LOVE

 

 

EP  16

 Question: Macrocosmic meditation, as it were, seems less a pursuit or practice, and more a state of Beingness. I do not think we are talking any longer about periods and states of meditation but a complete transformation of the self?

Answer:                              St. Paul asks us to "pray without ceasing"

(1 Ths.5:17). We should always be in a state of reverence for life, aware of our place in the Divine Plan, living in God, which means, as Yohannan says, "in love" (1 John 4:16). Love isn't something you do or feel only on Sunday mornings. It is the continuous and eternal Truth. Love is each of us in

the Co-non Selfhood.

 

       EP      17     Each of us is a logos and together we are unified in the

                          Christ Logos. This means that each of us is actually part of

                          a single body. This union is at all levels - noetical, psychical,­

                          and even physical - as molecular biology now under­

                          stands that we are constantly exchanging matter with one an­

                          other. Even with the denseness of gross matter we are in con­stant

                          exchange. Can you imagine the interchange with the

                          less tangible forms of Mind, emotions and thoughts? So we

                          see that it is not only in the higher level that we are uni­fied,

                          but also in the worlds of separation.

 

When we harm another we only harm ourselves. When a child starves in Africa, part of us starves. When a child is born into a healthy caring family in any part of the world, part of us is born. When a soldier dies in Bosnia, part of us is slain. We are both the assailant and the assailed. This is what Christ taught. Christ spoke of a King who said, " I was naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me." Bemused, the praised could not recall the acts of compassion. And Joshua the Christ, the King of the Heavens, explained, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me" (Matt.25:35-40).

 

EP  18            This is the Common Selfhood. In another place Joshua speaks of this: "I am the vine, ye are the branches" (John 15:5). That we all share an equal place in the body of Christ is one of the most profound and greatest truths.

 

Joshua continues "... for without me ye can do nothing" (John 15:5)      For Christ also says, " no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" (John 14:6).

 

What did Joshua mean when He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6). What is Christ? What is the Logos? Is it not Love, Wisdom and Power? This is a sacred triangle:

the universal, unconditional Love from above; the Wisdom of an unified heart and mind; and the Power of Goodness to over­come weakness. What Christ was saying for those "with ears to hear" (Mark 4:23) was that any man or woman who uses rea­son, love and power in the proper and Divine way is a Christian, be he called a Buddhist, a Muslim or any other brother or sister from the many faiths.

                                                                                                                                                                      

                                   EP  18                   The Church has so misunderstood this point. Joshua comes to us to free us from illusions, not to oppress us. Why did he come? He said it "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly" (John 10:10).

 

ET 19                    (We have to realize God's) incomprehensible Oneness and Its Infinite Mercy, so that we may never develop a fear of It in our hearts, but only love, boundless- and without thought of self. For God, while being all things, without any reservation, is, at the same time and before all, total and inexhaustible LOVE.

 

ET 22                    Does Absolute Beingness love Itself? Of course, since it is Absolute Love.

 

ET 62                    The Archangels communicate with each other, but with a language different from our own; their communication is primarily through the medium of love.

       FH      54     It is better to love erroneously than to be incapable of

                          loving

       FH    149     When you genuinely love people, it is natural to be loved by

                          them.

       FH    211     Love is not a sentiment, it is the nature of the ABSOLUTE.

       FH    211     At lower sphere love is a reflection of your egotistical

                          self-love.

       FH    214     You add to love, you don't subtract.

       HS      48     Love to me means giving, not receiving. One who loves gives of

                          oneself. That is how I understand love. (Daskalos)

  HS     192   How to love

HS     196   Love vs hate

HS     196   Love and the white-rose colour

HS     200     Loving the Grandson more?

HS    202     Marriage

MS    178     Entire chapter on right thinking

MS     199     Healer and love