Commandment #9: Love isn't Lust
Another excerpt from Heart, Hips, and Relationships workshop.
Lust is all things sensual, sense related, second chakra. Love is beyond the senses. As you grow, you don't need to keep trying to keep the sensory experiences alive. This is not to say that if the sensory is still working for you, that you need to put a lid on it! Just keep doing it! Not a problem. But if "the thrill is gone," so what? Does it mean you love each other any less? Don't compare your relationship to someone else's view of what a "good relationship" looks like. Sometimes, you move past needing the sensory to feel successful and alive.
It's like getting attached to asana. Some people will love asana their whole lives. Others won't. No greater than or less than. They are still doing yoga. Still doing Life.
Lust on and on and on if it serves you.
But lust isn't love, and all things sensory can fade.
Thank God love isn't one of those sensory things.
Another excerpt from Heart, Hips, and Relationships workshop.
Lust is all things sensual, sense related, second chakra. Love is beyond the senses. As you grow, you don't need to keep trying to keep the sensory experiences alive. This is not to say that if the sensory is still working for you, that you need to put a lid on it! Just keep doing it! Not a problem. But if "the thrill is gone," so what? Does it mean you love each other any less? Don't compare your relationship to someone else's view of what a "good relationship" looks like. Sometimes, you move past needing the sensory to feel successful and alive.
It's like getting attached to asana. Some people will love asana their whole lives. Others won't. No greater than or less than. They are still doing yoga. Still doing Life.
Lust on and on and on if it serves you.
But lust isn't love, and all things sensory can fade.
Thank God love isn't one of those sensory things.
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