This past
Sunday I talked about the power of Love during my lesson at Unity Spiritual
Center Denver. You may listen to that lesson here.
Because I feel so strongly that this is a timely and important message, I chose
to summarize my talk in this post. I would enjoy connecting with you around how
this article lands with you so I hope you will let me know your reaction.
When we talk
about Love as one of the Twelve Powers of Man, we are not talking about an emotion or an experience we have with
another. We are, instead, referring to a spiritual power that we all possess.
It is one of our spiritual faculties that we can employ in order to live from
our Divine nature and manifest a world that reflects the qualities of the
Divine – Peace, Love and Joy.
In our exploration
of the Twelve Powers we are using Rev. Linda Martella-Whisett’s book, Divine Audacity. In her book, Rev. Linda
encourages us to make the audacious claim that we are “The Light of the World,”
¹ as our way shower Jesus Christ taught us. Further, she encourages us to live
more fully and authentically from our Divine nature by exercising our Twelve
Powers.
Our power of
Love is our ability to magnetize, harmonize and unify.²
I invite you
to take a moment and enter into a quite space. Breathe deeply and exhale fully.
Repeat this deep cleansing breath three times. Now, use the following as a
meditation on Love.
I
breathe into my heart space and envision a soft pink light. I activate my power
of Love. Centered in Love, I see all with the eyes of the Christ. We are One. I
bring harmony to my world as I align my thoughts, words, and actions to Love. I
attract myself to people, places and circumstances for the sake of Love. I am
Love.
Now that you have awakened to and activated your power of
Love, feel the resonate energy in your heart space. Allow your mind to rest in
the awareness that you are the energy of Love vibrating in this moment. Repeat
to yourself, as a mantra, “I am Love.” Allow your mind to be filled with the energy
of Love, knowing that “perfect Love casts out all fear.”³ Know that in this
moment all thoughts of separation that ignite fear are cast out in the presence
of Love. In this moment, know that you are One in and as the Divine. As you
know this for yourself, know it for all others and for all creation. Say to yourself
and to all those who come to mind, “I Am; You Are I Am.” Repeat this
affirmation until the Truth of it is realized in your being. Through your
willingness and affirmation, the power of Love is now renewing your mind and
restoring you to the conscious state of union in God and with all. You know
Unity. You are Unity.
In the consciousness of Unity, use the power of Love to
harmonize any thoughts, words or actions that might be out of alignment with
Love. Fully aware of any dissonant thought vibrations, feel the tension that is
created between the vibration of Love within your heart and any thought, word
or action that is stimulated by fear. Use the power of Love to realign and
adjust so that harmony is restored. Behold each of the dissonant vibrations
bathed in the light pink energy of Love. Allow Love to transmute and dissipate
them. You are now in harmonic resonance with the Love that you are in all that
you think, say and do. As you continue to focus on the power of Love in your
heart, you draw yourself to people, places and situations that give you the
opportunity to know yourself in Love. The power of Love, acting as you, reveals
to you your Divine nature in and through every person you meet, and through
every life experience you encounter. Love reveals to you who you truly are.
Love reveals to you, even in the midst of what might appear as tragedy, the
Truth of who you are. Know and trust that every circumstance, when seen through
the eyes of Love, is an opportunity to remember your Truth and the Truth of
all.
This is especially important at this time in our history as a
nation. We are witnessing what appears to be a great deal of tension,
dissonance that is created from thoughts, words and actions that are stimulated
from fear. We are all feeling it because we are all participants in the
collective consciousness called “America.” We are all a part of it. And, we are
all responsible for it. We must be responsible to it as well. It is easy
for us to point fingers at others and say “they should be” or “they shouldn’t
be.” It is easy for us to place the blame on others. Please know that what we
blame, we fear. What we criticize, we fear. What we judge, we fear. And, fear
can only stimulate more fear. Only Love can cast out fear. It is our power of
Love that enables us to do just that.
We must be the ones who are willing to make the difference.
If we are not part of the solution, then we continue to be a part of the
problem. It is the consciousness of fear that has created and continues to
manifest the divisiveness we are currently experiencing. If we are buying into it,
then we are helping to foster it.
No, you and I are not responsible for the entire consciousness
of America. We are, however, responsible for our own consciousness. And, our
individual consciousness impacts the whole. I am encouraging each of us to take
responsibility for our own thoughts, words and actions. It is imperative, as we
move through this current election cycle, that we make a commitment to ourselves
and to our country to become more consciously aware of when we are thinking
thoughts or speaking words of criticism or damnation against anyone, including
the candidate(s) we most dislike. We must be part of the healing energy of Love
so that the wounds of the past few months can be mended. We must be the ones
who are willing to stop, breathe and remember to invoke the power of Love to
bring us into a remembered state of Unity with God and with each other, to
harmonize our thoughts, words and actions in the power of Love and to use the
power of Love to attract into our lives and the lives of all only that which is
a reflection of Love, not fear.
Please join me in claiming the power of Love today in your
own hearts and choosing to see all through the eyes of Love. Let us, “Be the
change we wish to see and experience in the world.”⁴ May we be the ones to
bring the kingdom of heaven upon the earth through the power of Love.
¹ Matthew 5:14
² Divine Audacity,
Rev. Linda Martella-Whitsett
³ I John 4:18
⁴ Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, see reference
I am encouraged by what you have written here. The attraction of fear and judgement is strong, especially when it seems that everyone else is doing it. But I do believe in the power of Love, and I am willing to work towards making that the guiding power in my life. I am reminded of an idea from the book "Power vs. Force" by David Hawkins; He says (paraphrasing) that one person, centered in Power, has the capacity to counterbalance 100 people who live by force. The power he refers to in the Power of the Divine flowing through us, which I think you express as the power of Love. Force is the manifestation of living in fear. separated from the Divine, separated from Love. So we really do have the Power to change the world by being Love. Thank You David for your inspiration! I'm in!
ReplyDeleteDespite the idea that the good old days were 25 years ago, or 100 years ago, or any past year, I say these are the good old days. Times are better for the planet than they have ever been. That is not to say there is a short time to get there, but just to say that we have begun the journey to a better place. David's message will continue us on that journey. Whatever you do, try to do it in the best way possible, out of love, then you can be happy with your attempt. I wish I lived by these thoughts all the time! I am trying. I know because people always tell me that I'm trying!
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