Thinking About Love
Today I am fascinated, grateful, and empowered when focusing my attention on love. It is the answer to everything!
I appreciate the simplicity of that awareness of love that allows me to further my continual search for the path to enlightenment that I am always looking for. Now I know that all I ever have to do in this world is bring the love, starting with loving me. Then bring my loving self to whomever and wherever I am.
I have finally discovered that is why I am here, to learn the lesson of love, and let go of all of the worldly conditioning based in fear, anxiety, anger, upset, disappointment, and judgment of myself and others. We are all equal beings, here to do our best, learn our lessons, and bring our light to the darkness that sometimes surrounds us.
How do I even begin to describe love? We are total energy beings and love is the highest vibrational frequency available to us in our universe! The loving energy source that orchestrates the creation and sublime interconnectedness and movement of the world. And, to imagine that love is the source of all of us, and that is the essence of who I am, and who we are. My real and authentic self is the energy frequency of love. I am the Universe, as is everyone else! We are all pure energy entities of protons, neurons, and electrons, vibrating at a frequency that allows us to be in a physical state, and therefore having the ability to physically see, experience, and connect with each other. Our inner state of awareness and consciousness is invisible. Our reality is one of form AND formlessness. All I need to do to experience it is to slow down, be quiet, and tune into my peace-of-mind self that is not disturbed by the little voice in my head. I can then feel and access the sublime presence within. That quiet space that provides me with wisdom and joy and presence that is available in every moment that I am present, and tune into it.
I had an opportunity to practice being in this space during a very challenging conversation with an ex family member this week, who I listened to for 45 minutes. He became enraged, saying that nobody ever listens to him. I don’t remember in my entire lifetime ever being screamed at with such horrendous swear words. After yelling loudly for quite some time, he hung up the phone on me. I took a deep breath and texted him back exactly what he had been saying, that he thought I had not heard. I told him that I love him unconditionally and that we can continue this conversation later at a better time. I was so happy after that exchange that I had been able to respond rather than react to being yelled at and when he texted me back, “Thank you”, I saw that the conversation was a gift to me that gave me the opportunity to practice what I had been learning.
I also learned that I could have listened more deeply by simply saying back to him what I heard him say, rather than offering an alternative way to see the situation that he was so terrified he was certain was going to happen. I later understood that he was unable to consider anything other than what he was thinking.
After many years, this week I rediscovered: “The Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment” book by Thaddeus Golas, that I first read in 1964. I am now reminded to:
“love as much as I can from wherever I am”
“whether I am conscious of it or not, I am one with the source of all that exists”
” the smallest kindness is the infinite jewel of enlightenment.”
Thank you for reminding me Thaddeus.
I hope to practice this loving exchange with you. Understanding and acceptance is critical to loving ourselves.