How to Heal the Ache Within

Dear Feel Love Now Community,

Not every ache in the heart is about the person or situation we think it is. Swami Shankarananda reminds us that true healing doesn’t come from blaming or fixing what’s outside—it comes from turning inward with love.

Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video:

“Swami Shankarananda says this, ‘every ache in our heart, it's not what we think it's about. It's not about anyone else’. And so to just love ourselves so much that whatever the ache in our heart is, and so this could be in relation to something that we experienced in a relationship, it could be going back to childhood, it could be something we experienced as an adult. It could be something we experience looking out on the world.

“Every ache in our heart, it's not what we think about. It's not about anyone else. And so if you can turn within to yourself, and the basic question is, how may I give myself love and understanding? That's the basic question always."

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If you have heard this teaching before, we invite you — as Swami so often invites us — to hear it as if you are hearing it for the first time. Often we receive these teachings right when we need them.

In loving service,The Karma Yoga Team at AYM

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