Yesterday in my Contemplation group, there was a question requesting a clarification of my statement ‘Greater love brings greater responsibility’. How, they asked.Does it mean responsibility in relationships? But I wasn’t talking about external responsibilities at all.

I have maintained for a long time, that the reason we are not better, bigger, happier individuals is because we don’t want to take on the responsibility that comes with being that better person. What responsibility am I talking about?

Do you want to be healthier? If you overeat, eat junk food, don’t exercise properly, you haven’t taken responsibility for your body.

Do you want to be happier? If you indulge in negative thinking, gossiping, social media addiction and news watching, you haven’t taken responsibility for your mind.

Do you want to be more emotionally stable? If you allow crap relationships into your life, you haven’t taken the responsibility for your emotional well-being.

Do you want to be more present? If you waste time, you haven’t taken responsibility for your existence.

Do you want to ‘have’ more? If you ignore things that need fixing, you haven’t taken responsibility for what you possess.

Do you want to be more free, spacious and expanded? If your spiritual practice is not strong, then you haven’t taken responsibility for your spiritual well-being.

Greatness lies on the other side of that responsibility we’ve been avoiding till now.