10 Steps to recall love as it is

Humanity has selective amnesia about the essence of love. This is not the feeling you learn about. Awakening and direct experience speak.  Explore these 10 steps to sense love as is; 

1) How does love guide your mission & how you treat others?

2) When you reflect, whom or what have you loved?

3) Who do you love deeply? How does hate teach you love?

4) Where and when have you felt true love?

5) What awakens love energy within you?

6) How does your body change through knowing love?

7) Why does love honour your physical journey?

8) What does it take to hold a vision of loving intent?

9) Who do you know who needs awaken to love gently?

10) How does love permit you to stop fearing the unknown?

“Love is patient; love is kind
and envies no one.
Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude;
never selfish, not quick to take offense.
There is nothing love cannot face;
there is no limit to its faith,
its hope, and endurance.
In a word, there are three things
that last forever: faith, hope, and love;
but the greatest of them all is love"

-Bible

Rethink 4 blind men & an elephant

Several citizens ran into a hot argument about God and different religions, and each one could not agree to a common answer. So they came to the Lord Buddha to find out what exactly God looks like.

The Buddha asked his disciples to get a large magnificent elephant and four blind men. He then brought the four blind to the elephant and told them to find out what the elephant would "look" like.

The first blind men touched the elephant leg and reported that it "looked" like a pillar. The second blind man touched the elephant tummy and said that an elephant was a wall. The third blind man touched the elephant ear and said that it was a piece of cloth. The fourth blind man hold on to the tail and described the elephant as a piece of rope. And all of them ran into a hot argument about the "appearance" of an elephant.

The Buddha asked the citizens: "Each blind man had touched the elephant but each of them gives a different description of the animal. Which answer is right?"

This classic Zen story encourages you to reflect on deeper meanings in your own judgment, emotions and understanding about unconditional love.  Share some of your revelations.

How does mood alter everything?

The following is an excerpt from Awakening the Eagle: A Guide to the Medicine Wheel by Ralph P. Brown (Tawennihake). He is offering an interview for this blog to be posted nearby soon. 

Three men who sat on top of the same mountain, but at different times, were asked to describe it when they came down.

The first man said, "It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.  It was breath-taking."

The second man said, "I was scared to death because it was so high! I was lucky not to fall off!"

And finally, the third man said, "It was so lonely.  I have never felt to isolated and alone."

• Three men
• Three perceptions of the same thing
• Three answers

But only one mountain.  The mountain is what the mountain is.  In truth, none of the perceptions is imposed on it by these three men.  The mountain is a mountain and only the way people see it differs. Different moods cause different outlooks.

How to break the vicious cycle

Your current relationships may not be the dream you have in mind. Part of you may not be aware that you have the power to break the vicious cycle of situations.  They exist to awaken you to new ways of thinking, feeling and understanding self. As you ready to make positive changes, consider these tips;

1) Realize you are in the midst of a vicious cycle.  When relationships evoke discomfort, the common thread is you.

2) Cease blaming others for your negative emotions. Learn to grasp root causes and heal triggers of these signals. 

3) Take responsibility.  If dialogue, commitment, or compromise do not come easily, what does it tell you about hidden fear? How can you reframe everything for the better?

4) Use patterns as a guide for self-acceptance.  If you focus on appearances, this suggests low esteem, inadequacy and ego-based misperceptions that do not serve you.

5) The answer is always love.  Only by loving and accepting all of you as you are now do you invite soul love.

10 Ways to access your answer

At this moment, you have unanswered questions that invite new attention. This is an opportunity for an exercise in raising consciousness. Follwo these simple steps to access your inner answer;

1) Know you have capacity to control your mind. 

2) Take the time to clear your head and meditate.

3) Ask the universe the question that comes to mind.

4) Picture the question in symbols and feel sensations.

5) Allow the answer to flow into the mind.

6) Do not doubt but process thoughts freely.

7) Transcribe whatever images, feelings emerge in you.

8) Trust significance is found where you choose.

9) Love and accept yourself and the whole process.

10) Be grateful for everything, everyone and energy.