more on love

"Life is nothing but a dream,

and if we are artists,

then we create our life with love,

and our dream becomes

a masterpiece of art."

-Don Miguel Ruiz "The Mastery of Love"



There are 2 main sources of emotions..love and all the emotions that come from love, and fear, and all the emotions that come from fear.

Do you want to come from the track of love? or fear?



love has no expectations,

no obligations, and therefore no resistance.

love is based on respect.

love is ruthless, it does not feel sorry for anyone, but it does have compassion.

love is compassion.

love is completely responsible.

love is always kind

love is generous

love is unconditional



I love you for no reason, with no justification.



fear is everything else. I didnt want to list everything that fear is, because really, if you arent living in these loving ways, you are living in fear. Most of us live in fear most of the time, Ruiz would say 90% of the time. I want to live in love more than that! I want to consciously choose the track of love.



How does this relate to LV? I thought that we were an example of living a different lifestyle in all aspects including choosing love over fear. We used to have a workshop here every month called Heart of Now. That was one aspect of the experience of HON. That was part of my reality that I saw whenever I visited LV. I dont see it so much anymore. I see everyone around me choosing fear, hiding, avoiding, demanding, etc. Including me of course. I also see the magic that happens when just 1 person chooses love , even for just a few minutes. I see what happens when I change my attitude. I need to choose that more often.

It is so simple

and yet

it can seem sooooo hard.


If you want to know more about true love, I recommend "The Mastery of Love" chapter 4 the track of love the track of fear. That is where my excerpts came from.