By Ariole K. Alei
(Founder of The H.O.P.E. Project).
Love is not a feeling.
Love is a spiritual energy field.
So often in our culture
we assume that love is a feeling.
That we either feel it or we don’t.
That it either exists,
it is present,
or it isn't.
Barbara King's words
direct our awareness
to the recognition that
love is an energy field
and as such, it can be cultivated.
Love is an energy field
in which we exist.
It is a state of being
which we exist within.
When we step into it,
it surrounds us, envelops us,
shapes us, fills us.
It nurtures us.
When we assume that
love is a feeling,
we diminish it.
Feelings come and go.
States of being,
energy fields,
ebb and waft like clouds.
And yet their substance
is always present.
It is energy available for creation.
When we assume
that love is a feeling,
we relegate it to
the realm of all feelings
shame, guilt, apathy, despair,
longing, excitement, contentment,
fear, sorrow, sadness, anger,
happiness, desire.
Love is more than this.
When we imagine that feelings
rise and fall within us
and that energy states
arise and evolve around us.
we begin to recognise that love is
something distinctly unique
from feelings.
When we learn how to contribute
to the well-being of the state of love,
we are sustained by it.
We are fed by it.
We are cared for by it.
We are loved by it.
Discover for yourself
and emulate
the Principles and Practices of love,
how to step into it,
how to stay in it,
how to flow with it.
When we misidentify love
as a feeling,
we have no responsibility to it.
There is no commitment
required to maintain it.
It , like most of the human created
world we live in
can easily be mistreated by us.
We can take it for granted,
become angry when it leaves us,
and vow to never succumb to it again.
This attitude completely shifts
when we realise what love is.
It is a state of being,
a vibration,
that we must learn to attune ourselves to.
This requires recognition of
what love actually is,
and discipline to attune ourselves to it.
When we are not attuned to love,
we fall out of love.
When we are attuned to love,
it never leaves us.
Because we never leave it.
What are some of the
Principles which support us
to step into love and stay in it?
Here are a few :
Truthfulness. Honesty. with oneself first.
Honesty ripples from this place outward.
Gentleness. Respect. Willingness.
Trust. Trustworthiness. Sensitivity.
Maturity. Grace.
Inner power. Porous boundaries.
Being present.
Honour, the ability to honour
that which is divine.
Rapture -
the ability to open oneself
to all that which is truly beautiful.
Awareness, and awakeness,
being conscious of what is,
in this present moment, now.
The willingness,
and the inner power,
to take appropriate action,
thus not being fossilised in,
or attached to, the past.
Surrender.
The willingness to be love,
to actually become it.
This is a process.
A process which requires,
at some turning point,
a decision, a commitment.
A decision
to align oneself with love.
Discover how to spiral yourself
upward,
consistently, into love,
rather than downward,
out of your inner power,
into the depression and apathy
of the lower levels of consciousness,
the lower realms of emotion.
These are just some of the Principles
which support us each,
as individuals, and together,
as a community, a culture,
to experience, and to be, in love.
In our culture we often assume
that one is either in love,
or not in love.
That we either feel love,
or we don't.
Let's redefine what being in love means.
Rather than simply feeling a feeling,
love to us means
living in an ongoing state of love.
Yes, other emotions do arise from time to time.
And yet, with Practice,
these are allowed to wash through.
They never linger.
They never last.
They are allowed, and encouraged
and supported, to arise and to fall.
We witness them,
with our Observer Mind.
And in so doing, we remain unattached.
We Practice
how not to feed them as a drama.
And, as if miraculously,
we discover that emotions feelings
rise, fall, and disappear.
Love is not the same.
When we Practice the Principles
which love invites us to re-discover,
love remains.
It is a constant in which
these other emotions
rise, fall, and pass away.
Love becomes the container
in which all of life exists.
Human communities, too,
can be love.
They can be containers of love
in which other experiences
including interpersonal experiences
rise, fall, and pass away.
This concept could be a quantum shift
for you in your life.
You can choose to
or default unconsciously to
living on the whims
of love the emotion
Or you can commit
to learn how
to step into love the energy field.
Find allies
to support you on this journey.
Together, discover how !
Carpe diem. Seize the day.
Seize this opportunity
to open and to awaken
to a new opportunity
of how to live your life.
(Founder of The H.O.P.E. Project).
‘Love is not a feeling.
It is a spiritual energy.
Love is pure creative energy
at its highest level.
Love expressed in human form
actualises your divine self.’
~ Barbara King ~
Love is not a feeling.
Love is a spiritual energy field.
So often in our culture
we assume that love is a feeling.
That we either feel it or we don’t.
That it either exists,
it is present,
or it isn't.
Barbara King's words
direct our awareness
to the recognition that
love is an energy field
and as such, it can be cultivated.
Love is an energy field
in which we exist.
It is a state of being
which we exist within.
When we step into it,
it surrounds us, envelops us,
shapes us, fills us.
It nurtures us.
When we assume that
love is a feeling,
we diminish it.
Feelings come and go.
States of being,
energy fields,
ebb and waft like clouds.
And yet their substance
is always present.
It is energy available for creation.
When we assume
that love is a feeling,
we relegate it to
the realm of all feelings
shame, guilt, apathy, despair,
longing, excitement, contentment,
fear, sorrow, sadness, anger,
happiness, desire.
Love is more than this.
When we imagine that feelings
rise and fall within us
and that energy states
arise and evolve around us.
we begin to recognise that love is
something distinctly unique
from feelings.
When we learn how to contribute
to the well-being of the state of love,
we are sustained by it.
We are fed by it.
We are cared for by it.
We are loved by it.
Discover for yourself
and emulate
the Principles and Practices of love,
how to step into it,
how to stay in it,
how to flow with it.
When we misidentify love
as a feeling,
we have no responsibility to it.
There is no commitment
required to maintain it.
It , like most of the human created
world we live in
can easily be mistreated by us.
We can take it for granted,
become angry when it leaves us,
and vow to never succumb to it again.
This attitude completely shifts
when we realise what love is.
It is a state of being,
a vibration,
that we must learn to attune ourselves to.
This requires recognition of
what love actually is,
and discipline to attune ourselves to it.
When we are not attuned to love,
we fall out of love.
When we are attuned to love,
it never leaves us.
Because we never leave it.
What are some of the
Principles which support us
to step into love and stay in it?
Here are a few :
Truthfulness. Honesty. with oneself first.
Honesty ripples from this place outward.
Gentleness. Respect. Willingness.
Trust. Trustworthiness. Sensitivity.
Maturity. Grace.
Inner power. Porous boundaries.
Being present.
Honour, the ability to honour
that which is divine.
Rapture -
the ability to open oneself
to all that which is truly beautiful.
Awareness, and awakeness,
being conscious of what is,
in this present moment, now.
The willingness,
and the inner power,
to take appropriate action,
thus not being fossilised in,
or attached to, the past.
Surrender.
The willingness to be love,
to actually become it.
This is a process.
A process which requires,
at some turning point,
a decision, a commitment.
A decision
to align oneself with love.
Discover how to spiral yourself
upward,
consistently, into love,
rather than downward,
out of your inner power,
into the depression and apathy
of the lower levels of consciousness,
the lower realms of emotion.
These are just some of the Principles
which support us each,
as individuals, and together,
as a community, a culture,
to experience, and to be, in love.
In our culture we often assume
that one is either in love,
or not in love.
That we either feel love,
or we don't.
Let's redefine what being in love means.
Rather than simply feeling a feeling,
love to us means
living in an ongoing state of love.
Yes, other emotions do arise from time to time.
And yet, with Practice,
these are allowed to wash through.
They never linger.
They never last.
They are allowed, and encouraged
and supported, to arise and to fall.
We witness them,
with our Observer Mind.
And in so doing, we remain unattached.
We Practice
how not to feed them as a drama.
And, as if miraculously,
we discover that emotions feelings
rise, fall, and disappear.
Love is not the same.
When we Practice the Principles
which love invites us to re-discover,
love remains.
It is a constant in which
these other emotions
rise, fall, and pass away.
Love becomes the container
in which all of life exists.
Human communities, too,
can be love.
They can be containers of love
in which other experiences
including interpersonal experiences
rise, fall, and pass away.
This concept could be a quantum shift
for you in your life.
You can choose to
or default unconsciously to
living on the whims
of love the emotion
Or you can commit
to learn how
to step into love the energy field.
Find allies
to support you on this journey.
Together, discover how !
Carpe diem. Seize the day.
Seize this opportunity
to open and to awaken
to a new opportunity
of how to live your life.
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