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE- struggle to learn to be harmonious. One must first be known in order to understand the other. Disharmony is a valuable lesson designed to make a person understand and appreciate the nature of Harmony.

FRUIT OF LIFE are the lessons that the Soul learns from life. All life experience is knowledge.