This is a repost from Feb. 23 2010, in honor of Valentine’s Day.
I will offer you a few poems to illustrate LOVE and then I will discuss some important points.
“What is Love?
It is that which is without condition, without limitation, and without need.
Because it is without condition, it requires nothing in order to be expressed. It asks nothing in return. It withdraws nothing in retaliation.
Because it is without limitation, it places no limitation on another. It knows no ending, but goes on forever. It experiences no boundary or barrier.
Because it is without need, it seeks to take nothing not freely given. It seeks to hold nothing not wishing to be held. It seeks to give nothing not joyously welcomed.
And it is free. Love is that which is free, for freedom is the essence of what God is, and love is God, expressed.”
Neale Donald Walsch, Friendship With God, Page 156
“Love Is, a Poem
Love is not exclusive, but Inclusive
Love is not painful, but the Highest JOY
Love is never lost, but exists always
Love is not changing, but constant
Love is not different, but the same at all levels
Love is not wrong, but the answer
Love is Universal!
Love exists regardless of what is happening in your life, in fact
Love exists regardless of your life
Love is something you can share, but cannot prevent another from experiencing, only yourself
Love is the only thing you have more of when you give it away
Love is a feeling, an emotion, an experience, and so much more
Love is life itself
Love is a way of life
Love is an acceptance of all that comes your way
Love is an expression of WHO YOU ARE, who we all are
I AM THAT, I AM”
Sequoia Elisabeth, Livin’ Large, page 20
Now that we have some idea of what love is and is not, I offer some important points to remember. The first and most important thing for you to realize is that love is not painful, so if you are hurting then that is not love; that is ego. Now that you realize this you can let it go for it serves you not! Infatuation is often painful so no that is not love although so many of us think it is when we first get started. This is a painful lesson to learn, but that is ok, pain is simply a distraction from the Truth, which is you are Loved by All That Is. If you are asking for love from one person and only that person, then this is not love. Love chooses you, not the other way around and if you put limits on your love then it instantly becomes ego. You cannot love one person more than any other, so when I say “I love you” I mean that as if I was speaking to my Beloved, because I am! This is the way Jesus spoke of love and so we can carry on the tradition.
Hopefully you are getting a good feeling of what love is and is not, so now let’s take this one more level to where it all begins; in your heart. I have mentioned doing mirror work before and this is where self acceptance and self love begin. Look into the mirror and go deep within your soul, feel the love, say it out loud, “I Love You”. Practice this over and over every day, every time you see yourself in the mirror! Feel it deep within your soul, for this is who you are speaking with, and your soul is reflecting back to you! At first this may seem difficult or awkward, just stick with it, the payoff is Golden!
Some of you may be thinking this sounds very narcissistic or conceded. I assure you it is not, and why it is not is because “you” are greater than what you see in the mirror. Remember the soul we were speaking of before, this is who you are loving, not the body you see in the mirror or the ego. Ego love is narcissistic and conceded, so that is what we are letting go of and instead we are focused on the Love of God, Universal Love, Soul Love, or Oneness.
“Wisdom is knowing that I am nothing, Love is knowing that I am everything, in between my life moves.”
Sequoia Elisabeth
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Thank you for posting this today!