Mindful Monday: We Are Love
For many years, I believed that I had to earn love and be worthy of it. I thought I needed to be the "best" meditator, the most spiritual person, the one who had everything figured out.
It is a relief to come to the place of knowing that the journey is one of remembrance and there is nothing to acquire or fix.
We are love.
It's not a feeling or something to be earned or worthy of, but a state of consciousness and a way of being. The spiritual teacher, Dr. David Hawkins, always comes to mind when I reflect on this.
I was sitting in one of his 2011 lectures in Sedona, Arizona. The lecture was on "Love". This lecture would be his last, as his health was failing. He could no longer see, hear, or walk very well, but his spirit of sharing the truth was still alive. He spoke the whole day, and his lecture was rich with insight from beginning to end.
There was one statement that stood out for me –
'Love is not an emotion;
it is a state of consciousness.'
This wasn't the first time I heard a teacher say this, but for whatever reason, it resonated with me differently. It felt like his words of wisdom moved from my head to my heart.
Over the years, this truth has become less of a concept and more of a direct experience — We are love.
Our hearts were open as children, and we were a living expression of unconditional love. I only have to spend time with the precious children in my family to be reminded of my innocent nature and purity and our true nature.
Then, we were conditioned and developed beliefs, self-images, and ego structures that we identified with. These act like walls or barriers that block our heart and keep us from experiencing our true essence. They are an illusion, but this sense of separation leads us to search for love on the outside.
One of my favourite quotes from Rumi,
"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."
Wisdom from Adya Shanti,
“The whole nature of seeking keeps reinforcing that what you’re looking for isn’t present now.”
What if we shift our focus from seeking to exploring?
What if we take the time to understand our thoughts, emotions, and reactions, and practice being present in our body and with our feelings?
What if we offer ourselves the love and kindness we would a loved one?
What if we are intentional about offering love and support to our Inner Child?
When we do this, we begin to understand how our life experiences have impacted our perception of who we are and how we operate in the world. With this understanding, we can be more objective, knowing a part of us feels this way, not all of us.
As we shine our light on the subconscious, a transformation happens.
Have you ever had one of those moments when you stop and realize something is different—that you are different?
You no longer believe that thought
You didn't react the same way
Your heart is open, and it feels good
You love yourself just because
You feel more comfortable in your skin
You speak your truth
You enjoy time with you
I love it when this happens to me, and I am in awe when I witness a client who says, "I don't believe that anymore. I am proud of myself. I'm not looking for approval like I used to."
This shift in consciousness is nothing short of a miracle. It is so beautiful.
The barriers dissolve in the presence of love, kindness, and compassion, creating space for our true essence to shine through. We are returning home to our True Nature.
We are love.
And when we awaken to the love within our soul, we start to see others differently.
We are seeing others and others through a different lens.
We begin to appreciate them for who they truly are—without the layers of judgment or expectations.
This is the beauty and miracle of living life from the inside out.
With love,
Diane