Tree x insect watch Sdguru

 A few days ago my days were going on in a mechanical way. I felt a strong urge to break that pattern. Somehow the experiential aspect of who I am was completely missing..

I was doing things but they felt like chores. But I did them because I had to. But inside I felt very incomplete and dry. That morning I decided I had to do something, even if it was small.

I remembered a quote I had come across a while ago from Sadhguru. I had ignored it the first time, but it stayed in the back of my mind. When I saw it again, I thought why not give it a try, especially since it was such a simple 5-minute practice.

“For 5 minutes every day, go sit with something that does not mean anything to you, maybe a tree, a pebble, a worm or an insect. After some time you will find you can look upon it with as much love as you hold for your wife, husband, mother, child or a dog. May be the worm or insect does not know this. If you can look at everything lovingly, the whole world explodes into a beautiful phenomenon for you. You realise love is not something you do, it is the way you are"

My mind kept questioning how sitting with something that doesn’t mean anything could make me experience love but I ignored it.

So I went and sat near a tree in my house. There I found an insect. I just sat there watching it.. Nothing. I kept watching its movements, its tiny legs, what it was trying to do. I don’t know what happened, but suddenly I started feeling immense love for this tiny creature. After that I saw a flower bud and I felt the same love. I saw a bird, I felt same love bubbling within me more and more intensely.. At that moment it felt like a tiny enlightenment…lol i don't know what it is but it was such a beautiful experience delivered by an insect and bird.

I felt so happy and so full of love. This was such a liberating experience. I felt more love not just toward one creature but toward everything around me. It was such a complete feeling that it felt like my love was exploding from within me. I was so full. How beautiful this feeling is and how stupid that I missed it for so long.

Now I’m realizing that if I am willing, I can feel this love for everything and everyone. It is just a question of my willingness.

Love is not what you do. It is what you are. These words became true in my experience since that day.

If you are willing, you can experience an explosion of love without the need for any other person or thing. Next time you feel you're missing something or lonely or disconnected, I would suggest try sitting with an ant or insect. You might experience something that you never know. :)

TL;DR: Tried a simple 5-minute practice of sitting with something that means nothing to me. Ended up feeling unexpected love for everything around me.