Loving More

This week I have been reading a book called The Mastery of Love.
I've had the book for a few years and this week God said it was time
to read it. He are some ideas that have been helping me to see love differently.

"We can talk about love and write a thousand books about it, but love
will be completely different for each one of us because we have to
experience love. Love is not about concepts; love is about action.
Love in action can only produce happiness. Fear in action can only
produce suffering. The only way to master love is to practice love."

"Love has no resistance, no expectations. In fear, we blame others
for not meeting our expectations." So, fear lived out is a recipe for
disappointment and inharmony.

Is it tempting to feel like you don't have enough love to go around because something has you down? That's how I felt yesterday. Something big hadn't worked out the way I thought it should. This morning I opened Mastery of Love I read "Self-pity is disrespect." Self-pity is: I'm not good enough, not bright enough not strong enough, not intelligent enough, not enlightened enough, not loving enough. "Happiness never comes from outside us. You are happy because of the love coming out of you."

So, no one else makes you/me happy or sad. Happiness is the result of Your [God's] love. Well, I realized that I didn't have to put up with self-pity and I was free to love, well freely.

Love Yourself

Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor as ourselves. He said to follow his commandments and follow him.

God loves us. We must therefore love ourselves. We must love ourselves? Does that sound odd? I am not talking about self-love, which does so much evil. I am talking about loving your true self, the child of God. I am talking about embracing your true self, your Christly self.

When you love that Christly self, you are opening your heart to mercy and redemption. If you don't, you are refusing good. It's a form of self-hatred. Let's remove the label of "I don't love myself" and be free!

Have a mighty day!

Is Love Cruel?

Today is good and I'm glad to take a stand that the whole day is good. There is no better way to start the day than to listen for a thought from God. And, God is saying, "Today is going to be a good day. You are going to be with me the whole day." And, like looking forward to spending a day with a big brother or sister, I am looking forward to a day of healing, salvation, and joy. It hasn't always been this way for me. More and more I am seeing that we have an undivided existence from God, from good. And, how effective it is to declare that you are not accepting anything but good. Try it, you will like it.

Would it make sense for divine Love to ask you to do something, say be happy and not give you the means to be happy, the authority and the right to be happy? Would it make sense for divine Love to put it in your heart to walk and then not give you the ability, the means, the Christ authority to do it? Right now, you have a sovereign right to do what God is asking you to do. This means that every obstacle in your path is abolished. Your day is one of the human and divine coincidence. God is - you are. Let's take a walk with God today. It's a good day.

Dan

Feeling Sunny?

If you were the Sun, and you looked out how much darkness would you see? None. It's impossible for something that bright to see darkness. Now, think of God as the Sun, beaming forth light and love. What does God see. Of course, light and love.

If you are feeling down, you can always get joy from God. And, I used to work with that model. If I ran out of joy or anything else, I knew God had more. But THEN I realized how limited that was. That model implied that I have a limited supply of good. When a ray of sunlight leaves the sun, does it have to go back and get more light? No. It has everything it needs. So, God, who is Life, Truth, and Love isn't over there or up there. He is right HERE. When I am fully conscious of this, I feel that I am life, truth, and love. God IS, and I am. God is, and you are.

Have sunny day!

Dan

Feel Free From Pain

Faced with while running 12.5 miles today, I knew that God didn't experience pain. Why would God-good suffer, or allow suffering? So, I decided to reject pain as a fantasy of the human mind. When faced with pain, I asked myself, "Why would you take on that belief of pain?" Really, this can be applied to any challenge!!!

This was amazingly effective. Every time pain occurred in thought, I recognized it as a suggestion that I didn't have to accept? Where did this suggestion originate? It doesn't matter. Why did I have to reject it so many times? It doesn't matter. What happened as I reflected on this during my long run was a I gained a sense of God-given freedom. So, although prayer is effective at relieving pain and promoting health, I wasn't using prayer as much as I was learning more about God and my identity.

Love to the world!

Dan

Love's Impulse

I used to put off praying. Not that I wouldn't eventually follow through. Now, I don't wait. When the thought comes to pray - I pray. If the thought comes to drop to my knees and pray, I follow that lead. Now, I believe that I am working at divine Love's impulse.

Sometimes that means waking up at 2AM because Love says, "Pray!" And, sometimes it means going to a professional hockey game with someone you love and have fun!

I am finding great satisfaction, love, and happiness responding to Love's impulse.

"Sensualism is not bliss, but bondage. For true happiness, man must harmonize with his Principle, divine Love; the Son must be in accord with the Father, in conformity with Christ."

-From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy
337:6-10