Dr. Hawkins on Love.

[Guest guest]

There is absolutely nothing in ordinary

human experience to compare with the

joy of the presence of the Love of God.

No sacrifice is too great nor effort

too much in order to realize that

Presence.

 

 

To understand the nature of God, it is

necessary only to know the nature of

love itself. To truly know love is to

know and understand God; and to know

God is to understand love.

 

 

The experience of the presence of God

is available and within at all times,

but awaits choice. That choice is made

only by surrendering everything other

than peace and love to God. In return,

the divinity of the Self reveals Itself

as ever present but not experienced

because it has been ignored or

forgotten, or one has chosen otherwise.

 

 

Spiritual truth, then, is universally

true and without variation through time

or place. It always brings peace,

harmony, accord, love, compassion, and

mercy. Truth can be identified by

these qualities. All else is the

invention of the ego.

 

 

Peace is literally a choice and a

decision, although not a popular one in

our society despite all the rhetoric

about the term. The decision to

overlook the seeming inequities of life

instead of reacting to them is a choice.

 

 

Q: What prayers are useful?

 

A: Ask to be the servant of the Lord,

a vehicle of divine love, a channel of

God's will. Ask for direction and

divine assistance and surrender all

personal will through devotion.

Dedicate one's life to the service of

God. Choose love and peace above all

other options. Commit to the goal of

unconditional love and compassion for

all life in all its expression and

surrender all judgment to God.

 

 

At first, spiritual purification seems

difficult, but eventually, it becomes

natural. To consistently choose love,

peace, or forgiveness leads one out of

the house of mirrors. The joy of God

is so exquisite that any sacrifice is

worth the effort and seeming pain.