Every Cell Begins To Be Love
Every Cell Begins To Be Love
Written and transcribed by Terry Grant
This is the continuation of a message I have transcribed and edited from a talk Ishvara gave on September 24, 2006. - TG.
Ishvara:
In this realization, you begin to get the idea that love is pretty important. If you feel sick when it is not there, when you have lost it, then it must be something important. And that is just the human side of it. If you turn to the universal side--cosmic love, the universe that is love--you begin to understand something that is very precious, very valuable to human existence: that the capacity to love is a step toward the capacity to BE love, to become love, and that capacity is unconditional. It is not something that is taken away at a whim. It is not something that is removed because you are upset. It is not something you can withdraw when things are not going "right."
It is not something you have control over, and I suspect that is the reason why humans are so afraid of it: you can't control it. You are so used to being in control of everything, controlling how your life is going to be, controlling who you are with, controlling the connections or non-connections. The only way to become love is to surrender all control, and that is the stopping place for most humans. "No," the intellect says, "if I do that, people will take advantage of me. If I let go of control, it might not be reciprocated, it might not work out. If I lose control, there might be something about me somebody really likes, or something they don't like."
The major principle of the universe--to be love--is such a strange phenomenon. On the surface it is, "Well, it wasn't so hard to fall in love." After a while, you forget the "falling in love" part, and you carry with you the falling-out-of-love part. That is what hurts you; it sours you. Then Ishvara comes along and talks about "universal love," "being love," and you say, "Get out of here Ishvara, that hurts. That's painful."
Yet I am not talking about human love. As I said, human love is your precursor; it is just a taste to get you in the notion, to get you to the idea. The real thing comes later, when you surrender. It is a funny thing: waking up and surrendering go hand in hand. You can't wake up unless you surrender, and you can't surrender unless you wake up. So you are stuck.
Love has a way of changing things. That is why I said you are powerful. You are very powerful, because you have that element of love within you. You have that capacity to be unconditional.
All the good things that have happened in your life have really been a consequence of love. Think about it: you may have grievances against your parents. You may think, "They didn't love me." That's because your early experience of "love" is about getting your needs met. The person who meets the most of your needs is the one who loves you the most. That is the program you take on.
As a little baby, you cry, and somebody comes and picks you up. They "love" you. You need your diaper changed, so you cry, and somebody comes and changes your diaper. They "love" you. You get a little older, and someone gives you Christmas presents, so they "love" you.
Early love is very one-sided. It is all about what you are going to get. It is no wonder that love relationships are so catastrophic, because that is what people expect. "You are going to do what I want you to do, and I can do what I want to do, and then we will both be doing what I want to do. And then I am in love."
You have been programmed that way from day one, so you are innocent. Yet the principle of love is beyond that. The principle of love is an empowerment, a relationship, a connection, an awareness, a transcendence. Becoming love is pretty much the opposite of getting your needs met. Becoming love is an energy that is universal, cosmic. Becoming love is transcendent. Becoming love is a clarity that permeates every cell of the body. Every cell begins to be love.
I will go out on a limb and say that most diseases are caused by a lack of love. Most diseases come about because one does not love oneself, one rejects and denies the body, believing "This isn't it." Think about it: how long would a lover last if you kept telling that lover "You are not it." It is no wonder, then, that the body has so many problems, so many diseases, so much break down. The body is being told, "You are not it."
Weekly Message, November 4, 2006
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Written and transcribed by Terry Grant
This is the continuation of a message I have transcribed and edited from a talk Ishvara gave on September 24, 2006. - TG.
Ishvara:
In this realization, you begin to get the idea that love is pretty important. If you feel sick when it is not there, when you have lost it, then it must be something important. And that is just the human side of it. If you turn to the universal side--cosmic love, the universe that is love--you begin to understand something that is very precious, very valuable to human existence: that the capacity to love is a step toward the capacity to BE love, to become love, and that capacity is unconditional. It is not something that is taken away at a whim. It is not something that is removed because you are upset. It is not something you can withdraw when things are not going "right."
It is not something you have control over, and I suspect that is the reason why humans are so afraid of it: you can't control it. You are so used to being in control of everything, controlling how your life is going to be, controlling who you are with, controlling the connections or non-connections. The only way to become love is to surrender all control, and that is the stopping place for most humans. "No," the intellect says, "if I do that, people will take advantage of me. If I let go of control, it might not be reciprocated, it might not work out. If I lose control, there might be something about me somebody really likes, or something they don't like."
The major principle of the universe--to be love--is such a strange phenomenon. On the surface it is, "Well, it wasn't so hard to fall in love." After a while, you forget the "falling in love" part, and you carry with you the falling-out-of-love part. That is what hurts you; it sours you. Then Ishvara comes along and talks about "universal love," "being love," and you say, "Get out of here Ishvara, that hurts. That's painful."
Yet I am not talking about human love. As I said, human love is your precursor; it is just a taste to get you in the notion, to get you to the idea. The real thing comes later, when you surrender. It is a funny thing: waking up and surrendering go hand in hand. You can't wake up unless you surrender, and you can't surrender unless you wake up. So you are stuck.
Love has a way of changing things. That is why I said you are powerful. You are very powerful, because you have that element of love within you. You have that capacity to be unconditional.
All the good things that have happened in your life have really been a consequence of love. Think about it: you may have grievances against your parents. You may think, "They didn't love me." That's because your early experience of "love" is about getting your needs met. The person who meets the most of your needs is the one who loves you the most. That is the program you take on.
As a little baby, you cry, and somebody comes and picks you up. They "love" you. You need your diaper changed, so you cry, and somebody comes and changes your diaper. They "love" you. You get a little older, and someone gives you Christmas presents, so they "love" you.
Early love is very one-sided. It is all about what you are going to get. It is no wonder that love relationships are so catastrophic, because that is what people expect. "You are going to do what I want you to do, and I can do what I want to do, and then we will both be doing what I want to do. And then I am in love."
You have been programmed that way from day one, so you are innocent. Yet the principle of love is beyond that. The principle of love is an empowerment, a relationship, a connection, an awareness, a transcendence. Becoming love is pretty much the opposite of getting your needs met. Becoming love is an energy that is universal, cosmic. Becoming love is transcendent. Becoming love is a clarity that permeates every cell of the body. Every cell begins to be love.
I will go out on a limb and say that most diseases are caused by a lack of love. Most diseases come about because one does not love oneself, one rejects and denies the body, believing "This isn't it." Think about it: how long would a lover last if you kept telling that lover "You are not it." It is no wonder, then, that the body has so many problems, so many diseases, so much break down. The body is being told, "You are not it."
Weekly Message, November 4, 2006
Copyright © 2006 by Alaya®.
All rights reserved.
Alaya® is a registered trademark and service mark.
If you forward this message, please include the copyright notice.
This message comes to you from Alaya, a nonprofit organization. Alaya depends upon financial contributions for its continued existence. For information on how to make a tax-deductible contribution to Alaya, go to http://www.alaya.org/Pages/alayastore-donate.html .
Thank you for your support.
To learn more about Ishvara and the Alaya Community, visit our website at www.alaya.org
To subscribe to this message list, send an email to tgrant@alaya.org with the word "Subscribe" in the subject of your message.
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