livin' raw...

by Brian Clement

When we hear the word "love" it brings to mind the soft spring days and golden enchantment of romantic relationships, or the all-accepting warmth found in a family's caring that surrounds and fills us. It is really the finest of feelings that humans can have and the one thing that we hope for throughout our lives. A life without love seems hardly worth living. It's so important for each of us to grasp the understanding of the depth of feeling that can be generated on all levels of life, through love.

Love gives us reason, which is an essential part of the full experience of life. If there is no motivation or reason to do something, we flounder and cannot progress. We move slowly and wander, rather than step vigorously and move forward. Love gives us the impetus, the drive, and the feeling that we can achieve and succeed. Love is a power that no other belief can touch or come close to. It is the ultimate, the largest power of all.

The belief of love can bring a sense of goodness into your life and goodness can then grow into success. All people have reason for wanting love, and of course, the greatest love of all is self-love. Self-love is the ultimate of beliefs. All things surround our view of life and how we achieve in and fit in life. Love is the foundation of all worthwhile activity.

Each of us has to look at ourselves every day and ask, "Do we love ourselves enough to achieve what's right and what's best?" Let us hope that the answer is "yes." Self-love is the only belief that constantly gives us harmony and energy. When love is embraced fully and our life becomes replete with it, all things that we involve ourselves with become smooth and happy experiences. There is nothing that is a disaster when one has love as his or her true belief. Love can eradicate the largest of monsters and the smallest of problems. It can sweep like a windstorm across a desert that is void of affection and void of success.

There is no doubt that the greatest potential that human beings have is to surrender to love. The only way that we will move ahead in a true belief capable of bringing us all the things we need, all the things we truly desire, and all the things that are necessary for us to fulfill our existence, is love. Love is the foundation, the base, and the essence of all belief. No matter how small a belief is, no matter how trivial that one considers a belief to be, a true belief always has an initial spark of love to ignite it into the movement of belief, which transforms itself into achievement. It is very important for each and every one of us, within our daily life, to stop whenever we are uncomfortable with our involvements and recognize that somewhere at the base of every action must be this drive to find and nurture love within ourselves. Here at Hippocrates, the foremost thing we teach is that love of self creates love of others.