THE VOICE FOR LOVE

THE VOICE  OF FEAR

Love is the source of power; it is girded with  harmony, balance, unity, equality, wholeness, vision, and light, extending into infinity. 

Fear is the source of control; it is marked by fragmentation, weakness, imbalance, disunity. It cannot prevail against love.

Characteristic feelings. Peace, joy, gratitude, generosity, compassion, hope, trust, wonder, glee, satisfaction, ecstasy, honor, inspiration, confidence, grace, contentment, and so on.

Characteristic feelings. Hate, greed, jealousy, anger, rage, arrogance, guilt, shame, suspicion, distrust, grief, sorrow, despair, vanity, agony,

conceit, paranoia, disdain, anxiety, and so on.

Extension. The love within is extended outward. The process by which love unfolds, without end. The creative power of love produces perfect law and order so that joy, peace, harmony, ensure the well-being of all.

Projection. The negativity within is projected outward. Responsibility is shunned and blame is laid where it is most expedient. When projecting, illusions are made to make sense of the chaos and disorder, or to hide the truth.

To create is to extend love in a multitude of ways.

To make is to construct projections that sustain illusions.

God is love. Love is unconditional. Where love is, fear cannot exist. God is love and God is omnipresent. Love alone exists.

God is feared. In fear, what is considered love is conditional, given and withheld at will. This results in fragmentation, insecurity, jealousy.

Choosing love.  In the voice for love, how are hurtful, destructive acts explained?  Being created in the image of God, I exercise free will.  Sin (hamartia in Greek) means to miss the mark, wander from the path of honor. Everyone misses the mark and deserves compassion. A wrong is a call for love, and the love that is sought is extended.

Projecting blame and guilt. When I commit a wrongful act, I blame it on evil, relieving myself of responsibility by saying "the devil made me do it." When you commit a wrongful act against me, I blame you and see you as evil, but still responsible and deserving punishment.

I extend forgiveness to heal myself and those whom I forgive. Healing is love made visible. The past is released. In forgiveness lies the key to transformation.

I seek vengeance to hurt others as I have been hurt, and I punish to expunge guilt. Fear blocks healing, leads to sickness. Judgment is always flawed, because only fragments of the truth are considered.

Forgiveness. Realizing that, in the end and from a higher perspective, there was no act to be forgiven. What God created in perfection cannot be imperfect; God's omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence are without exception, encompassing that which I perceive as wrongdoing, as well as that which I perceive as good.  From this perspective, everyone is innocent.  A wrong is seen as a call for love, and when love is given in response, everyone is healed.

Dispensation. A temporary suspension of judgment. It may be a patronage dispensed to a person deemed to be of lesser purity—easily revoked when it serves the patron's purpose. Or it may be a suspension of judgment extended as part of a bargain, in return for a demand met. Being unpredictable, it leads to manipulation and insecurity. This insecurity may then be played upon, used to further manipulate and control.

Freedom. Recognizing I am the creator of the life I experience. A state in which I exercise the power to liberate myself.  When I hold thoughts tied to strong emotions, they are like seeds and will bear a harvest that reflects their inherent nature. In negative thought (fear), I am my jailer; in positive thought (love), I am my liberator. As I determine what thoughts I will hold, no one can set me free but me. This is God's gift of creative power, given to all people.

Slavery. Believing I am subject to external conditions over which I have little or no control. A state in which I have enslaved myself but accept no responsibility for the condition. I am driven from one task to another with no understanding of the purpose being served. My god is one that demands its laws, even when inconsistent, be accepted on faith in order to escape punishment, a god whom I secretly fear and hate because love is conditioned on my submission.

Uniting in love. A physical union in a spiritual state of mind; characterized by equality, honor, and dignity. Union of mind, body, emotions.

Having sex. Using the body of another for one's own gratification; characterized by abuse, exploitation, and contempt.

Inspires by example. As love is extended to one individual at a time, over and over, it grows until positive, exponential change is achieved.  

Uses hatred to mobilize. Emotional slogans, shallow sound bites incite fragmentation. The crowd becomes the means to political control. 

Abundance. The full appreciation of the mind's infinite capability. Knowing that to have all I must give all, for giving and receiving are one.  Makes selfishness impossible and blessing inevitable. Creating is fulfillment, the source of joy. 

Scarcity. The state of having a fragmented mind that cannot perceive its fullness. Results in physical craving, lust, the impulse to possess what I think I do not have. Fear projects blame and guilt; blocks the ability to extend and create; keeps me unfulfilled. A sense of sacrifice replaces the joy of sharing.