Valentine's Day: A Rare Opportunity To Fall In Love With Yourself
Creating the foundations for a conscious approach to our romantic relationships, one which allows us to develop a totally integrated internal state
Valentine’s Day is an interesting phenomenon to take a brief moment to observe, one that comes back around every year. If we are able to remain in a centred state of perception at this particular time of the year, we may be able to notice a flurry of activity around us as people all over the world suddenly have their romantic relationships brought centre stage into their awareness. This is partly due to the fact that it is a day which has become so heavily marketed and commercialised. Having said that though, this is not the full story, and the true reasons for its popularity run much deeper then any commercial interests that may have become part of that day since its inception.
It is in this article that we will come to look at the reasons why this day has such a significant impact on us. Looking at Valentine’s Day would also then require us to look at a number of different concepts and phenomena which are closely associated with it, such as the concepts of love and romance, also understanding, in a more practical sense, what effect these have on us and the world around us. We find ourselves focusing so much of our time and effort on a variety of different phenomena related to these concepts, such as finding a romantic partner and yet, when probed, a large number of people struggle to be able to clearly see where their actions are taking them and how those actions relate to their own self development.
Therefore, one important question that we will look to answer in this article is what the feeling of ‘love’ generated in these types of interactions is actually related to, also understanding what the generation of this feeling relates to when considered within the context of a consciousness framework. Initially, this may seem like a relatively simple and easy question for us to answer, but if we try and frame our answer within the context of a consciousness framework and understand it from the perspective of a conscious perception rooted in unity, the typical answers we would cite when answering a question like this fall significantly short of the mark. To really answer this question then we are required to dig a little further and uncover the deeper reality that lies behind our more phenomenal interactions with others.
The Potential in Relationships
Relationships, when conducted consciously and harmoniously, have the potential to become something truly beautiful. They have the ability to bring a wide variety of different experiences into our lives. The important thing though is to be able to afford ourselves the time to be able to integrate these experiences, which can, unless significant development has been achieved, be something easier said than done whilst we are still engaged in a relationship. Without a sufficiently adequate period of integration, the full value of many of these experiences will remain limited to us, meaning that our engagement with the phenomenon of a romantic relationship will have limited benefits with regards to our own growth and development.
Anyone reading these articles will come to understand that relationships of various different types, not only those that are of a romantic nature, are some of the phenomena that will often have the largest impact on our lives, and therefore they can become a major part of our self developmental process. Some of these experiences have the ability to help us feel a connection with others, they help us to grow and evolve and, in many cases, may be one of the major catalysts for us even deepening our empathy and compassion for others, as we learn to be able to consider various situations from another person’s perspective.
