Fire of transformation!!

 

Love  transforms and that is why can be painful. Transformation can be painful  as it is shifting from old to new, which is unfamiliar, insecure and absolutely unknown. It is like moving into an uncharted ocean. The old is familiar and the mind is skillfully trained to it. In order to move from a known to unknown zone , the pain arises as we leave the comfort and safety behind. It is very similarl to the pain experienced by a new born when he leaves the safe womb of his mother and steps into a complete new world. It is the same pain that a newly hatched bird experiences when coming out of an egg. It is the same pain that a little bird feels/ experiences when tries to fly on its own wings.

Fear of an unknown , insecurity of an unknown, unpredictability of an unknown makes one scared as against the safety of a known, security of a known zone.

However transformation from self to a selfless state, has a deep agony attached to it. One can't experience the ecstatic feeling unless one goes through the agony of this shift. Afterall, gold has to cross theough fire in order to become purified.