On "Love".

[Kadensnga]

Dear Siblings of the Royal Court,

What a great man Gibran was.

I have to share what is so close to my heart.  Just a little something for those who have a taste for divinely inspired poetic literature;

Love

Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love."

And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them.

And with a great voice he said:

When love beckons to you follow him,

Though his ways are hard and steep.

And when his wings enfold you yield to him,

Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

And when he speaks to you believe in him,

Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.

Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,

So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.

He threshes you to make you naked.

He sifts you to free you from your husks.

He grinds you to whiteness.

He kneads you until you are pliant;

And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.

All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.

But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,

Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,

Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.

Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;

For love is sufficient unto love.

When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, I am in the heart of God."

And think not you can direct the course of love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.

But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:

To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.

To know the pain of too much tenderness.

To be wounded by your own understanding of love;

And to bleed willingly and joyfully.

To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;

To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;

To return home at eventide with gratitude;

And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.



Namaste,
John

[Talker]

Hello Kadensnga,
Regards your enthusiasm about the book 'The Prophet', noble as it is, would request that you reconsider doing so, lest we open the door to becoming 'a book of the month' forum.
Do, if you so desire, post a recommendation in 'Book Reviews', in the enclosed link.
Hope you understand  why this is necessary.
Be Well

I may start posting a chapter of The Prophet daily in this thread for everyone to know the bliss of this divinely inspired poets work.
Namaste,
John

http://www.ourultimatereality.com/forums/book-reviews-and-recommendations-t985.0.html;msg9827#msg9827

[Kadensnga]

Indeed...well I do understand. While I am no affiliate marketer, we dont want to encourage the idea of book links... I will just leave it at this verse and disable the link... , change the title, and it will turn into a thread about the meaning of "Love".

Apologize for any distasteful previous posts, or statements They will not re-occur... just exposing the many faces that truth takes on... sometimes other's see crude or 'disatasteful' mannerisms in themselves and therefore feel "undeserving" of God, which stumps their growth... My endeavor at times is to portray a soul who is obviously well knowledgeable in all aspects of spirituality, demonstrates Love and walking in the light... yet still has a rough edge...this being for the purpose of "saving some"...lest some feel intimidated by many of our members natural poetic tendencies...I throw things in every now and then to remind them that we all wear our pants the same way... from the upper crust to the ghetto projects... identifying as my inward God says...."I am where you are"..., breaking down the guard with tongue in cheek humor...  a master creator is always intentional and deliberate. These are the many faces of IT.

In any event , if we aspire to be tasteful and only wish to attract those who are tasteful in choice of words... then I will be only that in this place.

Great Love to you gentle and wise one...I know it hurt you more than it hurt me. All is understood.

Namaste Talker, and happy Halloween,
John

[Talker]

Indeed...well I do understand. While I am no affiliate marketer, we dont want to encourage the idea of book links... I will just leave it at this verse and disable the link... , change the title, and it will turn into a thread about the meaning of "Love".

Namaste Talker, and happy Halloween,
John

Thank you John.
Ah, love, even the very word, used gently and softly, under certain settings is pleasent to ones ear.
Have read the book, and even have spare copies, that I will loan to others to read. Also have an audio version buried in my den, that is a powerful listen. It is in a song / spoken like presentation.
Be Well

[Mina-Laura]

Have read the book, and even have spare copies, that I will loan to others to read. Also have an audio version buried in my den, that is a powerful listen. It is in a song / spoken like presentation.
Be Well

Talker my sweet - I want it!!   I want it all

Beloved friend try to get the audio book on computer then you know what to do after



Kadenska is lovely to read these words again, will you browse back through Forum, we discussed Kahlil with Julia and friends - amazingly insightful this man's words are.


love your way

[Talker]

In any event , if we aspire to be tasteful and only wish to attract those who are tasteful in choice of words... then I will be only that in this place.

Great Love to you gentle and wise one...I know it hurt you more than it hurt me. All is understood.

Namaste Talker, and happy Halloween,
John

Ah sheesh, foot in mouth it was. Tasteful, was the word that popped in, when posting. Considerate, would have fit, as a few others would also have fit.
For this forum to become rife with inhibitions, squeaky clean, and sterile posts would make for a dull forum. Was not my intent to imply such.
I for one, run with the flow of thoughts. Cuss word or two, True. Off color at times, true. Inconsiderate toward another, False.

Underlying each post is the thought though, to not cause 'hurt or harm' toward another. Yes, creativity and expression are at times pressing at self-imposed common sense limitations. Yes a flow of words pouring out can take one into deep waters rapidly. Been there, did that. Rereads of an in-progress write, often brings out a 'OMG' and a rapid delete and rewrite. Been there, did that often.
Basically I'm all for 'just let it flow'.
With that said, Namaste John.
Be Well

[Kadensnga]

Indeed.Namaste .. words are my Life beloved Talker...

My love for poetry, and words goes back to writing songs at 10 years old ...

A 10 year who was in love with words, through the power of imagination created an adult who would experience a brilliant writing career... and it still, as you see is; writing! Thank God! Expression is so wonderful. I love words.

I love the way they flow together... I like to make them poetic, in a way that cuts to the heart... many rewrites... editing...as the muse ebes and flows...

Expression.

Thank you for this place Dear Talker. Considerate is the word... you are the father of all the children here... sometimes we need to be re-directed by the overseer.... it's all good. Thank you for loving us enough to chastise once in awhile.

I love you.

John

[Kadensnga]

Ps. May I make another valuable thought contribution here?

I find it interesting, and we should witness this together, that being one who has called another into the light..., I find myself being called into the light! LOL

This is perfect. The laws are absolute. Our experience is the equivalent to our vibrational frequency.

Let us celebrate this truth together!

Much Love for all,

John

[Leila]

Tips for Lasting Love
 
* Become a master of commitment - If you truly want something you need to make a commitment for it to happen giving you the will to nurture it in BOTH the good times and bad. If you don't sustain your commitment, the potential for lasting love is certain to become the pain of lost love.

* Be emotionally transparent - This requires an ability to understand and communicate what you are feeling honestly and respectfully to your partner.

* Avoid blame and criticism - It is vitally important to avoid blame and criticism, even though you may believe your are justified for blame and criticism. Instead of vengeance, bitterness, or cynicism, decide to claim responsibility for your own actions and practice empathy for others.

* Value and pracitce creativity - Without creativity relationships can become stale and the couple is more likely to slip into complaining. Without creativity, the deep levels of yourself remain unseen and malnourished. By helping each other be creative, couples keep their relationships alive and well.

* Learn the power of verbal and non-verbal appreciation - Strive to become a master of verbal and non-verbal appreciation. Use words, gestures, and actions, to show appreciation and love. The art of appreciation will help you move, and thrive, through challenges.

- Adapted from Lasting Love: The 5 Secrets of Growing a Vital, Conscious Relationship ~ by Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks Ph.D.

[Leila]

I AM LOVE ~

I LOVE YOU  ~  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZG_s8YE-_U&feature=player_embedded

(you may click the arrow in the upper right corner "watch this video in another window" - as it seems blocked for now)

Passionate Self Love

by Joanna Albrecht
http://www.unfoldinglove.com

I am in an amazingly passionate and loving relationship… with myself. It wasn’t always this way…it has been an on again off again on again relationship. When I was growing up I thought that my life purpose was to find a partner and please them. If I did this I was fulfilling my destiny. But throughout all of my relationships, I never had a sense of peace. I was always worried, wondering if love would end…and eventually it always did.

I had been focused outside of myself for so long. Pouring love on men who didn’t appreciate me, who didn’t see me for the amazing person I was and there was a part of me that had to watch as time and time again I would spend my energy loving others only to deny love for myself that I so deeply needed. I had been through many “lesson relationships” where I had given my power away to others. After a particularly bad breakup, I went into my heart to ask why I gave my power away. I realized that the thought of being responsible for my own power was overwhelming. Like Marianne Williamson writes…”Our biggest fear is not that we are inadequate; our biggest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” I had seen how my intentions manifested things in the world and somewhere inside of myself I thought I was not worthy to wield this power. I knew that I could affect things by my thoughts and through my will and I couldn’t always be sure I was coming from the most clear and loving place. I wanted my power to be used for the highest good…but I knew I wasn’t quite clear enough to know what that was. Who am I, what is my purpose? Am I a good person? Why do I feel so bad about myself? Why am I so hard on myself? What did I do to feel this awful? And again, Marianne’s words rang true for me. ” It’s not that you feel like you did anything bad, you just feel like you are bad. Period.”

One day I began putting together a list of qualities I wanted my perfect partner to have and what I would like this partner to do for me. I want them to be beautiful, spiritual, intelligent, well read, like nature, have a good job, like to travel, like the music I like, good kisser, etc. I wanted to be courted, to receive flowers and get taken dancing, to go for long walks and talk about spirit and the meaning of life, watch sunsets together…

I looked at my list one day and it occurred to me, that in order to attract this into my life I need to be these things too. I needed to become the mirror of the person I wanted to attract. I decided to give myself all of the things that I was waiting to get from another person. I took myself on dates, I bought myself flowers, every Friday I would go to this local Irish pub and order a Veggie burger and pear cider to take myself out on a date, I wrote myself poetry and love songs. I even made up dances and danced for myself. During the day I would tell myself, “I love you” “You are my beautiful girl” “You are doing a good job” “Everything is going to be OK”

Something inside of me started to shift.

My body which was always tense, stressed and guarded, started to relax and open up. I became aware of the love that was all around me and for the first time I realized I deserved this love too!

Ponta, an amazing Spiritual healer and close friend of mine gave me the book, “The Prospering Power of Love” by Catherine Ponder and I started saying affirmations… “I am Divine Love.” “Unconditional Love is flowing to me and through me Now.” After a few weeks I started to radiate Love and a Light that was almost tangible. The harsh thoughts I had about myself started to fade and I began to fall in Love with not only myself, but everyone and everything around me. Everywhere I went I saw love. I saw Love in the trees. I saw Love on the sidewalk. I saw Love in the people’s eyes all around me. It seems that the Love I was looking for was within me the whole time. The key was to love myself so fully and completely that I couldn’t help but love all those around me. It was just a natural side affect. At the beginning it was difficult. I would cry because somewhere inside I felt like a hurt child who hadn’t been talked to or given love in so many years. I had been ignoring her and if I did speak to her I said so many negative things, about her body about every mistake she made. I was harsher on her than I was with anyone else in my life. She needed a break and needed to be sure that I was truly going to be loving and gentle with her from now on. I had to regain her trust with gentle words and kindness. I had to remember the times that I spent alone growing up. How I would take walks in the fields by my house with just my tape recorder, and make up songs and do nature documentaries about the plants and trees. I remembered how I used to make up stories to entertain myself. Because my mother and I moved a lot when I was little I was the only constant friend that I had, so I became my true best friend. As I remembered this love I had for myself, I slowly started to relax and opened up and my gifts and wisdom started coming up from within. Before I found this love, I could be in a room of people, getting hugged and loved up, but I would still feel alone. I had gotten so mad at others for not giving me enough love, but now that I give myself what I need, I truly feel taken care of and absolutely safe and truly Loved by myself and everyone around me.

Healers take care of so many people and we sometimes forget that we are one of those people that need to be taken care of. As we take the time to fall in love with ourselves we become overflowing with love, feel safe enough to open fully and as we do we start to expand our capacity for love. We open like a flower to the sun and as we do everyone starts to shine, emanating this frequency of unconditional love and when people are around us they can’t help but feel it to. When we love ourselves fully and completely without conditions it gives others the opportunity to love themselves without conditions. We simply hold the space of love in our own being and it radiates out. We don’t need to do anything other than be present for healing to occur for the other person. Their frequency rises by just being in our presence. When our minds are peace filled and loving within, we can have loving thoughts for others in our outside world. When we are loving to ourselves it gives people the permission to be loving to themselves. And eventually they realize that the love they were looking for was inside of themselves the whole time.