I’m very much enjoying myself with your postings. I happened upon your blog tonight, and it’s nice to see a fellow Missourian with such a great blog!

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The tie up between accepting, loving, our experience – not necessarily the circumstance – is so important. And you’ve articulated it so well. This really is a splendid post. Thanks.

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@Vered Thanks for the comment. I understand what you mean by sweet sadness. There is an almost magical transformation that occurs when we love even what seems unlovable. Just love it, with no thought to what we are going to “do” about it. The peace that ensues is priceless. Glad to have you here.

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I invite you to play with a very subtle shift in what you’re saying. Instead of “loving the experience”, just “like” who you truly are in the midst of the experience.

That speaks of your clarity and love.

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While love is often spoken of in spiritual circles, I don’t think it gets nearly the credit it deserves. Love is all there is. Love loving itself. I like that. Thanks for sharing your experience with love.

The way you describe it sounds like you’re working towards the second absorption Adya talks about Thats when you step into the ocean of love. Just think about the Surge of Peace coming and not going.

For me, I was very much in my head. My first step was to practice gratitude for what is. I was quite surprised how powerful that was. Occasionally it would create an opening, and I could experience what I call forgiveness. Just complete acceptance and allowing for what had been. And that opened the door for love to flow in. Love much deeper than anything I had ever experienced. After that, it has been getting better and better and better. Relationships are much changed as I no longer look outside for love. The relationship is instead the vehicle of expression rather than the illusory source. I could go on and on… But suffice to say its a process that will collapse the whole story of pain and separation.

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Okay, here’s how I would handle your question “Am I loving this enough to change it yet?” Simply know that your mind is going to ask that question. Mine does, I can assure you. So you begin there. The mind asks. Accept THAT. Love the mind for “it knows not what it does.” Now the resistance will start to fade. I’ve often found that loving and accepting the thoughts and feelings I have about a situation is the key to getting closer to loving the situation itself. In a sense, you are accepting and loving the very thing that is holding you back: your own thoughts and feelings. Does that make sense?

Any thoughts on how to get around the mind saying “Am I loving this enough to change it yet?”

Blessings,
Andrea

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I’m glad you used the example of weight loss . I currently have a couple of kilos that I’d like to shift. About a week or so ago, I stopped fighting my body and started loving it instead. At first I didn’t even realise that I’d started making changes to my diet and exercise patterns, as the changes were so natural and effortless compared to the usual deliberate changes that we make when we start an exercise program or diet. Yet, while the changes each day have been so natural as to feel almost unnoticeable, they are making a very noticeable difference over time!

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