I have stated here that we are magnificent beings of light. What does that mean? Who are we? If we are part of source and if source is Unconditional Love, then at a minimum we must be Love. Our teachers down through the ages have taught us that we share the same creative power of Source.
How much of this do we realize? We read inspirational literature. We have moments of clarity. Every once in awhile we feel unconditional love. It becomes clear to us how love works and we become determined to stay in love. Then our wife, husband, girl friend, boy friend, colleague says something that pushes our buttons and its gone. Geeeze, how are we suppose to know love when all around us are jerks?
Just kidding, of course, but it seems that way sometimes, doesn't it? We are all struggling with the veil our egos have made to keep us from seeing who we are. When we feel full of love and we go into a grocery store or among strangers, everyone seems to respond. They shine their love right back. It is very reinforcing. It seems only the most entrenched won't respond.
With our family and friends its different, why? Our family and close friends have a learning contract with us. We selected each other to learn how to love. We learn how to love from each other but we, also, challenge each others egos. We have a history with each other. We have a paradoxical situation. We expect absolute acceptance, but we have our guard up. We don't quite believe it. This may not look like a good situation, but it actually is, because it shortens the learning time. In successful relationships, we see when the other is temporarily insane and we look past it and send love to them. In other relationships [they are also successful in their way], the temporary insanity triggers the partners insanity. They clash, given time, most learn. By temporary insanity, I mean any state that is not loving and peaceful; that is our natural state.
There is only love. Behavior that is not love, is a call for love. When we really understand this, our egos will not be triggered by the others behavior when it is not loving. We will see their invitation to create conflict as evidence they are not loving themselves. We will send love to them rather than engage with their ego.
Understanding this concept intellectually does not immediately free us. Don't be disappointed. Many of us have spent a lifetime defending against presumed insults. We are on autopilot. We react. With intent, we can learn to create a pause and send love rather than respond to the challenge.
The permanent solution is knowing who we are. If we know we are part of Source; part of all that is; pure creative energy. How could we react except with love? We see that everyone else is Love. We see through the masquerade their ego may be presenting at the moment and respond to the love they are.
Pausing at least twice a day to quiet our minds and feel the silence is very helpful. It needn't be a formal meditation. It helps to just sit and relax, with our eyes closed. We can release the content of our minds. Let love and peace flow up from the depth of our beings. Ask gently, who am I. Listen with your heart.
Let us remind ourselves several times a day that we are Love. All other thought and behavior is not us. It is not real. The only reality is Love. All that is not love will pass away. It is not real and can only exist with the energy we give it.
Here on Laughing Water Farm, we are experiencing a heat wave. It is 11 degrees F at this moment. It reached 17 yesterday. That was a big improvement over the preceding days when it didn't get above zero. Normal highs are just below thirty. I don't think normal highs are in the forecast.
The contractor returned to work on our addition this week, after a two week hiatus. They just need to put the flooring in and complete the shower stall and get the plumbing fixtures in. All the plumbing and wiring is roughed in. There shouldn't be much to completing the project.
I need to get at my dishes. Then we are going to school to see their Christmas program. Elijah, our grandson, is participating along with his kindergarten class.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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