Love is the Primary Motivator

LIT is a philosophy and a practice. The philosophy let’s us take a positive, uplifting perspective on life and creation. It sees the primary underlying animating force of everything as love. Love is the spirit that moves us all.

Where there’s love there’s harmony, cooperation, integration and play. We see this everywhere and in everything. The play of the forces of nature creates a harmonious universe with it’s endless expressions and manifestations interacting and creating in a cooperative and integrative way.

What is love? Essentially, love is connection. And everything is connected, so love is everywhere and in everything. But what about our individual human experience? If love is everywhere and in everything, then why do we suffer? Why do we get angry, sad and fearful? Why do we get stressed?

Suffering, to some degree, is normal. We can overcome suffering, though, by returning to love. By asking the question “Why?” and allowing ourselves to vent/express when needed, we can quickly remember that we’re all making mistakes and learning, and that love is the motivation behind every thought and action.

It’s easy, because it’s a habit, to hold a grudge, to get angry, to feel mistreated, to be afraid, to hold grievances. But we can take a new, positive and reasonable perspective and find that forgiveness, compassion and understanding are our new mental and emotional habits that arise spontaneously in times that we might normally feel stress.

Let’s consider a little further how love is our primary motivator. Remember that we all want fun and laughter and happiness and joy. No one wants to feel sad, fearful or angry for very long. The positive emotions happen when the heart is open and accepting, even if just for a moment. So laughter, fun, even excitement and thrill, happen with an open, accepting and loving heart. We also want safety and security because these bring peace of mind, and peace of mind also allows the heart to be open and accepting. We want friends, family and community for the same reason.

What about understanding, though? Why all this curiosity and intellectual debate and learning? How can we say these are motivated by love, or the desire for love? The mind is naturally curious, and wants/needs to make sense of things. Notice that when we can make sense of things the mind can settle down and experience more peace. When there’s peace, the heart is happy, open and accepting.

What about hunger… the actually physical hunger we feel at times? Is love what makes us want to find food and eat? Yes. When we’re hungry there’s a need/desire for food. When we get that need met, we can return to peace (physical and mental), and this is satisfying to the heart.

Can you think of any circumstances, situations or actions where love could not possibly be the underlying motivating force? Can you think of any heinous crimes or offenses in history or current times where love couldn’t possibly have played a role? What about our current political environment… any love there? Anyone ever offend you without the underlying motivation of love? These are useful challenging questions that can strengthen our understanding of love as the primary motivator and goal of all thought and action.

Use the Light Inside Technique (LIT) to return to love on a daily basis. Utilize the negative thoughts and emotions and make peace, passion and positivity your spontaneous responses to challenging situations!