Love

 

 

“You are made in the Image and Likeness of Love” – Genevieve Behrend

 

 

 

Love is the ultimate, foundational energy force of the universe. God is Love. Love is the beginning and end of all that is. Everything in existence, or ever will be, was conceived and manifested in and by Love. The limitless universe is pulsating with the energy of Love, from the smallest electron to the largest star that can be imagined by the mind of man. Life, always in the act of never-ending, ever expanding development and increase, is the portal through which Love is being expressed. Life is the manifestation of Love’s glorious perfection.

 

We humans are the ultimate physical expression of Love. We were created in the mind of God to give physical expression to the unlimited possibilities within the realm of the unseen When we come into a more developed awareness of our BE-ingness we reach a greater understanding of the true essence behind all our desires to do, be and have on this physical plane. It is really Love Energy desiring to be perfectly expressed through us. From this perspective, we can more completely comprehend that we are here to create our personal universes with the building blocks of Love so that life can be more fully expressed through us.

 

We further understand that our work, play, relationships, money, possessions, recreations, etc are not means to an end in and of themselves, but rather, the fulfillment of the divine purpose of Love – they are manifestations brought into existence for Love to express itself more fully through the energetic increase of life. Our desire to have, be and become more, whether as an individual or company, is really Love desiring to express itself more fully through our lives in this physical realm.

BE COOL Principle #6

 

Love is Not an Emotion.

Love is Energy We Experience.

 

Being the energetic expression of Love, the increase of life must continue under the compulsion to expand and grow. To do otherwise, is to violate the law of Love. If the law is violated, life ceases and death sets in immediately.

 

Our desire for the expression and receiving of love- in all its forms- is really God seeking to experience Love Energy through us. This desire for expression of Love is so strong within us we feel the need to give it physical manifestation in every area of our lives.

 

Let me now make a statement that might be shocking to some people: Love is not an emotion. As I stated earlier, we are spiritual beings having a physical experience with our physiology being the conduit of manifestation. Love is manifested into our physical reality through the portal of our emotions. In other words - We feel and express the energy of Love.

 

Without getting into a long dissertation about the many aspects, degrees and varieties of this thing called Love, understand that whatever level of love we experience – our personal and intimate relationships, children, work, customers, finances, fellowman, country, recreations, possessions and so on – the process of manifesting Love into this physical realm is always the same. We feel and express it. It is a form of energy expended.

 

The level and intensity we feel depends upon the context we are experiencing and focused upon. We do not feel the same kind of Love for our country, for example, as we feel for our personal or intimate relationships. Each is Love expressed and felt, nonetheless.

 

Love is the ultimate energy life force that drives everything we experience in every personal universe in which we happen to live. The ultimate expression of Love is service; service to our loved ones, our customers, employers, employees, our community and country and our fellowman. By willingly serving others with humility and love to our utmost ability we are actually fulfilling the mission of Love – which is increasing life to all. As a result of service to others, we ourselves are served as more life flows to us.

 

Where we get into trouble however, is when this Love Energy is focused in a misguided or, for lack of a better word, perverted way. Lets take money, for example.

 

Why do we want money? Money is, in reality, nothing but a medium of energy exchange agreed upon by everyone in the world. We assign relative worth to the things we desire and/or need in our world through consensual agreement of perceived value between buyer and seller. When buyer and seller agree upon a value-for-value exchange, money (energy) is exchanged between them and both mutually benefit. If one perception of a value exchange is out of line with the other, no energy exchange takes place. The world of commerce is really that simple.

 

In this mutual exchange arrangement then, it follows that the more money we have the more things we can have. The more money we happen to have also changes what we begin to believe, and perceive, that we want and need. As our money (energy) increases so do our perceptions about what is wanted or needed to create our personal universe more to our liking.

 

In and of itself, there is nothing wrong with this. The desire for more money is the increase of life energy working within us. It is Love fulfilling its purpose through our physical experience. As long as we are living from this perspective, our Love of money is in balance and is a worthy thing. Our healthy desire to acquire money is an honorable pursuit because money, being the world’s agreed upon energy exchange, allows us to express the increase of life force in our personal universe not only for ourselves but for those closest to us.

 

Where this goes very wrong and becomes perverted is when we begin to perceive money as our ultimate source of sufficiency. We look around all our universes and see that others seem to have more things than we do. Mix into this the media messages being broadcast to us about all the things we “need” to experience life more fully and we often begin forming beliefs and emotions about our “lack” of money.

 

We then experience these emotions of lack within our physiology and soon find ourselves always wanting to get more money. This desire can grow so strong that we may even do things that actually harm others – stealing, cheating, short-changing customers, etc. At this level, our once pure love of money has become perverted and rooted in our consciousness and begins to manifest “evil” as a means to acquire it.

 

We can see how easy it is to fall into this trap because, lets face it, money has an enormous amount of energy. The possession of it can make things happen within our universe that otherwise might not happen. Where things go very wrong is when we start giving more power to money than it actually has. We, in effect, make a god out of money because we have distorted our beliefs/perceptions about it.

 

Soon we begin to believe we must have it for the sake of having it. In this now distorted belief/perception system, money becomes the source of contentment. If we can just get enough of it and store it away, we can relax and be “happy”. The problem is, it is never enough because we are now being driven by a set of beliefs that is rooted in beliefs and emotions of “lack”. As long as this is our belief/emotional state of being, there will never be enough. We have, in effect, become addicted.

 

I used money in this example, but it could really be anything. Relationships, sex, work, drugs, you name it. When we distort the perceived energy value of something to the point it becomes god-like to us we are actually perverting our God-given “increase of life” energy that flows through everything.

 

At an expanded level of awareness, what I call BE-ingness, we more fully understand that life is a gift of Love (God) expressing itself through us and around us. We become balanced with an understanding that all of creation works under the guiding principle of balance. There is giving and receiving, going and coming, in and out, or more aptly stated a flowing exchange of energy in everything.

 

This is where gratitude becomes a powerful force in our universe and our personal life. Love (God) gives life in all its forms and asks nothing in return but Gratitude. Gratitude is the life energy force that completes the giving/receiving cycle of all creation.

 

Everything that lives in the universe is under the compulsion to complete the life cycle by expressing gratitude. In nature we see this happening all around us. Plants, animals etc are given life. In exchange they express gratitude through the process of BEING and GROWING into everything they were created to BE. They become what they were created to be and do it with thanksgiving in the form of the expressive energy they give back to nature. The lily produces its glorious bloom; the butterfly bursts from its cocoon and joyfully graces the air with its beauty, the majestic eagle soars joyously to breathtaking heights, etc. They live in every blissful moment without doubt or worry that everything they require will be bountifully provided. They are expressing ultimate gratitude from within their very BEING.

 

Gratitude is the only price required for everything we receive in our experience. By expressing gratitude we too are completing the natural cycle of life. Gratitude keeps our connection to Love (God), the Source of All, open and flowing. By keeping this channel of giving and receiving open we are in the flow of energy exchange between the universe and ourselves. The more deeply our gratitude is expressed the quicker our desires are brought into our awareness.

 

On this physical plane we express our gratitude through our emotions, which is manifested in our physiology. When we are truly grateful we literally feel the physical sensation of it! Like the feeling of love it radiates throughout our entire body as energy. If we are observant we will notice that this energy passes back and forth from our mind and body in a joyous flow. When directed toward others, we also notice the giving and receiving energy it creates.

 

To fully express our gratitude, however, we must go about the business of BEING and GROWING into everything we were created to BE. In the process, we will give expressive energy to our gratitude. As we grow and express who we really are everything we need or require will be bountifully provided. When we understand this fully we will live and have our being grounded in absolute, unshakable faith. In this expanded state of awareness we become a force of nature.

 

Whether they are conscious of it or not, the people and companies with the BE COOL mindset live and operate under the law of Love. They instinctively create a connection with their Source and give expression to their gratitude by becoming all they were created to be. They give to the world as well, and the world bountifully gives back.

 

Through their strong empowering Beliefs about themselves, other people and the world they charge their beliefs with positive universal Energy. Their BE-ingness becomes a life force of its own and, through the portal of their powerful emotions they give life to their visions in the Connection of mind and body. In mind and body they live in a state of empowered Optimism and certainty that their vision is a reality before it is manifested on the physical plane. Their passion keeps them focused on their vision and opens their awareness to new possibilities for its manifestation. They live in a state of knowingness of their own Originality and allow themselves to freely express their individuality in all they think and do. At last, they see their vision of life come into full expression through the power of Love that is vibrating through all their being. In expressing deep gratitude to God, people and themselves they complete the flowing cycle of energy by becoming all they were created to be. They know that their BE-ingness is the real secret of how they’re always able to BE COOL!