Self-love as a measure for the love of others

Author: Sorinel Balan

In our day to day life we share many things with our fellow men: firstly, the air we breath, then the light and the heat of the sun, nature’s vitality, the wheat berries which grow in the same ear, nightingale’s trills, the feelings and emotions, deep thoughts and sometimes even our own organs.
From intrauterine stage, when we register our mother’s loving waves, until we pass away from this world, we come across love in different shapes.
Let’s remember: “He who loves much, much will be forgiven.”
Receive and offer this sublime feeling, being aware of self-love: “I love myself”. Experience a little child’s condition as he joys when he is called and runs to hug you with laughter.
Remember the babies who smile to themselves when they sleep.
Therefore start with yourselves and share this love to the others.
You will soon observe some changes in your personal life and to those close to you.
Improve your life aspiring to reach the feeling of the One who has said: “that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another!”

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Nepali travel diary 2

I’m sitting here, at the hotel, with the laptop in front of me, listening to Tchaikovsky’s symphonies and preparing myself to say a nice good bye to Nepal; I’m leaving in about an hour with destination Thailand; so, in the time I have left I'll try to indulge you with some ingenious words …

last Sunday there was a nice strike which blocked all the traffic in Kathmandu; and so I had the opportunity to walk for about half an hour along the most crowded road in the city and to watch the Nepalese who were walking slowly, every each way; here there is a terrible fight between communists and “imperialists”, the former supported by Chinese and the latter by Indians and others; anyway, it is preferred this type of confrontation instead of the civil war they went through until some years ago

my Nuad lessons had a good evolution; I respond extremely well to Rahul’s style; Friday was a special day for me; my Austrian colleague had the practical test and asked me to be the patient; soon after that, Rahul tells me that I also have to take the test on Thursday, even if I had just done it in the previous week; I complied with his decision and both of us gave a 1.5 hours massage to our colleagues; when the massage was done, Rahul made some comments and observations, starting with my colleague; and after that … he tells me calmly that I’m doing it well and that … I can without any problem teach the base lecture (first level) in Romania … you know how it is with surprises, especially when you’re not expecting them … I was amazed, I said a thank you ... and that’s it… now I can show the others this special style, which I love so much …

ah, not to forget, I managed to eat every day, almost, one of their dishes which has a Chinese origin – Momo; this is a kind of small boiled dumplings (sometimes fried), filled with vegetables or meat, hot served with hot sauce; I admit I like them very much and I recommend it to anybody comes here

well, I prepare myself to leave behind the memory of Nepalese nights with three blankets on me and the mornings with huge efforts for getting off the bed… and to move to one of the last stages of my trainings – a Tai Chi lecture with a Chinese master in Tao Garden …

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time to go to bed (izismile)

Nepali Travel Diary

a title a little bit changed, another country …

it’s already two weeks since I’ve been in Kathmandu for Nuad classes, with Rahul, my first instructor; the location is nice and quiet, Rahul is as charming as always and his technique is fascinating through elegance and refinement; from what I’ve learnt by now, Rahul’s part is the most harmonious

he gave a very big importance to the choreographic aspect of the movements and transitions between movements, all these resulting in a splendid ballet in two; the movements are very similar to those from other schools in Thailand, the difference being in the choreography…

the Nepal capital is a mixture, not very successful, of Western civilization and local specific features – the same traffic with no rules (but surprisingly this doesn’t generate almost any accident), only one traffic lights in the entire city, the crossing of the street being a great adventure in the busy streets, all kinds of shops, bagmen selling their goods directly on the pavement, etc.

of course, there are many interesting places, especially the temples, different from what I’ve seen by far; they have an architecture in a Tibetan style; in fact most of the monks are Tibetans, refugees from their country

here I did some things, it was a first for me, namely I took part in two volunteer actions organized by Rahul:

in one of them beds, clothes and food were given to some Nepalese with no shelter; what can I say, these people are very impressing, when you see their joy you start thinking that maybe sometimes , you have everything and still not happy when keeping on demanding…;

the other one was instructive and tiresome and nice and interesting and etc; we went by car for about six hours in a village taking a “real” road; there clothes, school supplies, etc were distributed to the children in some schools in the village and also to the poor old people; we were welcome like in the movies, with applause and flower garlands, we played with the children, I made soap balloons to the great joy of the little Nepalese…; I saw the big mountains in the distance, covered by snow… and then another six hours back to the capital.