Just as rivers flow from east and west to merge with the one sea, forgetting that they were ever separate rivers, so all beings lose their separateness when they eventually merge into pure Being.
—Chandogya Upanishad
Namaste: I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place in you which is of love, light, peace and joy. When you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me, We Are One.
—Definition of Namaste
Entering Your Own Heart: A Guide to Developing Self-Love, Inner Peace and Happiness is a journey, a journey to the center of your own heart where you can see, understand and appreciate the fact that you always have loved—and still do love—yourself … way more than you imagine. Once you truly know this, you will not only treat yourself with the love and appreciation you deserve but you will accept no less from anyone else and offer no less to others.
The love for self I am addressing is a love that maintains peace rather than hurt, anger, anxiety or depression in the midst of disappointment, betrayal or failure. The depth of love we allow ourselves to experience, toward our self and others, ranges from conditional to unconditional. When we reach the deepest state of love for our self, we experience unconditional love that never dies even if a loved one dies or leaves us or we leave. When we love our self unconditionally, it means the end of inner conflict, self-hatred, depression and anxiety—and it allows us to experience our true inner peace.
Entering your own heart means taking a journey through your outer self into the very center of your being where the actual loving truth of you resides. It’s often said that it