Love

Happy belated Valentine's Day everyone! I find that Valentine's Day is a great day to reflect on love. There's so much focused on the commercialism and the romantic element on Valentine's Day that it can be a slightly depressing holiday unless we remember truly what love is. Love is the essence of who we are. We can't escape it, nor would we want to since it is so good to feel the experience of the truth of our being. We can be in and out of love in relationship, but we can't be in and out of love as the truth of our being.

We "fall in love" because we are able to open our hearts and experience and express the truth of our being with someone. All of us have someone that we love, even if it's a plant :), even if it is the planet, or if it is with a friend or a pet or a romantic partner. The more we open our hearts in a state of love for whoever or whatever we love in this world, the more we experience the truth of our being, which is love itself.

So, as a Valentine's exercise, picture something or someone that you love. Take a deep breath and ask for a full and complete experience of deep and unconditional love. Take another deep breath and affirm, "I am love itself. The love I feel in this moment expands into my entire being so that I feel not only love for this person or thing, but that I feel love for myself and for all that is. Love is all around me, love is within me, love is me."

Blessings and deep love to you all.

Liz