Let Yourself Feel the Love You Are

When we experience Love at this level, we are talking about oneness. At this level, eyes gaze lovingly upon all things, seeing the beauty, feeling the perfection in all the imperfection. This level of vision is of the heart, the eyes are simply the conduit and the mind the processor. There is an undeniable sparkle in the eyes of a person who is seeing clearly, the soul is visible.

I ask you to let yourself feel the Love you are. Let yourself be swallowed by it. Let it rise within you, as it will, if you get out of the way. Hold a child or a puppy and be with those beings without thought or judgment. Let them teach you. Even if an awareness of this kind of Love seems foreign, be assured, if you are breathing, it is there, it is accessible, and it is yours. Close your eyes and let yourself feel it. In your chest there is something there. Can you feel it? Maybe it’s like a little glowing ember covered over by the ashes of a hard life, but that faint orange glow is visible if you look hard enough. Do you see it? Gently blow on it and see how it glows. Protect it; shield it from the cold winds that so often blow in this crazy world. Concentrate on it; notice its color and texture, its warmth. Thank it for being there and let it grow.

This is your connection to God, and it has always been there.

Longer than the sun has been shining, this connection has been there.

Nothing matters more in life than this connection.

(Excerpted from A Gentler Path)