In the long dark corridors of the mind it is easy to get
turned around; to lose track of a thought and travel down a distant road of
logic that seems to be going in the correct direction. What some don’t realize
is how easy it is to find your way back onto the proper path. It’s a word, one
word, that you need to consider, you all know the word but you may not think of
it the way I do so here’s my definition…
LOVE: Opening to the calming and serene feeling of
others. Accepting the peace from within all living things as your own.
When my thoughts take me anywhere that causes me to
lose touch with this definition I know I need to find my way back to the
correct path. I need to re-examine my thinking; understanding that as a human
being my thoughts are driven by emotion no matter how logical I think I am.
Every thought within my brain, my body, is directed by an emotional response.
Love is an emotion; we all know this. Hate, fear, anger are emotions as well,
and they can be tricky. They can disguise themselves as love but only on the
surface. The true test of love is inner peace and a peace that connects us to
one another.
You can test yourself anytime, it’s very simple.
Whatever you are doing, thinking, living at the moment, stop, ask yourself
honestly, does this thought or action create a feeling of true peace inside me?
If the answer is no, then it is not driven by love. If what you feel is stress
or anger, then it’s time to find your way back to the true path. I can’t tell
you how to traverse the logic and emotions of your own mind but I can give you
the compass. Love is North. When you rethink the situation that made you so
angry or so stressed out, turn around, look back at the train of thought that
brought you to that point. Often the mere act of stopping and asking yourself,
how did I get so angry, will allow you to open up to the love that is there and
you will find your way back.
There are those of us, though, who have become so
lost, so consumed by what they think is love that the truth of inner peace has
been replaced by a morally driven combative purpose. An all-out war against their
perceived evils and fears consume their minds. A forest of brambles, vines, and
treacherous looking trees block them from finding their inner peace, their love…they
are the truly lost…and they are helpless to find their own way back. This, my
friend, is the reason why my love, your love, our love together is so vital to
the survival of this world, so please…take this compass and use it. It falls to
us to find our love because it is only in doing so that we can spread it. Our
inner peace, when truly found, becomes outer peace. It becomes recognizable to
other people, acting as a beacon to the lost. We all know that “beautiful”
person, the one who evokes peace, harmony, and compassion just by looking at
them. This is a person who is projecting that inward love outwards. This person
could be you. This person NEEDS to be you. Without you this world suffers, you
are the love that we need.
