“When we are present, here and now, we can be overflowing with feelings of generosity toward everyone. This is the same mind as being in love, but without the excitement. It is a boundless feeling, a sense of giving ourselves to the world, and allowing the world to possess us — not the other way around.
“This giving up is not about losing or surrendering. By giving up pursuing, being in love with the life we have, we gain everything. This is called selflessness and it’s the best gift we can give ourselves. It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t feel love for another person when we feel close to them, only that we should be careful not to let personal love put a limit on us. When our sense of personal love is not possessive, it is universal love.”
