LOVE AND EGO

We have had a string of beautiful days on Laughing Water Farm. The birds are coming back. The perennials are poking their heads above the ground and for the last two evenings,  I heard frogs adding their voices to the music of the universe.

As long as we allow our egos a dominate position, we will not be able to understand the full potential of Love; unconditional love will just remain words. We can't really appreciate, what it means to love our enemy, or wish well to our abusers. Sure, we can love, passionately, those who fit into our ego created version of the universe. I do not question the value of that love. It is marvelous to be loved, period. Most of us grew up with conditional love. We were loved, and it could be deeply, but we had to be the person, the lover, wanted to perceive. Their love was like a spotlight shining on the ground; as long as we stayed in the parameters of the spotlight we felt loved. When we ventured out of the parameters that were set, the love did not follow us.

Our parents or caregivers were the first example we had. The spotlights, intensity and size, varied with each family [and with each individual within the family]. Some of us felt loved, regardless of how we experimented with being our own person. Others, of us, were restricted to a very tight behavioral circle. I don't know if anybody on this planet experienced unconditional love in their family.

Love is the energy of life. It has many facets. For our discussion, we can think of it as energy flowing through us to others and from others to us. Some of us are better at feeling the love that flows out and some are better at feeling the love that flows in. We need to unblock both avenues so the flow is continuous.

We have talked about the love increasing on the Earth. At some point the mind of humankind chose love over all other options. It was a watershed moment for humanity. All of a sudden there was hope, that love, peace and joy, were possibilities for this planet. People began to see it was really possible to love each other. Folks began to see beyond the limits of family, nation, religion, race, class etc. A sense of Oneness became possible. That is the good news.

The bad news is good news, too. It will not always feel like it. The rising energy of love, on the planet, erodes the ego. The ego, in a position of dominance, can not exist in an atmosphere of anything close to unconditional love. Until we are able to put our egos behind us, we will experience conflict with each other. The good news, of course, is that the energy of love will force us to quit following our egos. The not so good news is that it is painful when we have to learn through conflict.

So, back to the basics, we need to give up our judgements of each other. When we find ourselves, demonizing, devaluing, disregarding or being angry at another person. We are the one being crazy, not the person being scorned. We need to look at ourselves; why are we feeling this way. Why is this person so threatening? Are they reminding us of, something in ourselves, that we don't want to acknowledge? Our ego is a two edged sword. It is often beyond or perception, but we attack ourselves first and then the other person. The hammer blow we descend on the other person is directly correlated with the self inflicted hammer blow.

When we let our egos be in charge, we will constantly be reminded of our own deficiencies as well as see the deficiencies of others. That is what egos do.

The rising of love on the Earth is creating a marvelous time but is also forcing us to 'grow up'. Many of us are feeling left out because we don't see or feel the love. The conflict and emptiness continues. Take heart. It will get better. As we relinquish our judgements and forgive those who have been unkind, we will feel the love around us. At any moment, we can practice love. Love that flower. Love that ant crawling across the floor. Love that we can breathe. The more we love the most commonplace, the more we will feel the energy of love flowing through us.

Love and Peace,  Gregg