Living in Love

Love is a word we use to describe one of the highest vibrational energies we can know. It is a state of consciousness that feels light, liberating and connected to all other life.

In Power vs. Force, David Hawkins associated love with the feeling of reverence and a benign world-view. He described being loving as part of a process of revelation, remembering who we truly are. His team calibrated (measured through kinesiology) Love at 500, Joy at 540, Peace at 600, Enlightenment at 700-1000. In contrast, Guilt was 30, Shame 20!

The most common understanding of therapy is facing and releasing old wounds, negative beliefs, difficult emotions, unhelpful patterns. While this is the foundational focus of our shadow work, in truth it is always more about love. It is love that heals.

When we approach our pain with compassion, kindness, even just curiosity, we are bringing better energies into lower ones. We are simultaneously shining light into darkness, which transmutes and heals the lower vibrations of our fear, and filling the space just created with love as an upgrade.

Love is part of our true nature, because we were created as children of Perfect Love. This is why we seek love, desire love, may have difficulties accepting it, but ultimately want to live in love.

All healing comes from love. As a therapist, I have always known that and acknowledged that truth. I know that I have never healed anyone other than myself; their healing has come from their accessing the love around, beside and within themselves. I merely facilitate that process.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

Lao Tzu

“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master...”

Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love