Deep truth is often profoundly simple once revealed. Perhaps this is so with our new definition of love. While this law as it applies to the flow of love energy seems obvious, it usually remains a mystery throughout life. We start out as little children, thinking that when we get what we want, then we will be happy.
Wanting produces tension and a state of discomfort. When we get what we think we want, there is a momentary relief from that tension and discomfort. This makes us believe that satisfying our desire is the path to happiness. But soon we start wanting more, which pushes us back into the state of discomfort and dissatisfaction. This misconception follows us throughout life. In the oriental disciplines it is known as the Mayan trap; and in fact, it is a trap because it traps many of us from birth to death.
I have often talked about how people are always trying to achieve something as a means to find happiness. I like to describe how little children think that when they grow up, they will be happy. When they receive sweets, they will be happy. When they start school, they will be happy. When they have a bicycle, they will be happy. When they graduate, they will be happy. When they get a car, they will be happy. When they find a girlfriend or a boyfriend, they will be happy. Then, it is when they enter the university, then they will be happy. When they graduate, they will be happy. When they get a job, they will be happy. When they get married, they will be happy. When they have children, then they will be happy; when the children grow up and leave home, then they will be happy; when they retire, then they will be happy. Finally they retire and in six months they are so bored that they go back to work.
Sadly, many never learn that happiness cannot be obtained; it is the by-product of giving. We have all heard that it is better to give than to receive, but we lose sight of this almost as soon as we hear it.
Some have everything but happiness, while others have nothing but happiness. Who has more? Our formula might dictate that the easiest way to become a saint and enjoy greater peace and happiness is to care for and do for those who have nothing to give in return. By removing the possibility of a mundane reward, we remove the thought and therefore the desire to receive something in return.
Witness Mother Teresa helping the dying on the streets of Calcutta. They had little or nothing to give in return. While appreciation is always welcome, chances are she wasn’t even looking for that. If appreciation was her goal, she might never have reached such heights.
Having does not exclude happiness, but attachment does. Avoiding ownership eliminates the possibility of attachment to objects, but there can still be attachment to rituals and even man-made religious practices that are not from scripture.
The closer we get to total love directed outward, with no energy coming back to the self, the brighter our auras become. This is in accordance with the words that I heard during the night: “The aura is the edge of the soul.” It makes sense that this is so. When we love, we are more like holy people and our auras light up. Could this explain the concept of drawing energy from the soul? Love provides energy. When we do something for another person, which is love, we are more likely to succeed.
Athletes sometimes perform beyond their abilities when dedicating an event to a deceased teammate or a child dying of cancer. Many mothers conquer life-threatening conditions because they have a child in need.
It is only when we get closer to total love, without attachment to anything, that we get closer to the incredible vision of the fountain of youth that was given to me one night, in which a holy man appeared, from whom a beautiful source of loving energy flowed. , represented as light and extending an arm’s length from the body from above the head and flowing downward. This love energy is the life force itself, which probably explains the extreme longevity among many of the people in the Bible from millennia past, and the longevity anticipated by Christians over the thousand-year period following the return of Christ. when total peace and love are prevailing.