About Love

            True love, the love that I wrote about the past two weeks, the love that is right here, the love that simply is what pure consciousness is, is obviously not personal love. Personal love is a form of attachment, basically for the survival of the human animal, no matter what ego does with it to replace pure love. It is not wrong or bad, it is frankly inevitable for a person. But it is not true love, which is also called cosmic, universal, unconditional, or transcendent love to distinguish it from personal love. The reason for the confusion is both experiences cause responses in the brain that make the body feel “good” in a certain way that we label love.

            This love is less an emotional feeling than a perception, a way of seeing. Sometimes it inspires subtle nice feelings, occasionally it comes with powerful feelings of joy. Because these feelings are only an effect, it makes no sense to pursue them. In fact, you cannot attain true love as either a perception or an experience. It is the result of pure consciousness (truth) rising to conscious awareness, which is determined by what is unfolding in consciousness, not by choice or effort. Any sense of choice or practice that you experience to keep truth in your awareness does not cause pure consciousness to rise to your conscious awareness but is the sign that pure consciousness is rising to your conscious awareness.

           True love is not about the world, it is not about people. It has no object. It simply is what is; it is simply here, all around. It extends everywhere naturally, encompassing whatever is appearing, without regard to what that is, revealing what is appearing to be nothing, to be just a neutral appearance. So, it is detached rather than attached to people, to the world.

I call it love but it can be called other things. Wholeness seems most appropriate. Sometimes it comes as peace, other times as joy. Some call it bliss. It has been labeled divine or holy, but these words make it seem special when it is delightfully ordinary, more natural than any other experience in consciousness. 

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will said…
Meanwhile... I rent a condo. The fan motor on my furnace is on its last legs. Without it I won't have heat. So I say to Jesus "I need some help here." I call the rental management service a little while ago and leave a message that the furnace is going out. About a half hour later the heating company calls and asks if I will be home in about two hours? Heck yes! I say, "Thank you Jesus."! It's that personal touch we are all so familiar with. :-)
10:01 AM
will said…
The furnace guy will be here between 1-3pm. I'll give you an update.
10:31 AM
will said…
The furnace guy just called. He's on the way! It has only been a half hour. Boy, it's fun writing on the blog today!
10:42 AM
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