A Reverent Path to Peace
LOVE: The experience of a blissful and highly gratifying feeling that elicits a deep desire and enthusiasm to live one's life to the fullest.
In the dawning of morning light
In the sound of wind through the trees
An ocean wave laps upon the shore
and the sparkle in your eyes reminds me of
My reason for being...
At one with the essence of the universe
Feeling love motivates one to express /share this feeling with another (personally or through some creative expression e.g. art, music career etc.) and when Love is shared there are some common characteristics that people express with each other:
Reverence, Respect, Fun, Compassion, Affection, Inspiration, Truth, Clarity, Harmony Trust, Centered, Oneness
Unity with the divine....add your own
The two polar opposites that negate love or take us away from that feeling of being at the center of the universe are extremes of:
Constriction and Expansion
Confinement and Abandonment
Hot and Cold
Etc and Etc.
Yin and Yang
At times when Love seems missing from our life we are feeling the above extremes-a separation from LOVE. Remind yourself of a heated relationship conflict you have experienced in the past-- the common denominator in almost every dispute is; someone is feeling abandoned (craving connection) and the other is feeling confined (wants space). The distance between people is often proportional to the quantity and volume of the words said out loud or spoken in our heads.
When people are feeling closely connected...whispers, smiles and the language of our eyes or hands are all that is necessary.
IF it hurts it's not Love:
Hurt is associated with the two antonyms of LOVE-Hate* and Fear*
If you Love someone and they leave you and it hurts then you are feeling something other than love- If you love someone you want them to be happy even if it means he/she is leaving you.... AND....nobody leaves you and you cannot leave anybody.
LOVE or Lack of it is always Mutual.
Enough Love brings and keeps people together When there is a predominance of Love people stay together
Lack of enough love sends people apart When there is a predominance of Fear people move apart
Sally says she tried everything to keep the relationship going but Sam was numb to his feelings and showed no effort- "He just picked up and left one day. Sam left me and it hurts."
Sam may have appeared to be the one to leave. BUT there are both conscious and sub conscious attitudes and behaviors that are contributed by both partners, which ultimately disintegrated the amount of love that is necessary to sustain a loving relationship. There are no victims of love. Both partners participate in coming together and in breaking apart.
Every event happens be cause of choices we make to bring us to where we are. While it may be easier to blame someone for why we are here today, it is wiser to take response ability for our contribution to the situation.
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