I am Love
We seek it here, we seek it there, we look for love everywhere! We expect
it to come to us, usually through another person. All our conditioning says it is
something that happens to us. The mythology of our fables, legends and modern day
entertainment industries say it is something we 'fall into'. And yet...and yet real
love cannot be acquired, possessed or accumulated. It cannot be known when we think
it comes from outside ourselves. The ultimate paradox is we are it. We are love.
Each one of us is a source of love that has forgotten that 'love is what I am'. Say
it now "I am love". Doesn't feel right does it? That's because its been so long since
we knew and experienced ourselves in this true way. And yet we all know that the
deepest trust and the purest love is known and experienced only when we give it,
not take it. As we give love in whatever way is appropriate, we are the ones to experience
it first, on the way out. Falling in love is impossible. It is only infatuation,
obsession with an external object which appears to fill a gap in ourselves. As soon
as the object or person is remembered when they are not present and when they do
not need to be remembered, it is simply attachment which, if sustained, will become
a dependency. And attachment and dependency are not love. But you already know that...don't
you?
