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.
*Kahlil Gibran. The Prophet.
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Word spread abroad about a wise Holy Man who lived in a small house atop the mountain. A man from the village made a long, difficult journey to visit him. Upon arriving at the house, an aged servant greeted him at the door. "I would like, said the villager, to see the wise Holy Man." The servant smiled to him. He motioned for him to enter. As they walked through the house, the villager looked eagerly around, anticipating meeting the Holy Man. Soon, he had been led to the back door and escorted outside. He stopped and turning to the servant, he said, "But I want to see the Holy Man!" "You already have," said the servant. "Everyone you meet in life, even if they appear plain and insignificant, see each as a wise Holy Man. If you do this, whatever problem you brought here today will be solved."
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As I am drawn closer into the Heart of Love, I see persons more differently than before; I see into them, rather than just looking at them. I believe that means I see persons more through the Eyes of Love, not the eyes of my group or my personality. As we are drawn more into Grace, we become less identified religiously, politically, socially, - this means the socialized ways persons see other persons lose power over us. We see through the qualities that characterize persons as diverse and into the Grace that is our Oneness underneath the dance of diversity. Love dissolves the veils, even of toleration, in seeing from Oneness and into Oneness. This is Love.
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*Embracing the Light, Fe Langdon, Flickr
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*Lotus of the Heart is a Work of Arem Nahariim-Samadhi ~ a Hospice Chaplain, interspiritual author, writer, poet, and bicyclist. He is someone in love with Life and inviting others to that same ecstasy of Love ~ and, by the way, herein is nothing he claims as his own.
