What Love Truly Is

[Wanderer]

Hi everyone,

I'd just like to share an experience I had about 9 months ago that I believe really defines the point where I began my spiritual journey in this lifetime.
I know I'm a terrible writer, but experiences like this are so hard to explain, so please bear with me!

It's not meant to be a beautiful poem - just my thoughts and memories.

______


As I child, I was taught Christian values by my family.
I learned of God and Jesus, and how each and every person on this earth was loved unconditionally by them.
Including me.
I learned that we should love our neighbors, and we should love our enemies as well.
I accepted this as fact without much thought, and lived a happy childhood.

When I became a teenager, I began to question everything around me.
I began to notice all the hate in this world.
I noticed how people preached God's teachings of unconditional love to others,
Yet condemned those who didn't believe, and said they would burn in Hell.
How was that love?
I became angry at their hypocrisy...I became angry at them.
I became angry at anyone who condemned me,
Anyone who had hurt me or done me wrong.
And, gradually, I became angry at God himself,
And threw away all that I was taught as a child,
And I became hateful as well.

One day, years later, I decided to skip school and go for a walk to think.
Somehow, I felt like I was being called.
I followed it to the outskirts of the city and into nature, and eventually came upon a creek, with clear, pure water, and a large rock in the middle.
I stepped out onto the rock and sat down, thinking to myself.
Why did I feel so much hate?

I reached into the creek and picked up a few large stones,
While picturing all those who had hurt me and done me wrong.
"I forgive you," I whispered for each one,
And threw a stone into the creek.
I threw away my hate for each and every one
I felt a tightness in my chest loosen, a weight lift off my shoulders,
A wonderful energy flood my body and my spirit
and I felt born again.

I left the creek and headed towards a nearby hill,
And ascended along a winding dirt path.
I looked up, and there in the distance
Stood a man and his son, watching me from afar as I walked higher.

The path came to an end, and I turned around,
Facing the whole world below me
And as I stood there, I felt myself become one with everything
My spirit seemed to glow and resonate with the light of the world

I can't explain it, but at that very moment
I finally came to understand just what Love truly is.
Not just an emotion, not a just a feeling,
But an integral part of ourselves; a piece of us all.

So the next time someone asks me, "What is love?"
I'll reply, "Well, it's simple, really,

Love is you and me!"

[Lisa]

The path came to an end, and I turned around,
Facing the whole world below me
And as I stood there, I felt myself become one with everything
My spirit seemed to glow and resonate with the light of the world

I can't explain it, but at that very moment
I finally came to understand just what Love truly is.
Not just an emotion, not a just a feeling,
But an integral part of ourselves; a piece of us all.

So the next time someone asks me, "What is love?"
I'll reply, "Well, it's simple, really,

Love is you and me!

This is beautiful. :hug3:

And I agree with you, Wanderer.

[Natalia]

This is beautiful :)

Love & Light

[konrard]

we appreciate you sharing this story wanderer :) it is very optimistic and filled with love and truth

[athribiristan]

Love it, thanks for sharing. Do you think the father and son were God and Jesus? That was the first thing that occured to me anyway.

[Rivendoah]

That is wonderful... thank you for sharing it!

[boshy b. good]

we lean on. are woah'es from. forgives that proof us worth. is that going for make day right, and what


[ a ] handshake

[Nowayout]

An unconditional yes!!!

Resounding..

Very nice.

[Valerian]

What a beautiful way to release one's hatred by throwing pebbles into water - a perfect act of cleansing.

What you have written, Wanderer, resonates well with me and it clearly comes from the depths of your heart. Thank you for sharing those precious moments with us.

May you continue to wander freely into the realms of unconditional Love and the bliss arising from our Oneness. _/\_

Namasté
Valerie

[Soul Renew]

Hi everyone,

I'd just like to share an experience I had about 9 months ago that I believe really defines the point where I began my spiritual journey in this lifetime.
I know I'm a terrible writer, but experiences like this are so hard to explain, so please bear with me!

It's not meant to be a beautiful poem - just my thoughts and memories.

______


As I child, I was taught Christian values by my family.
I learned of God and Jesus, and how each and every person on this earth was loved unconditionally by them.
Including me.
I learned that we should love our neighbors, and we should love our enemies as well.
I accepted this as fact without much thought, and lived a happy childhood.

When I became a teenager, I began to question everything around me.
I began to notice all the hate in this world.
I noticed how people preached God's teachings of unconditional love to others,
Yet condemned those who didn't believe, and said they would burn in Hell.
How was that love?
I became angry at their hypocrisy...I became angry at them.
I became angry at anyone who condemned me,
Anyone who had hurt me or done me wrong.
And, gradually, I became angry at God himself,
And threw away all that I was taught as a child,
And I became hateful as well.

One day, years later, I decided to skip school and go for a walk to think.
Somehow, I felt like I was being called.
I followed it to the outskirts of the city and into nature, and eventually came upon a creek, with clear, pure water, and a large rock in the middle.
I stepped out onto the rock and sat down, thinking to myself.
Why did I feel so much hate?

I reached into the creek and picked up a few large stones,
While picturing all those who had hurt me and done me wrong.
"I forgive you," I whispered for each one,
And threw a stone into the creek.
I threw away my hate for each and every one
I felt a tightness in my chest loosen, a weight lift off my shoulders,
A wonderful energy flood my body and my spirit
and I felt born again.

I left the creek and headed towards a nearby hill,
And ascended along a winding dirt path.
I looked up, and there in the distance
Stood a man and his son, watching me from afar as I walked higher.

The path came to an end, and I turned around,
Facing the whole world below me
And as I stood there, I felt myself become one with everything
My spirit seemed to glow and resonate with the light of the world

I can't explain it, but at that very moment
I finally came to understand just what Love truly is.
Not just an emotion, not a just a feeling,
But an integral part of ourselves; a piece of us all.

So the next time someone asks me, "What is love?"
I'll reply, "Well, it's simple, really,

Love is you and me!"

Wow this is really beautiful to me, truly, it made me cry, because I know what's it like to know Love is the answer, but then suddenly come into doubt about God, and then after learning to forgive and open up to love which lessened the tightness i felt in my own soul.

I was wondering do you still believe in and love God?

[blossomingtree]

The account is gone, but agree it was a beautiful story/account.

Sometimes I feel that this forum feels like the Stepford Wives - too many people are either banished (expelled) - just look at the suspended accounts - or left on their own (deactivated). Scary. Fortunately there are still good posters around.

[boshy b. good]

Thank you at highly. :hug3:

Love to me is about what is real to us and about what makes sense to
Us. Carrying out the order to endure fondship with what and whom we
Find out to trust, be okays and okaying in mind or the result of others.

[blossomingtree]

:smile: .....

[AmberLarson]

I reached into the creek and picked up a few large stones,
While picturing all those who had hurt me and done me wrong.
"I forgive you," I whispered for each one,
And threw a stone into the creek.
I threw away my hate for each and every one
I felt a tightness in my chest loosen, a weight lift off my shoulders,
A wonderful energy flood my body and my spirit
and I felt born again.
[/I]
I liked this part mostly. So good :icon_thumleft:


So the next time someone asks me, "What is love?"
I'll reply, "Well, it's simple, really,

Love is you and me!"[/I]

So true. "What is love?" is one of the most difficult question, but you gave such a good answer. Yes, indeed, we are the energy of the love, we create the love, we get the love, we are the love :love5: :love8:

[CrystalKitty777]

Love, along with peace, joy, and light, are truly beyond words.

[Nowayout]

True love is a rocky road.

The lovers of bliss, the lovers of light, hold on it's coming for you..

It's robed in sacrifice.

[Sugar-n-Spice]

Love is crazy, love is volatile, love is deadly.

[boshy b. good]

Love is happily ignoring what's ignorant. Love is try some

[Bornonthecusp]

I really love and appreciate that story, thank you :-)

[boshy b. good]

love's excuse of all excuses.

[Shivani Devi]

Love is beyond all words, but that doesn't stop us from using them.
It feels like rapturous waves of sharp daggers, tenderly piercing the heart.
Being slapped in the face by a rainbow of sheer awe and bliss, whilst the body trembles and whimpers like a stray puppy.
Then choking back tears of joy within limited self-containment, until the essential energy intervenes and you drown in their release,
Before arising and dancing like a puppet without strings...transfixed in the enchanted ecstasy of the Infinite.

[Shivani Devi]

Love is beyond all words, but that doesn't stop us from using them.
It feels like rapturous waves of sharp daggers, tenderly piercing the heart.
Being slapped in the face by a rainbow of sheer awe and bliss, whilst the body trembles and whimpers like a stray puppy.
Then choking back tears of joy within limited self-containment, until the essential energy intervenes and you drown in their release,
Before arising and dancing like a puppet without strings...transfixed in the enchanted ecstasy of the Infinite.
Thank you for posting that, Shivani. That was beautiful and very expressive. :hug2:

You have a real talent and should get into writing poetry like you once did...and remember also that I love you.

[boshy b. good]

love is the hugened anything we like
within us. come out pick up that the
good load

[boshy b. good]

Love is happily ignoring what's
ignorant. Love is try some
we may understand it's out
there but you are a cub

[Ankhesenamun]

Such beautiful words on here and so true!

Love is all important, it is our reason for living, it is what we have been born to learn, it is what unites us all.

If only everybody understood that, there would be no wars and fighting, and we could all live in peace.

[boshy b. good]

we may understand it's out
there but you are a cubwe be all cubs
we be all cubs

that's real


(be good)

[Ziusudra]

Love is a such simple word to describe an immense power that is a fiber of our connections and that keeps us surviving.

[liorex]

then how bout that :wink:


oh, love carnal & profound
thrilling, yet divine
if you neglect the smallest bit of her
ouch - all is gone
abandoning you empty & vain
n wandering...
did she ever existed in the first place :eek:

[weareunity]

Hello all.

As well as being beautiful, there is a very singular characteristic inherent in the way of love--loving--.

I understand it as love is that way of being which does not require a higher authority to regulate that way in order to avoid otherwise inevitable eventual self destruction.

petex

[JosephineB]

Love is: kindness without want of return.

[liorex]

hehe, some more for fun :tongue:


from her great selfless sacrifices
even better:
passionate melting lovemakings
through insignificant daily lovely gestures
or egoistic cares of the parents

make all the grand love to appear
her irresistible charm takes the breath away
even of the fishes lol

[ocean breeze]

A fantasy


...

[liorex]

so fantasy be it :cool:


with her all-knowing fingers
trembling with life so pure
even the silence shuts up & intensely listens

itching to hear harmonious tunes
chiming of the strings of our souls
n carrying on their wings
grace, bliss & perfection :D

[ImthatIm]

Love is the POWER that holds up the World.

[Sugar-n-Spice]

Love is hurtful nonsense and rational adoration cherishing and sentiment. I chuck eros up to the hurtful nonsense.:bom:

[7luminaries]

Hello all.

As well as being beautiful, there is a very singular characteristic inherent in the way of love--loving--.

I understand it as love is that way of being which does not require a higher authority to regulate that way in order to avoid otherwise inevitable eventual self destruction.

petex

That is a lovely observation. There is always enough of the universal pie of love to go round. And also there is never "too much" of it either.

Here is another way I like to put it, in very simple human terms toward one another and toward all that is...

Love is willing, seeking, and actively supporting the highest good of the other(s) equally to the sefl. And willing, seeking, and actively supporting the highest good of the self equally to other(s).

Another way to put this is...being and doing from centre in lovinkindness and equanimity.

Peace & blessings :hug3:
7L

[weareunity]

Thank you for your blessings and peace 7L. --which are wonderfully timed as I am currently stumbling. petex

[janielee]

Peace be with you, friend .

[7luminaries]

Pete, I'm wishing you all the best.
And Peace to you as well, Janielee!

Here is a priestly blessing, which I've always felt was very beautiful.
I wish this for you and for all of us...
Please substitute whatever word for (What Is or One) that you prefer.
I have always liked the Native American term "Great Spirit".

[May] Adonai bless you, and guard you –
[May] Adonai make His face shine unto you, and be gracious to you –
[May] Adonai lift up His face unto you, and give to you peace –

Peace & blessings all :hug3:
7L

[janielee]

Thanks 7L :)

[BigJohn]

LOVE and all of her intricacies
probably will take a life time just to touch into her.

But then........

[ImthatIm]

Divine Love has no words that can be fully comprehended.

It must be experienced to comprehend a drop of it.

It makes the Eagle fly and the mole dig.

It is our birth right, and our nourishment.

It dissolves time to NOW and it is coming for you.

To wrap you in it's eternal warmth and acceptance to embrace your innocence.

Aho Mitakuye Oyasin!

[Aethera]

"Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred."-Barbara De Angelis

[PureDevotionGirl]

We are love incarnate! I've been holding onto a lot of hate, anger, and unforgiveness myself lately. I keep trying to let go, but the pain always brings it back. I figured once I am so far removed from the situation which instigated all this, it will wash away quite easily like memories fading.