Let the Love In

As human experiencers, we all desire to be heard, to be noticed and to be accepted.  All share these desires.  No exceptions!  But this is only  the outer layer of what our true desires are.   And what are our true desires?  

That question can be answered in one four lettered word--  Love. 

To be Loved, to feel Love, and to know Love.  This is what we desire the most.

The definitions of Love is as vast as the Universe itself.  It is the only emotion that has a national holiday dedicated in it's name --St. Valentine's day.   And it is the only emotion that has more songs and poems dedicated in it's name than anyone could possibly count or remember. 

But do you, as an individual, really comprehend and fully understand the true definition of Love?

Love can be found anywhere & everywhere.  It is continuously taking place. And it is experienced on different levels, in a wide variety of ways.  There is love for your spouse,  your boyfriend/girlfriend; the love you have for your parents and your assorted relatives & siblings; the love for a child, a pet or a dear close friend. All of these are  Love in it's various forms.  And while each of these levels go from one degree to another, they all have one vital thing in common ...  it exists in our lives. 

But what is Love?  Really?  Love is energy in it's purest and most concentrated form.  It is the most powerful energy in the entire Universe. In fact, it is Love that created the Universe itself; and it is Love that binds it together.  It is that ever-present energy that flows through and around each and every aspect of creation.

Love in our Human Experience


Throughout human history all the way to this present day 21st Century,  obsessions & addictions, pain & abuse  has been, and continues to be, equated to and with Love! 

And the number one emotion that has been and continues to be equated with Love is ... fear.

It is the ONLY emotion known to humankind to have this claim to fame!

Bet you didn't know that ... did you?

How many of you reading this right now ... and be honest... have equated your obsession and/or addiction  and/or fear to Love?  Ok, I'll make it easier for you by asking you the following questions:

Do you find yourself saying, feeling, acting in the following manner:

          - "I can't let them go, I can't stop thinking about them,  I've tried!"? 


          - "I need" to hear their voice, even if it is only a recording, i.e., voice mail? 

          - "I need" to see them ... if only from a distance or a photograph?

          - Go out of your way to just "happen" to be somewhere, be it in a store, out on the street and/or online, somewhere you know they are going to be so you can just "casually" run into them?

OR ...

• Do you find yourself keeping account of all the mistakes someone has committed?

• Do you feel you are unable to forgive ---let go of  the pains and transgressions of the past?

If you answered yes to any one of these questions then it's  not Love!   

If you find yourself doing any of  these things, even on the most innocent of levels ... you are in a state of addiction, obsession ... fear.  You are not in the state of LOVE. 

Let Freedom Ring!

Love, true and genuine Love, is freedom for all  parties involved.  It is the Freedom of being.  It is the state in which you are truly happy whether you are with the one you love or not.  Love does not cling or hold on to another.  Love does not need anything to feel complete and whole.  Love does not keep an accounting of injuries nor does it hold on to the pain.  

Love  just IS. 

When we let Love in we discover Peace.  Our entire being is filled with a contentment that we never believed possible.  With this contentment we are Free.  And with our personal freedom we find ourselves  stepping  aside allowing others to enjoy freedom as well!


As human experiencers we have lived in fear and with fear all our existence.   You would think that we all would be  tired of it by now and give it up.  


Giving up fear in favor of Love?  Wow!  What a concept!  *LOL*


Say No to Fear ... step aside and let Love In ...


After all, what do you have to lose?  Really?

"Step aside and let love in.  Let your eyes be opened to the Love You ARE!  For after all that is said and done ... in the end ... Love is ALL that matters!  It is all that ever Truly Mattered !"  Grandmother to The Oracle, Children of the Luminaries ~ Book II: Training Day

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Just a Wee Bit Of Love Brings A Whole Lot of Clarity!

So many times we feel that we are all alone in our feelings ... especially when it comes to our  doubts.  We feel that others are so much better than we could ever be.  We even believe that  they could never ever feel this way or that way.  It just isn't possible!  They (whoever "they" are) are just too strong and too confident to ever doubt themselves! 

But when we allow ourselves to let Love in just long enough to express our inner most thoughts ... we see that we are not alone!  Why we actually see that the very ones who display so much strength, so much confidence, the ones we never believed it possible to ever have any doubts, felt the same as you!  Why they even considered giving up on their dreams at one time or another ... just like YOU! 

Wow!  The clarity we get when we let just a little Love in!  Just a wee bit makes all the difference!  Don't it?

Imagine what clarity we would have if we let just a wee bit more in!

hmmmm!  You know, I got to thinking of all those times I just wanted to quit!  Sheesh!  I lost count of all the times I was ready to just throw up both hands and quit!   I wanted to just Quit!  Quit Everything!  Just go back to how it was before I became consciously aware.  Before I began giving in to the memories.  Before the rememberances of who I truly Am came flooding in! 

Oy Vey!  Now I understand that old saying of ignorant being bliss!  Nothing like walking around not knowing nuffin to keep a smile on your face!  :-)  

And yes,  there are times when I still want to quit!  GADS! How easy it would be to just crawl under some rock and tell the rest of the world to have at it!  Call me when it's over!  Especially, and most particularly, when facing My Self.

Is it me or has anyone else noticed that no matter where you go ... there YOU are!  oy vey!

Ahh facing Self in such a wide variety of ways through  All these wonderful people so willing to express all my doubts and fears in their own special and unique ways!  Blessed volunteers who bravely step forward to remind me of my past mistakes.  To cheerfully point out what a (insert your favorite adjective here please).  :-)

 Like I need these people to remind me of all those times I was a total and perfect ASS?????  PLEASE!  My memory is in tact with respect to all my asinine behaviors! Thank you very Much!  I need no one to remind me ... I remember all of THAT (and then some) in DETAIL! 

But then I remember...they are only doing what I had asked of them.  It is then I have to say I am Sorry.  I'm sorry you felt it necessary to step in and remind me of what a (insert your favorite adjective here please) I was, were, am! :-)  I'm sorry for dragging you in the mud hole with me when all you wanted was to love me! 

Here, I made you a mud pie!  I even put a nice rock on top to show how much I care! :-)  It's all shiny underneath that filth ... like me!  But you knew that all along ... didn't you?

Funny isn't it?  How easy it is for us to Remember all our misgivings, all our mistakes, all those times when we weren't loving to our Self ... with our Self?!  We remember all the pain ... yet we forget so readily and so easily ... all the splendor, all the joy, all the Love!

It is during these times that I ask myself ... what is the worst thing that could happen if I simply let Love In?

What is the worst possible scenario?  What could possibly go wrong if I just step aside and let Love In?

hmmm!  Infinite possibilities here!  Just imagine all those possibilities!



"Daughter, after all that is said and done,  Love is all that matters.  It is all that ever truly mattered!"  Grandmother to The Oracle "Children of the Luminaries: Book II~Training Day"