Love: The Ultimate Remedy

If I had one piece of advice to give you, it would be this: love. Love big. Love loud. Love wide. Love without reserve. Love without conditions, without expectation, without asking for anything in return. Love, because it is the most powerful force we have. And if I had to pick my favorite remedy—my most potent medicine—it would be love.

When Rajan Sankaran was asked about his favourite remedy, his answer was simple yet profound: awareness. Awareness is the beginning of all healing, and what is love if not the highest form of awareness? Love requires us to be fully present. We need to see the other deeply. We must recognize the sacred within them and honor it without attachment or control. Love is awareness in its most radiant form. Given freely, it possesses the power to heal in ways no pill or potion ever could.

Love as Medicine

Homeopathy is based on the principle of “like cures like.” A substance that causes symptoms in a healthy person can also cure similar symptoms in an unwell person. This occurs when it is prepared homeopathically. But what about love?

Love is the remedy for fear. It is the cure for loneliness. It dissolves pain, softens grief, and brings warmth where there was only coldness. It is the ultimate vital force, the energy that animates all life. When a person is deeply loved, their being responds positively. Their vitality is strengthened. Their spirit is lifted. Their body often follows suit in its own healing.

Leo Buscaglia and the Science of Love

No one understood this better than Leo Buscaglia. He was a professor, author, and speaker who devoted his life to teaching the world about love. Known as “Dr. Love,” he spoke with passion about the necessity of expressing love, not just feeling it. Love is not passive; it must be lived, embodied, and shared.

Buscaglia taught that love is a skill—something we can cultivate and expand through practice. He saw love as the essence of life itself, the missing ingredient in our education, relationships, and health. He urged people to love fearlessly. He encouraged them to take the risk of opening their hearts despite the possibility of loss or rejection.

This idea connects beautifully with homeopathy because healing is never just about the physical body—it is about the whole person. Homeopathy treats at the deepest energetic level. Similarly, love operates at a frequency that can penetrate even the most stubborn emotional and physical ailments. The absence of love creates a deficiency, an imbalance, much like a remedy picture where the vital force is disturbed. The presence of love, on the other hand, restores harmony.

Love as a Universal Remedy

There are many remedies in homeopathy that relate to love. Pulsatilla is for the one who longs for affection. Natrum Muriaticum is for the one who has been hurt and guards their heart. Ignatia is for the deep sorrows of loss. But what if the ultimate remedy is simply the act of loving more? What if the most potent medicine we can offer is our willingness to see, to connect, to give?

Love is homeopathy in action. It works in small doses, in whispers, in the quiet, unseen places of the heart. It does not force, it does not overpower—it resonates. Like a well-matched remedy, it meets the individual exactly where they are. It invites them to move toward wholeness.

So, if you ask me what my favorite remedy is, I would tell you: love. Love big. Love loud. Love wide. Let love be your medicine, and let it heal not only yourself but the world around you.