Love is an energy,
an awareness,
a lifestyle.

It doesn’t start
with the loveable qualities of another,
it starts with my heart,
my intention, my focus.

It is not choosing love
here or there,
but adopting it
as a permanent mindset.

Love is the Realm of Heaven,
our free gift to enter into.

Love is the fruit
of the Spirit in our lives.
Love is the nature of God,
the energy of the cosmos,
the message of Jesus.

Love is stronger than death.

Love wins.

What a world we would have
if we all carried forgiveness
to each other
and to ourselves.

What a freedom from guilt and blame,
from trolling,
from oughts and shoulds,
from disappointment and revenge.

I have heard
that God doesn’t forgive.

He doesn’t need to.
His understanding and love
encompass all that we are.

The beginning of enjoying
the flow of God in our lives
isn’t searching to find Ultimate Reality,
or performing acts that we hope
will bring God closer.

It is awakening
to the Spirit in our lives
and in our world
that is already here.

It is awakening
to who we really are.

We are not a closed system,
our emotions, our thoughts,
our attitudes
sow seeds or echoes
in the non-physical realm,
as real as air,
affecting others.

So choose love, joy, peace
not fear, blame, anger.

I always enjoyed God as He,
Father, Dad;
a relationship of strength
and intimacy.
Not wrong, but perhaps
incomplete.

I have been exploring God as She,
Mother, Ma;
a different kind of intimacy
and strength.

The Aramaic word translated ‘Father’
that Jesus would have used
is Abwoon,
Father-womb,
encompassing father and mother
but more of a verb than a noun,
parenting,
our on-going flowing
from our divine source.