Warm like the Sun
In the developed Western world we have grown accustomed to relationships that are more and more superficial and artificial. Despite the lots and lots and lots of “Please” and “Thank you”, despite making sure that we follow all current “norms” of being “societally correct”, despite the push to share and verbalize “everything”, the feeling of emotional disconnect and lack of true communion is all-pervasive. This is a typical manifestation of a mix-up of right and left channel functions in an environment lacking balance.
The higher goal of most of our communication is emotional sharing and connectivity. The information part takes primacy in immediate work tasks or direct teaching, but even in those environments the performance lags behind if the emotional connection is poor. The true connection, the “warmth” that one feels in a relationship, is a left channel quality. To have that manifested we enact it through our right side. All the conventions that we have accepted over centuries aimed to decrease the chances of our communication conveying anything negative. But the real content will always eventually come through…So we have suppressed more and more any emotional connection so our internal feelings or lack of them seldom if ever reach the surface.
We can take a lesson from our Sun who emits his glow and warmth because that is his nature. It does that effortlessly without any worry about loss or gain. When we become like that, with detached affection for everyone that just flows naturally, we do not need to worry about conventions because we only convey that warmth that can be felt inside by everyone. We are constantly pushed to the right, towards action and away from emotion. As we move from the right side towards the centre, thus closer to the emotional qualities of the left. Our pure Self has that glow and warmth and then relationships become satisfying and natural and communication always conveys that emotional connection that we enjoy above all. The warm light of the Self permeates our actions, speech and the way we relate to others. Even if we correct someone, the person will know it is out of genuine concern for their good with no consideration of gain or bias. It feels great for us and everyone around…!