Celebrating Divine Love - What characterizes Divine Love? And how do you celebrate it? Divine Love begins within you. However intimate you can be with anyone else, only you can know the deepest levels of your spiritual essence, which I call the Soul.
while loving someone deeply gives you courage"
Lao Tzu
It has been said that what we put out is what we receive. We give love, we receive love. And there are any number of ways to express your love. It can be silently in a prayer or a wish for someone else’s betterment. It can be the love that takes a parent out to work to feed and support their family. It can be a smile at a stranger passing in the street. Our gifts of love make a difference and can never be underestimated.
That is a truth. That is true about all of us.
If you are not aware of it right now, take this moment to look in your heart
and see that all you want is to love and be loved.
You are the Beloved.”
John Morton
From: You Are the Blessings
Think of your love in these ways:
1. The love that you are, that you behold; the love that you have to nurture, honour and respect yourself.
2. The love you have for your spouse, partner, close friend or family members. Those who are closest to you will be mirroring to you when you are loving, and when you are “off track” in your loving. That is to say, when you are feeling or being less than loving, they are the first ones who will let you know it - one way or another!
3. Then there is the love for your “community”. This could include work colleagues, fellow members of a church congregation, a social group such as a dance, choir or bridge club. People around you, less intimate, but with whom you mutually enrich each other’s lives.
4. Now think of your career. What do you love to do? And are you engaged in the career or vocation that is really meaningful for you; that you are naturally motivated and thrilled to express? When you are involved in using skills, abilities and talents that you love, life happens so much more easily.
because out of that heart comes the compassion and forgiveness.”
John-Roger
How would you like to be loved this Valentine’s Day? How might you express love in that way to someone else? How can you be the love you would like to receive? How will you be making the day special? I have a few suggestions to offer.
1. Make the day special for you by accepting and appreciating the goodness that you are. You might be more tolerant, patient and tender towards yourself for those characteristics you perceive as being unworthy. Give yourself a token of your love for yourself - a red rose, a walk in a favourite location, time to listen to a piece of music that evokes your happiness.
2. Make the day special for someone you love deeply - your spouse or partner, a close friend or family member, a pet animal. You might communicate in person, in written words or by touch, how much you love them and what it is that makes them special for you.
3. Make the day special for someone who could benefit from your love and kindness. This could be a phone call to someone from the past, who was important to you and with whom you have lost touch; a kind deed for neighbour who may feel lonely and isolated; an encouraging word to someone going through a difficult time.
It comes in as a great rhythm and movement,
and fills your cup to overflowing.
Love floods through you, and all you can think of doing is demonstrating it.
So you say, "Father, I'd like to be of greater service.
Here are my abilities, my talents, my life expressions.
Do with them what you want."
Life smoothes out, and you start having such a good time that you say,
"Is this all there is to it? It's so easy; it's so free!"
John-Roger
May I wish you a very Happy Valentine’s Day 2009 and on this day, may you know love as you have never known it before. Let your joy be the music of your heart.
Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
Twelfth Night Act 1, scene 1, 1–3
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