Do you seek Love?

When you go to a blog site, apart from the conscious intent to gather information; or to check on the latest buzz; or to give a shout out to a friend; there are other motives as to why you seek to establish a connection.  For some it is a way to fill "lonely" time; or to alleviate boredom; or it is a link-directed hit from a search engine; or possibly it is a recommendation, etc.  However, underlying  this conscious intent is another motivation buried in the subconscious mind:   The so-called  "hidden agenda". 

Today, I want to discuss the What and Why my blog is called: Love. Yourself. Well.  Three powerful "key" words that speak to a person on a deeply subconscious level.  

First, it may be said that everyone is seeking the feeling that creates the "honeyed" experience we think of as LOVE.  Remember your first taste of real, abiding love?  The excitement, the feeling that you could walk on air? The notion that this person has matched you on a level that your "gut" recognizes?  And in this moment you can just BE?

Next are the deeply intoxicating effect of kisses and warm hugs, soft words and special looks.  The magical moments never before experienced.  Soon, feelings of the nesting instinct begin to emerge for many, and, if the match is right, a family unit is born. 

So too, is another form of love that is deeply felt, and many times seems to be a "mystical event" beyond comprehension.  It is when you match energies with another person so comfortably that they become a friend.  A brother or sister of like heart and mind.  A person whom you can love forever because the connection is so right. 

Beneath the overt search for Love resides the soul's true motivation: Finding "complement" with significant others who will become companions on the trail ahead.  As love matures into new levels of expression, it becomes the "glue" that holds life intact when everyone else seems to have "left the building".  

As time moves on, love morphs into a kaleidoscope of  expression. Some superficial, some personal; some "other"  oriented; some directed toward nature; animals; the list is endless.  For others the call is toward the realm of "Agape" or Spiritual Love. This "holy grail" of transcendent love reflects one's inner consciousness and intent on many levels. 

In the Unconscious Mind resides the Soul's search for the "Divine Union". This highest expression of love guiding humanity is to seek it in others in order to achieve that sense of "complement" or completion.   Consider how your choice of companions "for the trail"reflect your inner awareness or ignorance of this task on the physical plane of reality.   "Matching Energies" creates a harmonic in all that you do.  It resonates outward and transforms your life.  

Why then, do so many people teeter on the see-saw of succeed, fail, succeed, fail, or hope to succeed, only to fail?  How does this reflect the individual self image?  Or self awareness?   Ideally, love is the mechanism of success.  Practically, what happened?

From birth throughout the totality of one's life, this conjoining of energies drives every sentient being in the Universe;  animal kingdoms as well.  The expression of love is what we were created to live.  So, what happened?

What do mean when you use the word LOVE? 

All That is, The One True Energy, or God, is the omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient expression of what we all seek: Love.  To aspire to Love is to aspire to God.  Without Love holding all that exists together, where would we be?  What would happen if God judged humanity on behavior so poisonous and toxic that it was destroying all of life?   What if he decided to"pull the plug" and "un-love" His Creation?  Blink. It's gone.

How many times do you hear, I love (insert a celebrity, music, pizza, a location, etc.) You get the drift? Yet, what does that most powerful, meaningful word in the Universe mean in that context?  

Speaking a lie (negativity) to another such as: "I'd looove to spend more time with you, but I must blah, blah, blah", (hidden agenda: I can't spend/endure another moment with this person, etc.)?   Remember: "Energy follows Thought"  and that "Thoughts are Things"?  How does one reinforce "un-love" with commonplace actions such as these?  Negativity breeds negativity.  It poisons the soup.

The "keynote" of "self love" is essential to the ability to love others.   IF you love your Self , you reflect your truth outwardly through your reactions and actions.  Love demands expression in order to survive and thrive.  Love is KIND.

Consider, then, those who cannot love themselves because there is no Wellspring of Love within them for whatever reason.  I bet you can think of a dozen or more folks who fit this reality in your life.  Why are they so sour, so hateful, dysfunctional, miserable, angry, vindictive and worse?  

Another example: The online climate of hate and relentless attacks by people upon other people they don't even know from their secret hidey-holes of anonymity.  How senseless is that?  Why would anyone choose to waste energy and the precious little time allotted in life by filling mind, heart and soul with negativity through actions that harm themselves and others needlessly?  And then feast on it like maggots upon carrion?

Since the Christian Crusades to this very day, war, death, destruction, suffering on massive scale upon innocent people has been waged,  "In the name of God".  Oh, really?  

How does this "fly" with the TRUTH that God is Love? 

Personal metamorphosis is easily achieved by one conscious act:  CHANGE YOUR THINKING, CHANGE YOUR REALITY.

Or, simply put: CHANGE YOUR MIND.

The "magic" of this transformation is subtle and ongoing.  Because of this Truth:

The Subconscious Mind cannot discriminate between what is Real and What is Not Real.  Whatever the Conscious Mind feeds into it will be acted upon by the Subconscious Mind AS IF the content was Real.  

Negative "programming" is as Real as Positive "programming" to the Subconscious Mind.   Thoughts are Things that manifest through this "programming".  If you think negative, then that is what you will experience.  Conversely, positive thought generates positive outcomes.  Even when the effects are subtle - they are there.

Thus, the concept of this Blog is to reinforce the most powerful driving force in all species, and that is LOVE.

Secondly, the application of Love and all it's magic is directed toward reinforcing it within YOURSELF.  There is New Light in your life.  Your thinking, your self perception has changed. You begin the healing process that your Soul is demanding of you.  

As a consequence of New Thought,  your life journey is re-directed toward enriching your Soul's growth.  New levels of WELLNESS evolve through the ability to make decisions based upon your Inner Guiding Light:  Love.  You forgive and release the past.  Your present is Powerful.  Your future more than you could imagine.

Each trial, each lifetime, each hit or miss, each decision, each reaction, each action is all part of that message you are living; leaving behind; and taking with you when you evolve into Spirit. 

 

The Keys to your inner kingdom are these:  Love.  Yourself.  Well.  You'll never get there any other way, because negative energy is destructive, it "takes away" forward movement.  The Soul doesn't want to hear that.  Get a Move On.

 

Does negative self talk sabotage your success?

Yesterday evening I discovered my beloved little kitten Mellie 2.0 limping around and crying when I picked him up to examine his little front paw.  I checked him for fractures and bites, but couldn't find any overt sign of that type of injury. Mellie wouldn't eat or drink anything and sat in a hunched up posture which indicated he had injuries to his body as well as his front paw.

Loki, my naughty little kitty, is about 4 months older than Mellie.  He is a real "guy" who loves to rough house, climb trees and other feline interpretations of Johnny Depp's "Jack Sparrow" antics.  Mellie is game for trying those type stunts, but he is still a little guy of 8 weeks. With his short legs, and tiny baby claws, he hasn't the maturity to pull off stunts like Loki does such as climbing "masts" (tall trees) daring me to make him climb down.  Cat food usually does the trick.  My guess is that Mellie was playing copycat.

I spent all night watching over Mellie and feeding him pipettes of water and colostrum to keep him hydrated and support him nutritionally.  I placed him on one of my flannel shirts that he loves and carried him in a sling type of attitude, moving him only when necessary.

To say that I am distressed, given that this kitten is very meaningful to me on many levels, is an understatement.  Still, as a Professional Nurse (now retired) I do know what to do.  After listening to his heart, lungs and bowel sounds with my stethoscope, all were within normal limits.  I concluded by his guarding behavior that he has soft tissue injury and possibly some bruising in his legs.

He is alert and can hold his head up, so that is always a good sign.  His nose is cold and wet so I know that he is not febrile.  His abdomen is soft and normal to touch.

Of course, my "negative self talk" about failing to protect him from his childhood antics tortured me for a few hours, and when I realized it, I also found that it was "stopping down" my thinking, and causing self doubt, anxiety and feelings of helplessness.  D'uh!

Once I sifted through the mental debris of that realization, followed by research online and in the book "Cats Homeopathic Remedies", I went directly to my homeopathic remedy cabinet.  I started Mellie on a course of treatment with Homeopathic Silica and Arnica Montana.  According to the veterinarian's direction, I dissolved the required dosage in a tiny bit of water and placed it slowly in his little cheek so he would not aspirate the medication and compound his problem.  *1, *2

 Once Mellie was resting comfortably, my "mental inventory" clued me in on just  how easy it is to slide into a "favorite bad feeling" of hopelessness and helplessness followed by inertia.   My kick in the ass was a powerful mantra: "NOT on MY Watch"!

  

As I have watched Mellie sleep and to check on his welfare throughout today, my thoughts have turned from the personal to those confronting all of us.  It occurred to me that in today's world of financial, social, family, relationships, environmental battles of man and planet, the pressure upon each of us is like experiencing psychological "shock and awe", unable to grasp the magnitude of Chaos in our world today.  *3

 For myself, it has been challenging to keep balanced and positive faced with the media's toxicTsunami of negativity.  Little wonder we hammer ourselves into the ground with negative self talk.  It has become the "language of the day".  

Yet, I have learned through trial and error to morph Reaction into Action once I had a clue as to why I was sabotaging myself.

So today, as I have tended to the care of my beloved little kitten, It became clear that I was doing something transformational for myself.  I was using the power of love to CHALLENGE THE POSSIBLE.   My goal is for Mellie to get well.

From the wellspring of Love within you, healing, new beginnings emerge for you.  All is well.

Update:  Mellie just scarfed down some cat food with gravy, and then went back to sleep stretched out and purring. 

*1  I am aware too, that if Mellie requires professional veterinary care I have only a 10 minute drive to his office. We have a long, valuable relationship of working together using both traditional and homeopathic remedies for veterinary issues and he trusts me to make the appropriate call when indicated.

 
*2 FYI: Arnica Montana is a homeopathic remedy used by professional athletes and others for muscle bruising and other type of injuries.  I have used it myself for 40 years and it is wonderful.  Silica is a mineral found in every cell of the body and is essential to life.  It is a wonderful natural healer.

*3  Despite it all, billions of wonderful people exist all over the world focused upon survival, embracing moments of joy, and keeping faith.  Why not you?

 

Have you lost hope for finding answers to your prayers?

Good Morning Everyone: I am sitting here with an 8 weeks old little blond dude kitty purring as loudly as he can. As I hold this beloved little creature on my lap I am mindful of the blessings of life on every level of existence. He is gazing into my eyes and then, as he hears the racket of the keyboard while I am tapping away on it he turns his little head and watches my fingers doing their thing. 

 

Several years ago, my beloved blond cat MelloMan, who was with me for 14 years, suffered a terrible illness and died despite the most aggressive veterinary care available. MelloMan was very special to me, particularly so on the Spiritual level, and it was one of the most wrenching losses in my life. Since his death, I have prayed for another kitty with the type of personality, appearance and character of Mello's to take his place after he had time to rest from his ordeal and his spirit was ready to cross back over again to the "material plane" of existence. 

 

Two years later, this little guy shows up outside a local grocery store where an older couple was sitting with a box of kittens to be placed in new homes. As I was leaving the store, I stopped in my tracks, whipped my head around and saw this little blond guy and it was like experiencing a HUGE cosmic shove against my back that propelled me to walk over and look at the kittens. I picked him up and in that moment he looked up at me and - BOOM! I felt the connection. Instant love. There was no way I was going to let any one else have this little angel and so I brought him home.

 

Over the course of the last 3 weeks this little guy has filled my heart with the gentle sweetness of his personality and habits that are so similar to the original MelloMan, it simply knocks me out at times. Thus, he was named Mellie 2.0. As I read the wisdom thought for the day below, while gazing at him sleeping wrapped up in one of my flannel shirts, I was reminded of the power of love, prayer and, as Lissa says in her comment below, "...the power of communication and communion with All That Is". 

 

I hope that communion through your thoughts and prayers bring to each of you the essence of the wisdom that "Thoughts are Things" and "Energy Follows Thought". For, in this blessing of Mellie 2.0, I am reminded that the heart and mind is constantly refining the message of one's consciousness.  So, too, prayers are answered for those most meaningful to the Soul's growth in many powerful and oftentimes subtle ways. We may never really KNOW what or who the messenger may be, but, if our hearts and minds are open to receive, we DO get the message. 

 

So, today, as I read this beautiful wisdom of Kahlil Gibran, I am grateful, in the fullness of my joy that such a simple treasure as a kitten, could fill my heart with Abundance that transcends inanimate objects of so-called "greater value". Gold is available in the richness of sunrise, sunset, Autumn's glory, to name a few sources of eternal wealth. 

 

These gentle reminders feed the senses with transcendent communion and the promise of eternal life. So, too, does my little golden boy Mellie 2.0. I hope that my humble story can lighten your heart and your day with these thoughts from my consciousness to yours. Love, KAT  

 

Prayer "You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance." -Kahlil Gibran 

 

There is no "right way" to pray. There is no "right time" to pray. Prayer is an ongoing dialogue, a soul connection with spirit, a fusion of physics and metaphysics. Prayer is our expression of gratitude, despair, longing, appreciation. It is one means of communication and communion with All That Is. Sometimes we're praying and we don't even realize it. Our actions reflect our thoughts; our thoughts are prayers. What are we thinking? What are we doing about it? -Lissa Coffey