The Mastery of Love: A Book Suggestion

Helen lent me this wonderful book entitled,  “The Mastery of Love” by don Miguel Ruiz, a nagual (shaman) of the Toltec tradition.

I found it to be rather enlightening, but simple at the same time.  Essentially, the secret to love is deep within us, in our cells, our molecules.  The key to loving another is to love yourself first.  Once you love yourself, you will be free to love others unconditionally – meaning that there will be no “if’s” to your love.  You will be able to love infinitely and abundantly. 

Also, when you love yourself truly, you can let go of all the negative feelings that are usually present in “relationships.”  With self-love, you will be able to shed poisonous feelings stemmed from insecurity and fear such as jealousy and anger.  You realize that the actions of others are not personal, but are motivated by their own problems.

So the key is self-love.  Can you honestly expect someone to love you if you don’t love yourself?  You are all you’ve got, so love yourself, open up and share your love with the world, and then when others fall in love with you, well, that’s just magical.