I thought that I needed to do
something special
to give expression to love,
move it from me to you
like water in a pitcher,
but now I realize
I cannot love that way.
Love is the ocean itself
in which we are all
drowning.
What a wonderful place to dissolve.
Relinquishing control,
acknowledging the jurisdiction
of the waves and currents
the substance of this present moment
I cease to move.
Love moves.
Taking me with it.
Love moves, and then
there are no more thoughts
no more desires
no more fantasies of connection
or schemes of resolution
because
it is all happening
now.
Connection is palpable
breathing
filling my body with oxygen.
This ocean is a sensory organ.
When I sink and gulp,
I feel you in it
with me.
Everyone
I want
to love
present with me
right here and now
gratified.
In this moment
just as it is,
everyone in their places
near or far
thinking this or that,
climax
silence
Not the poised silence of waiting.
The profound silence of having
plateau
my mouth still parted
without words.
Nothing to say
nothing to be done or manifested
nothing expected
nothing requested.
Fall asleep in this
and wake up
still in this.
Don’t be afraid to sink.
Near the ocean floor,
the forceful currents take over
and the weight of the sea
overpowers all the flotsam
and jetsam that so disturb us
on the surface.
This love is the mind silencer.
This love will crack your heart open
like a flimsy dam.
UPDATE: Two days after writing the above, I receive the following in an email, which seemed apropos.
Surrender your Life to Love
Written by Jafree Ozwald
www.EnlightenedBeings.com
“Man cannot discover new oceans,
until he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
~ Unknown
Only when we surrender to Love are we truly alive. Just letting yourself be submerged for a moment in Love is like being re-born again. Totally fresh and new, ever-present, we begin vibrating at a higher level of joy in our life. We are able to see for the very first time with our eyes who we truly are.
“What lies behind us and lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The path of consciously surrendering to Love each moment is the highest path we can live. Loving ourselves and others is not centered around “what’s in it for me”, but rather “how can I contribute to you”? Unless we give love to ourselves, we have no love to give another. The love that we give is this gentle tender energy that flows over from the love we feel for ourselves.
Surrendering to Love takes courage and patience. It’s a process of releasing fear and doubt, and replacing it with trust and relaxation. This creates the experience of love, which brings higher purpose, knowledge and consciousness into your Life. It unlocks the mind and reveals a greater truth inside. One of Infinite Spirit that will always give us a richer experience of ourselves and others.
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.”
~ Buckminster Fuller
True self-love is not egotistical or narcissistic. It is simply a returning home, to the infinite Source of our being. This kind of love is always abundant with a bliss-consciousness, that is ever-present and unconditional to all. It is like being bathed in a warm relaxing fountain that caresses your heart, mind and agenda with tender feelings of easiness. Self-love is what causes us to remember the pure joy of being alive.
“You can find the sacred in the most ordinary of things.”
~ Oprah
The Loving Heart of Light Meditation
Once your heart is fully open to this ever-present moment, we instantly are enlightened and healed. To reach this bliss-filled state of mind and body, begin to focus your awareness inside. Gently place your attention on your heart and visualize it as a powerful warm glowing source of infinite light. Like the sun, begin to sense the warmth that it radiates from the inside.
Take your time with this, for whatever warm-feelings arise from this image, can become the foundation for your heart chakra’s future. If nothing happens, or a negative feeling occurs, continue to focus on this radiating light. It may take several days (or hours) before the bigger warm feelings occur, yet be persistent. Remember whatever we focus on, we become.
Please take the challenge of bringing this heart-warming visualization while you’re driving, eating, showering, breathing, walking, talking or working. Each second counts, cause the seconds will add up into minutes and soon become hours in time.
The more often you imagine this warm glowing energy inside your heart, the more it will continue to stay there on its own accord. It will soon have a life of it’s own, and eventually your entire life will become so absorbed in deep sensations of peace and loving relaxation tha t nothing will be able to stop or sway it’s flowing glow. It’ll become the foundation of each experience of your day all day, all week, all life long. And you will eventually be experiencing everyone in their purest essence which is…Love. This simple exercise is extremely profound. If it is done continuously and persistently, it’ll bring more peace and joy into your life with each grand and glorious day you have.
Love is really not meant to be a struggle.
