Thursday

Value: Harmony & Love

  • Agreement and synergy with Keith.  He is me and I am him. Instead of making each of us less by pettiness, be more affirming - and, yes, obedient.  Knowing that great things happen at these agreement points.

  • Speak my truth and share my thoughts - yet strive for a united view rather than a victory.

  • Spend time talking with Keith - being with Keith.

  • Spend time working on projects with Keith - participate in his interest areas.  Help him.

  • Welcome and encourage Keith to do this for me.

  • Make our lives a wonderful adventure.

  • Strive for depth over breadth.

Value: Family

To support and love my people on their path. Create a sacred space for them of non-judgment, acceptance, and the freedom to be who they are. Make joyful family memories using my talents, creativity, and love for them.

Value: Respect

To honor the dignity of each person I meet. Be the friend I would want in my life. To especially bite my tongue when it comes to Maggie and Mollie, respecting their adulthood.

  • self-control

  • non-judgmental spirit

  • unconditional love

  • love others and love myself

Finding Love

We all seek love. As humans, we thrive physically, emotionally, and spiritually when we feel, receive, and share love. For many of us, it is not uncommon to believe that finding love is difficult, out of our control, or that the stars must align in an act of destiny in order for us to have love in our lives.

We take an empowering step as we explore the idea that the source of all love is already within each of us, in the center of our spiritual heart. When we tap into the flow of love we no longer seek to fill an inner void by seeking love from others. We instead align with the ever-present reservoir of love that lives within. We move from seeking love to living love.

During meditation you will discover that love is your essential nature. It is more than an emotion—love is who you truly are. When you shift your orientation from receiving love to being love, and giving love—everything changes.

There are two forces that matter - fear and love.  Every moment, every choice, every action - we are moving towards fear or love.  Fear is anything that weakens your spirit (anger, frustration, self-doubt, anxiety, jealousy, etc.)  Love is anything that lights you up (joy, contentment, generosity, excitement).  True love lives within you.

We explore the part of ourselves which is the source of love.  It is an irresistable force that attracts everything positive in life, heals our wounds, calms our energy, flows freely from our heart. Love is our true nature. Love never wavers and can never be taken from us.  Love ends fear. It is not something you look for, wait for, and try to deserve.  Love is always unconditional. We put limits on love because we judge ourselves as unworthy.  But this is false. Love is our natural state.

Stay open to abundant love.  Repeat the centering thought: my love and compassion are within.  Practice giving the energy of love to myself and others.  If I find myself criticizing or judging myself or others, breathe, forgive this guest in my home in a state of loving kindness. 

My love and compassion are within.

Activating Love

We activate that part of our life energy that is precious, potent, and can be considered the nectar of our human experience—love. With abundant love flowing from the heart, everything in life is sweeter, brighter, and more enjoyable.

Meditation takes us to the source of love as we activate the fourth energy center, our heart chakra. We open the heart center and gently dissolve the blocks to love—so that this powerful energy can flow into every part of our lives.

Love is compassionate and forgiving . . . it unites even while it celebrates differences. You don’t need to look outside yourself to awaken this love. It is present in your heart chakra, right now and always.

We unite with the unconditional generous love the universe holds. Remember the moments that melted our hearts. To experience love fully means to experience fully who you really are. Infatuation is very strong compared to the mild affection of friend from the past.  Different degrees of love flowing in all directions just like awareness.  Love is wholistic.  Your heart dissolves obstacles like heat dissolves ice.  No need to chip away.  This center gives love and compassion overflowing.

My life energy is love.

Expressing Love

The greatest gift we have to offer the world is our love. We deliver this offering when we make time each day to align with and express the infinite source of love within.

Today, allow the flow of love in our heart chakra to radiate out to everyone in the world. Unconditional love may seem beyond our reach, but it is the same compassion we feel when our heart goes out to someone on the evening news who is experiencing misfortune, or when we learn of a difficult challenge that a dear friend or loved one is facing. When that wave of compassion and love comes from the depth of our hearts, it is transformative and healing. Pure love does not care about differences; it only sees what unites us as one humanity.

Today’s meditation will bring us into contact with this source of love and help it expand unconditionally to everyone in the world.

Love is the most powerful force in the world. When we express ourselves from a centered place of love, miracles not only can happen, they do.  We want to express the energy of love.  The love you have for your loved ones could rule the world - and does.  It is what fuels the universe.  We expand our personal energy from feeling love to being love.  We come from and really are love. When we express love for ourselves and the universe of life that flows through us, we transform the world in wondrous ways.  

Fulfillment of the heart chakra elevates all hearts connected to it.  Most people use love sparingly to a small circle of family and friends.  Universal love seems super-human.  Yet the tiniest spark of love is an impulse of universal love.  We make a choice to localize our love rather than share it freely.  This happens for many reasons.  Part is related to what is socially acceptable.  Part is fear, timidity, or memories of love gone wrong.  All is part of the human experience - but so is the expanded love that comes with expanded consciousness.  When your heart chakra opens, your love flows freely to everyone and everything without the need for reciprocity. Love is the great connector that creates common goals and collaboration. As you awaken your heart chakra, you will share increasing depths of love with others.

To keep the shakti of love flowing, keep a connection.  Whenever you feel a positive emotion, acknowledge it is love... the sun, smiling at a baby.  All positive states are love. It is not just an intense moment of romantic or sexual love, but a sustaining love always.  At some point, you can say, I am love.  

I radiate love from my true self.

Mantra: Om Maha (Sanskrit: I express my love into the world)


Physical Focus: Heart Center

Color: Green

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Mary May