We go through many phases during our journeys of life. There is no set time, place or circumstance that defines them; when they occur or how long they last or what triggers them, but we know they happen. We feel them. Some of these phases overlap while others are separated by great lengths of time. Perhaps we recall a period of time in our childhood that seemed more magical than any other time, or we experienced a summer like none other. Maybe we lived in a house or neighborhood where our fondness of it went far beyond physical appearances or personal tastes. The time or place or friend we knew had that certain "something extra" - unnamed but far more real than anything else we had experienced.
Then, that magic seemed to fade. Years passed and we grew out of childhood. The summer ended. We moved away from the beloved home. We lost track of the friend. We might have experienced a change of fortune in our lives that pulled us from one phase to another. Sometimes we slip in and out of these phases so subtly that we're not entirely aware of the energies of them or the differences they make in our lives until we see them in retrospect and suddenly notice that they have changed or disappeared.
There may be other phases of our lives that we're not even aware of having forgotten until something triggers our memories; the re-appearance of an old friend, stumbling across an old photograph or resurrecting a long lost souvenir. Memories of these times will flood our minds. Emotions may overwhelm us. A resurgence of unnamed feelings may engulf us. Often, as we reflect on those times, we slip back into the energies of them and re-experience the ambiances that made them so special. These are the energies of Love.
Our souls never forget them, even after many lifetimes.
It is the energy of Love that allows you to recognize a friend whom you have never before met in a crowd of strangers. It is the energy of Love that makes you feel like you've at last come home to that place you are visiting for the first time. These energies of Love are the unbreakable threads of our spiritual lives that bond us to one another and to all things. Whenever we act upon this Love, whether or not we can explain or justify our actions, we have responded to the energies of Love and have integrated them into our consciousness. These memories of Love serve as our portals to recognition. We remember the feelings, we recognize them, and we come to understand that we can experience them again.
With each conscious recognition of what we remember, we more fully integrate it into ourselves and into our way of being. We are weavers, weaving the threads of the energies of Love throughout every fiber of our beings and we come to recognize that there are many threads. The feelings associated with that special summer are different than the ones associated with our dearest friends or favorite pieces of music, or most inspiring vistas of nature. Yet all resonate with the same core energy - the energy of Love.
When the darkness, the noise, or confusion of our lives seems to overwhelm us, we long for what we once had. We think of it as "the good old days;" the lost morality of society or the serenity of undisturbed nature or the innocence of childhood. We yearn for what we no longer experience. We seek the experience through meditation or volunteer work or through donating time, money, or belongings to charities. We host reunions. We attend celebrations. We attach our own special significance to holidays. We dedicate ourselves to our families. We tap into that Love; we revel in it. It becomes our own experience for it is our resonance with those threads that we are weaving throughout our beings. Our experience of Love wells up from within us, not from our external surroundings.
And we remember.
The energies of Love have never been lost. This recognition becomes our way of knowing as we pull those threads - those energies up through our beings and begin to express them. As we allow these energies to flow once again from the core of ourselves, we experience Peace, Love and Joy again in our lives and it becomes who we Are. As it flows, we express it with every person we meet and every moment we experience. This is our Divinity and our Birthright of Nobility. The source of who we are is infinite. The more we remember, recognize, experience, and give, the more we have.
So, Be this flow of Love. Allow your light to shine. As you do, you become a conduit of Love for all others to experience and remember. You are that which you know. You are Divine.
And So It Is.
(c) 3/17/2007
Then, that magic seemed to fade. Years passed and we grew out of childhood. The summer ended. We moved away from the beloved home. We lost track of the friend. We might have experienced a change of fortune in our lives that pulled us from one phase to another. Sometimes we slip in and out of these phases so subtly that we're not entirely aware of the energies of them or the differences they make in our lives until we see them in retrospect and suddenly notice that they have changed or disappeared.
There may be other phases of our lives that we're not even aware of having forgotten until something triggers our memories; the re-appearance of an old friend, stumbling across an old photograph or resurrecting a long lost souvenir. Memories of these times will flood our minds. Emotions may overwhelm us. A resurgence of unnamed feelings may engulf us. Often, as we reflect on those times, we slip back into the energies of them and re-experience the ambiances that made them so special. These are the energies of Love.
Our souls never forget them, even after many lifetimes.
It is the energy of Love that allows you to recognize a friend whom you have never before met in a crowd of strangers. It is the energy of Love that makes you feel like you've at last come home to that place you are visiting for the first time. These energies of Love are the unbreakable threads of our spiritual lives that bond us to one another and to all things. Whenever we act upon this Love, whether or not we can explain or justify our actions, we have responded to the energies of Love and have integrated them into our consciousness. These memories of Love serve as our portals to recognition. We remember the feelings, we recognize them, and we come to understand that we can experience them again.
With each conscious recognition of what we remember, we more fully integrate it into ourselves and into our way of being. We are weavers, weaving the threads of the energies of Love throughout every fiber of our beings and we come to recognize that there are many threads. The feelings associated with that special summer are different than the ones associated with our dearest friends or favorite pieces of music, or most inspiring vistas of nature. Yet all resonate with the same core energy - the energy of Love.
When the darkness, the noise, or confusion of our lives seems to overwhelm us, we long for what we once had. We think of it as "the good old days;" the lost morality of society or the serenity of undisturbed nature or the innocence of childhood. We yearn for what we no longer experience. We seek the experience through meditation or volunteer work or through donating time, money, or belongings to charities. We host reunions. We attend celebrations. We attach our own special significance to holidays. We dedicate ourselves to our families. We tap into that Love; we revel in it. It becomes our own experience for it is our resonance with those threads that we are weaving throughout our beings. Our experience of Love wells up from within us, not from our external surroundings.
And we remember.
The energies of Love have never been lost. This recognition becomes our way of knowing as we pull those threads - those energies up through our beings and begin to express them. As we allow these energies to flow once again from the core of ourselves, we experience Peace, Love and Joy again in our lives and it becomes who we Are. As it flows, we express it with every person we meet and every moment we experience. This is our Divinity and our Birthright of Nobility. The source of who we are is infinite. The more we remember, recognize, experience, and give, the more we have.
So, Be this flow of Love. Allow your light to shine. As you do, you become a conduit of Love for all others to experience and remember. You are that which you know. You are Divine.
And So It Is.
(c) 3/17/2007
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