Love

What is Love? Love is experiential, ever present, all knowing force in the universe that flows into and throughout our lives. We can hold on to the concept that it is somehow separate from us and rises and falls like an emotion, but that would be missing the true grandeur of that which is Love. Imagine if you will, the opportunity to choose to be Loved, to be Loveable. What might that look like? Who might you become? Perhaps it would be best to begin with the simple concept and understanding that it is with and through Love that we come to understand another. It is what brings us together verse the continual separation with those around us.

Sounds appealing to be drawn ever closer to those in our lives, doesn’t it. Being Loved and sharing Love is our birth right. We come from Love, are surrounded by Love and it is Love that flows continually through our lives.


So, how is it that we believe we are separate from the experience of Love and others? There is that ever present question of our times. How important is it to share a glimpse into the critical mind? How rational must we be in relating to ourselves and others? Well, let’s imagine for a moment that there is a balance to life. On one hand there is the continual importance of rational thinking that asks us to use our ability to think freely but there needs also be a balance to this head provoked response that seems to be the constant tool we choose. It is through the heart oriented feeling of Love that has been neglected.

Right here, take a moment and consider your daily life. Consider an activity that has taken place or usually occurs each day. Reflect upon those involved in this event; let’s say at work or on the way to work. Perhaps it is picking up a warm drink; imagine the other people that also want this same kind of drink all waiting together in the rush to get to the office (or the kids to school). Now a typical head response might have one believing that they are alone in life, a single go getter but a heart response would breathe into the surroundings and experience the flow of life, maybe even their relationship with life. A connection to the environment of community and a realization that we are all together along this journey verse the head felt response of the concept of being alone.

Love is experiential. It is something that is often felt in response to a service activity. For example, Love is holding the door open for the elderly person who can not get do for themselves. Love is doing something for someone else that you might not really want to do but you do it for them anyways. Love brings us together and binds our lives into the ever present knowledge that we have never been aone nor shall we ever truly be left alone. Even in those times in life which seem most challenging and grueling upon our character, Love is ever present standing beside us. If we are willing to breathe into this knowledge, breathe out of our head, bring the breath and attention down into our heart. Breathe out of this centered place in our being, continuing the breath even as thoughts try to rise up and block or limit this activity. Breathe, allow the ever present breath to be the gift that it is. Allow it to guide you back into the present moment and into your heart. Let Love be your ever present guide into and through your life.