Eyes of Love

Eyes of Love

Ebb and rippling of tides...
My body is in synch with the flowing
of the luminescent water.
The pearlized and smoky blue sky
Is picture framed in the naked branches
Of the silloutted trees.
Ducks float peacefully into the horizion
While seagulls cry
As they soar and lift on the currents of cool air.
Lights twinkle dimly in the mist of sunset
And becon me from across the smooth water of motion.
If my body could free itself from emotion
My soul might rise to the occasion
Of my ever impending adulthood.
Pink sunset winter skies can be calming.
The enormity of beauty that surrounds us
Should be able to block out our insignificance...
And sometimes it does...if we stop to experience it.
To appreciate, you must become one with the beauty.
Whether you are conscious of it or not
You are one with the cause of all that exists.
Whether you feel it or not
You are one with all the love in the universe.
Go beyond reason to love: it is safe.
It is the only safety.
Naomi Shifra

Walk through the portal of time and space,
When you do , look at my face.
The eyes of love are upon you.

Join with me and be my love.

Angel of my heart, you see me sitting here
Waiting and wondering when you will draw near.
My soul is the light you follow with haste.
I know that love is never a waste.

I wanted to be the river... and the river wanted top be me. So I swam as
far as I could to where it bent and carried onward to the sea. I walked
along its banks, I thought its thoughts. And I have been crying ever since.

The river wanted to be me. So it flowed as far as it could to where I bent
and carried onward to darkness. It walked along my banks, it thought my
thoughts. And it has been crying ever since.

It is only when the river, and the sun, the mountain and the forest are one
with us (with our larger selves) that we (together as one) can have any hope
for a future. And so everyday remember to bring them to your heart, and to
send your heart to them... even and especially though they are damaged and
crying. From understanding come love and compassion, and from these comes
all hope. Day by day, spirit by spirit, hope by hope, we change our world
to one of peace.

ESSAY ON LOVE

Love is a gift from the Creator to us; making love is a gift from us to
us. Love is the basic principal of What Is. What we call love is that
small portion of the foundation of the universe that we are able to hold
- a candle lit from the sun. Love is the connection of ourselves with
everything, as it is the connection of everything with everything else -
All things are connected. When we can see something of that connection,
we have the beginnings of knowledge. When we can feel it, we are said
to be wise. When we can tap into that connection, we are whole.

Self love is the first gift we are given to point the way to wholeness.
We are born with this, but like almost anything, it can be warped or
even taken, and without it, no other love is possible. Evil is usually
self love combined with fear. From this comes hatred, jealousy,
possessiveness and violence.

Love is fearless, and demands nothing from others, though it may demand
from us all that we can give. Love has clear eyes, and gives what is
needed before giving what is wanted. Love has no expectations or
preconceptions, seeing what is truly before it. Love accepts.

Love acts - always. Love requires no rewards for it's actions, nor are
it's actions contingent on rewards. Love simply is, and it acts because
that is it's nature. The wellbeing and happiness of those we love is
one measurement of our love - they become essential to our own wellbeing
and joy.

When we try to restrict our love to a single object, be it a person, an
idea or a thing, we try to force a river through a drinking straw.
Trying to limit love is trying to limit the Universe. It cannot be
done, and should not be tried; the result is always destructive.

One of the biggest mistakes people make is regarding sex and love as the
same thing. This is foolishness. Sex is only one way of expressing
love, though granted, it is a wonderful way. Love can be expressed
through non-sexual touch, simple companionship or consideration, advice,
listening in silence, intervention, or even refusal to interfere. It
makes no more sense to express love in the same fashion in al cases than
it does to water your cat along with your house plants. Again, love
give what is needed, which can be a problem when we give what we think
is needed - which is usually what we ourselves would want under the same
circumstances. In a relationship, any other action stems from something
other than love; look at this closely and ask yourself why you are doing
this and what you are really feeling.

Also, we can hate what someone does and still love the doer; our love
and their actions are separate things.

Love should not be unbalanced. If we love another more than we love
ourselves, our own self image becomes dependent on the feelings and
resulting actions of that other. As people are different, there are
also bound to be discrepancies between what means, "I love you" to the
one speaking - verbally or otherwise - and what these words or actions
mean to the hearer. We each express our love in ways individual to
ourselves. Learn to listen and watch without preconceptions - the other
will always tell you in some way how they can best hear what you want to
say. Otherwise, we either end up trying to force the loved one to
conform to what we think they should be - an impossible task, as no one
can change someone else and the effort is always disastrous - or we
suffer because what we see diverges so greatly from our ideals, which in
this case is just another word for preconceptions.

We should not need another in order to be whole. No one can fill such
an internal void, and the effort becomes akin to trying to fill an
empty ocean bed with an eyedropper. Rather, the loved one should add to
our range and ability to express the love that is at our center. With
them, we are more than whole, more than just ourselves, though without
them, we as individuals are not lessened.

The giving of love expands both the giver, and the one who receives.
The more love we give, the more love we can give. Love given to one
person takes nothing from another. Instead, it expands the circle of
love, making more love available for all concerned.

Finally, those who allow others to suffer, or even cause that suffering,
are self diminished. They are closed to their own centers, blinded to
their place in the wholeness of things, and to their connections with
everything around the. They are their own victims, and as such, they
are to be pitied. As much as they cause or allow others to suffer,
their own loss is greater. They wander aimless and alone, unable to
share, unable to truly connect with anyone or anything, themselves
included. The time they have here is mostly wasted, the beauty in and
around them goes unperceived and unappreciated, and however long they
exist, they do not truly live.

written by: HEYOKAT

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