Living in a world where love and harmony are the norm.Byline: FROM HEART TO HEART By Michi Okuda For The Register-Guard I believe that as we visualize and focus on what we want to manifest manifest 1) adj., adv. completely obvious or evident. 2) n. a written list of goods in a shipment. MANIFEST, com. law. A written instrument containing a true account of the cargo of a ship or commercial vessel. 2. , it is easier for it to become our physical reality. I have been focusing on a world where we live in love and harmony with nature and with each other, where the norm is to live in community with unconditional love This article is about concept of unconditional love. For other uses, see Unconditional love (disambiguation). Unconditional love is a concept that means showing love towards someone regardless of his or her actions or beliefs. and compassion compassion, n a profound awareness of another's suffering coupled with a desire to alleviate that suffering. for others. With love of the unconditional HEIR, UNCONDITIONAL. A term used in the civil law, adopted by the Civil Code of Louisiana. Unconditional heirs are those who inherit without any reservation, or without making an inventory, whether their acceptance be express or tacit. Civ. Code of Lo. art. 878. UNCONDITIONAL. kind, there would be less of a tendency to find fault with others because of perceived differences. In order to extend this love out to others, I believe that it helps to feel this love within ourselves first. To bring oneself Verb 1. bring oneself - cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative; "He could not bring himself to call his parents" coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual to this place involves letting go of expectations about how we should be and to accept ourselves for who and what we are. We must honor our strengths and perceived weaknesses. Realizing that we are connected to divine love has helped me immensely in my work on reaching this place within myself. When I am conscious of my connection to a divine source, I feel a "river of love" that nourishes the love within me. When I am aware of my oneness with divine love, I see that we are all one. I understand that what I do to others I am ultimately doing to myself, since at one level of my being I realize that there is no other. I believe we are all one with divine source. If we can consciously maintain this connection and state of being in our daily lives, then I believe we can create a world with love and harmony. When we stay focused on the oneness of all that is, we will be on our path to realizing a world where love and harmony reign. How do we reach this feeling of love and oneness in our daily lives? During the day, when I feel the need, I take time to go within and connect to the inner light within myself. Dancing, singing and walking in nature also help me reach this state. I make an effort to see the good in all people and the events that happen in my life. This feeling of love and oneness can be extended from brief moments to much longer periods of time. I met a person who told me that she maintains this state as she focuses on the spiritual perfection Perfection Giotto’s O perfect circle drawn effortlessly by Giotto. [Ital. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 463] golden mean or section in everything. I believe that divine source is infinite and that love and support are the norm. When I follow my bliss and stay more in line with my inner needs, as well as maintain a connection with the divine, I have fewer roadblocks in my life. Flowing with the "river of love" is a lot easier than fighting it. When I operate from a place of fear and disconnection dis·con·nect v. dis·con·nect·ed, dis·con·nect·ing, dis·con·nects v.tr. 1. To sever or interrupt the connection of or between: disconnected the hose. 2. , I often make my life more difficult. Envision a world where many are working on achieving love and harmony within themselves and loving others unconditionally. This is the world that I want to live in. Michi Okuda has sung at the interfaith in·ter·faith adj. Of, relating to, or involving persons of different religious faiths: an interfaith marriage; an interfaith forum. prayer services held on the 11th of each month, and participates in the monthly interfaith dialogue meetings. This column is coordinated by Two Rivers Two Rivers, city (1990 pop. 13,030), Manitowoc co., E Wis., on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Twin River; inc. 1878. Two Rivers is closely associated with its twin city, Manitowoc, both of which are highly industrialized. Interfaith Ministries, a network of more than 35 religious traditions in the Eugene-Springfield area. For more information, visit www.interfaith eugene.org or call 344-5693. |
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