Love Reflections V

(Continued as part of Love Reflections series based on a prompt. I recommend starting with Part I.)

I’m just as surprised as you, this is what came up. How is it easy? I’m asking too. Easy because it is our natural inheritance. Easy because at the end of the day, Love just is. It has no agenda; it gives freely and is freedom. There is no conflict because love just is. No matter how much we may try; we can’t make love or God something it is not.

There is no striving, or anxious energy toward this love. As Jesus said on the Sermon on the Mount, “Take no thought”, let go of my attachment to my ideas of love or to my need to “fix” my judgements, my grievances, my guilt, my self-hatred and let God be God and let love escape. I need do nothing, but go deep within and seek Truth, seek ye first the kingdom of God. First, not after I fix this or that in my life, but first.

Why do we seem to make it so hard? As I finished typing this question, the Go-Go’s song “Head Over Heels”, came on and it pretty much sums it up. Our world is head over heels-out of control, and we have forgotten who we are.

We make love hard when we surround it with everything else, grievances, judgment etc. And just like when we’re trying to fix the world, we can get caught in the trap that we have to do something, try harder to love, etc. We are a society of control freaks, but there is no controlling or forcing our way to this love.

The good news is that no matter how off track we get and feel like we’re on the crazy train, we can always get back on track and jump on the peace and love trains.

Recommended songs that came up during this reflection: “Head over Heels” by the Go-Go’s, Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne, Peace Train by Yusuf/Cat Stevens and Love Train by the O’Jays.

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By Ben Phipps • October 9, 2024

With coffee, always coffee. In the “About” section I wrote - It has been said that there is one Truth spoken in many different ways. Whether spiritualist, scientist, atheist, “religionist” or another “ist”, I know that if we set seeking Truth as our goal, we may use different language, but will end up in a similar place.... Seeking Truth is a good place to start. The purpose of this blog is to inspire people to think differently about the world and go deep within and seek Truth, so we can live in freedom, free from inner conflict and free to be who we are, in peace and love. My starting point God or whatever term you want to use for this universal force or as Joel Goldsmith calls the Infinite Invisible is All Powerful, All Knowing, All Present and All Loving. I start this as the basis of my seeking for one simple reason – If God is not these things, then I’m not interested because how could you have a God that is not these things? But I also recognize that when I start here, it leads me to questioning, has the world done a poor job of presenting or explaining God? What is Truth? Not your everyday material world truth such as is it true that you are reading this? But Truth with a capital “T” that is not of this world. I start with, can it change? Truth is that which cannot change. Go deep within – Words can only take us so far. This Truth is in the “journey beyond words”. According to A Course In Miracles (ACIM) “Truth is eternal, unalterable, and unambiguous. It is beyond time and process, and can only be known, not learned or believed.” But do not take ACIM’s word for it, we must each experience it for ourselves. May you enjoy the journey. Ben Phipps © 2024

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