'The paradoxical situation with a vast number of people today is that they are half asleep when awake, and half awake when asleep...'
Erich Fromm
In 'The Art of Loving' (Erich Fromm) explores how our relationships with our parents have a direct impact on our relationships with our partner, friends and acquaintances. Few people get through their childhoods unscathed and many of us carry these wounds into future connections. He describes how loving itself is an art, a skill that requires some mastery through lifelong discipline, concentration, patience, supreme importance, objectivity and faith. In other words, should we apply all these conditions to every part of our life, our relationships would grow, mature and elevate to a place of intimacy and constance. He talks about the how the present moment liberates us from our internal considering of being in the past or future and it is this state that is precisely the condition, of the ability to love.
But what does it mean to be in the present moment? It can be such a vague concept! Fromm describes this present moment as being in a constant state of awareness, alertness and activity. Be active in thought, feeling and state and operate always from a place of truth, authenticity and integrity. And ironically one will be fully awake when awake and fully rested when asleep!
Carpe Diem
Own the moment -
In its entirety
Seize it's essence,
Or you will fade
As a rose withers with each passing
day,
From ground to vase;
It blossoms and gracefully -
Accepts, its inevitable demise
Love - and appreciate all
That is your creation,
Whether done blindly or
consciously!
Be the lantern in the storm,
Step into the eye;
With courage -
For there you will see clearly,
And clarity, is life's true guide.
LB
Erich Fromm
In 'The Art of Loving' (Erich Fromm) explores how our relationships with our parents have a direct impact on our relationships with our partner, friends and acquaintances. Few people get through their childhoods unscathed and many of us carry these wounds into future connections. He describes how loving itself is an art, a skill that requires some mastery through lifelong discipline, concentration, patience, supreme importance, objectivity and faith. In other words, should we apply all these conditions to every part of our life, our relationships would grow, mature and elevate to a place of intimacy and constance. He talks about the how the present moment liberates us from our internal considering of being in the past or future and it is this state that is precisely the condition, of the ability to love.
But what does it mean to be in the present moment? It can be such a vague concept! Fromm describes this present moment as being in a constant state of awareness, alertness and activity. Be active in thought, feeling and state and operate always from a place of truth, authenticity and integrity. And ironically one will be fully awake when awake and fully rested when asleep!
Carpe Diem
Own the moment -
In its entirety
Seize it's essence,
Or you will fade
As a rose withers with each passing
day,
From ground to vase;
It blossoms and gracefully -
Accepts, its inevitable demise
Love - and appreciate all
That is your creation,
Whether done blindly or
consciously!
Be the lantern in the storm,
Step into the eye;
With courage -
For there you will see clearly,
And clarity, is life's true guide.
LB
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