essay on love is selflessness and self is lovelessness
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Selfless action is the outward expression of selfless love. When the heart is filled with love, it expresses itself in the form of unselfish action. One is a deep inner feeling and the other its outward manifestation. Without deep, unconditional love, selfless actions cannot be performed.
In the initial stages of our awakening, the actions we perform in the name of selflessness are not selfless, because the love we feel for ourselves is present in everything we do and say. In fact, at the beginning of our journey, our selflove becomes the driving force for each of our actions, even if we choose to call them selfless. Love for the ego, or oneself, is the predominant feeling in every human being. Unless this feeling recedes, real selflessness will not emerge.
Alertness is necessary to prevent the ego from interfering. It is easier to be in love with the ego than feel truly inspired by the ideal of selflessness.
Generally, the selflessness we speak of is actually selfish, because everything stems from the ego. Nothing can be selfless unless it springs directly from the heart, from our true Self. That is why sages have said you should know your own Self before you can love and serve others selflessly. You have to be free of the mind to be selfless.
By helping others, we are, in fact, helping ourselves. On the other hand, we harm ourselves by being selfish. Whenever you perform a good or bad action, it is reflected in the Universal Consciousness. Therefore, learn to be selfless and proffer blessings on one and all.
"Love is selflessness and self is lovelessness" is quoted by the great Sathya Sai Baba. It means that love is such a strong feeling which is shared when you are not selfish but, when you think only about yourself and are selfish, you will not have love. Affection comes only when you think about others rather than worrying only about yourself. While, when you think only about yourself, you would not love and think about others feelings. Additionally, you might also hurt others feelings by being selfish. This is why they say, "if we love someone, we think about their happiness more than ours". By this, we can conclude, that where there is love, there is no self and where there is self, there is no love.