A Complete Opening
(This is an excerpt from a University Of Metaphysical Sciences course at www.umsonline.org, please feel free to visit the school website)
“In the universal sense, love is the divine power of attraction in creation that harmonizes, unites, binds together...Those who live in tune with the attractive force of love achieve harmony with nature and their fellow beings, and are attracted to blissful reunion with God.”—Paramahansa Yoananda
We come from unconditional love, acceptance, and unity into the conditions of love that are prevalent for much of humanity. Through the pain of conditional love, we receive the grace of moments of connection with source, and these experiences show us that there is something more than the conditional love that we know. Every part of us begins to long for a deeper and more continuous awareness of our connection with source. We come to the point that we know that the awareness we are longing for is what we truly desire and need. We then surrender fully to the opening of the layers we have built up and let them fall away, revealing our true nature. We find that we are the love, peace, and serenity for which we have been searching.
We are each like a droplet of water, thinking that who we are is confined to the edges of the formed droplet. However, when the droplet bursts, we then graciously merge into the ocean of our being. We were the ocean all the time, yet our minds held us into an individualized form. Imagine the exquisite beauty and unshakeable joy in the divine remembering itself over and over again! Susan Kramer eloquently says, “We are as individually sculpted snowflakes falling from the brilliant cloud of our Creator… We are manifestations within One Great Soul an eternal heritage brought to awareness by expansive acts of love.” (www.susankramer.com)
A shift in each part of our being takes place when we come full circle to the complete opening of unconditional love in our lives. We experience greater relaxation and looseness in our bodies, feelings of trust, surrender, and fullness in our emotions, and mentally, we have a larger view of life. We are able to realize our oneness with all that is. In the words of Amma, “The Divine is present in everyone, in all beings, in everything. Like space it is everywhere, all pervading, all powerful, all knowing. The Divine is the principle of Life, the inner light of consciousness, and pure bliss—It is our very own Self.” (www.ammachi.org)
Emma Curtis Hopkins, as quoted by Ponder in The Prospering Power of Love (1996) says, “Everything is really full of love for you. The good that is for you loves you as much as you love it. The good that is for you seeks you and will come flying to you if you see that what you love is love itself. All the people will change when you know that they are love. We shall change toward all people when we know that we ourselves are formed out of love. All is love. There is nothing in all the universe but love.” Divine love is being tuned into the subtleties of life and recognizing love in each moment. It is knowing who you are and accepting all that is. It is expressing gratitude for each experience that comes. It is seeing love at the heart of every situation and challenge. It is finding love in all places and in all things. Everywhere you go and in every person you meet you can find love. Become a divine magnet and charge your world with a heart of radiating love, and you will find that your happiness multiples. Call upon the power of love to melt difficult situations. Believe in love, become love, give love, and accept love. Walk in the circle of God’s love. Love is a precious gift and a tremendous healing agent for all.