By Rena Greenberg
As cliché as it sounds, love is the answer to all problems—unconditional, deep love, that leaves no room for judgment. Every person experiences doubt, loneliness and fear, at times, and each of us can benefit from an infusion of love and positive energy.
However, from a practical standpoint, where are you going to find such love, if you do not first cultivate it within yourself? Mahatma Gandi wisely instructed us, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
You and I alone, from our small, conscious, ego self, do not have the required love and energy to give to ourselves or anyone else on a sustained basis. Only your Higher Self—or your self connected to the Universal Life Force—does.
This life force works through you and me and everyone else on the planet. Think of your body and mind like a light bulb that must be plugged into a force as strong or stronger than electricity to function at a level of peak performance.
When you experience a high level of love and energy coming from another human being, that person is allowing their True Essence to radiate through his or her being.
This is the ultimate source of true happiness and fulfillment that humanity as a whole is seeking.
All the obstacles you encounter in life can serve the purpose of dissolving barriers to plugging into, remembering and identifying with this all-powerful, omnipresent Life Force—your true, real nature—your essence. As you recall this innate source of safety and strength within, beyond the chattering mind, more and more of your thoughts, words and actions can begin to emanate from this place.
What separates us from this Unlimited Force of Infinite Intelligence and sometimes makes it even seem nonexistent is perpetual negative thinking, fearful emotions, a constricted and tight body, selfish motives and consuming toxic substances.
What draws us closer are loving, tolerant and forgiving thoughts, communion with nature, opening the heart and expanding our container to hold all emotions and thoughts in unconditional love without identifying with them or rationalizing them.
It is said that loves brings complete fulfillment, but this is true only when the love encompasses all of life’s creation and a deep connection to the Infinite Force of Higher Intelligence. To create this experience within yourself, when you experience goodness and blessings in your life, desire those same blessings for all those around you, too.
Your Connection to the One
To release the feelings of being separate and alone, ask your Deeper Self to help you feel your connection to the One underlying Force that powers all of life. Self-hypnosis and meditation are tools that can help you get past limiting, fear-based thought patterns and into communion with the higher power source within. To help you remember this ever-present force for good, remind yourself that we are all breathing the same air.
When you are in emotional pain and caught in a sea of fear-based thinking, expand your mind by knowing that this dark element has the potential to ripple through all of mankind, not just you. For your own inner peace to unfold, send blessings for healing to all, including yourself.
Know that while everyone’s mental movies and stories about why they are in pain are unique, the negative feelings/energies are the same for everyone, and they can only be healed and transmuted with deep, unconditional love and the oneness of the Supreme Eternal Life Force.
The bottom-line reason why people feel a sense of despair or overwhelming negativity is because in that moment they are caught by the illusions of being alone and that the situation is hopeless.
We are all part of the whole by virtue of the fact that we are all breathing the same air and are powered by the same life force. To uplift yourself from low-level thinking and reactions, you must consciously choose to remember safety, protection, wholeness, oneness and love. To truly experience the grace of these transcendent higher qualities within yourself, you also must want these qualities for everyone. Success comes from activating the power of your imagination to see others through the lens of these higher sublime qualities, regardless of what your five senses are telling you.
The gift of emotional distress is that if you don’t know pain intimately you cannot discover the truth about yourself and life, that essence residing behind your discomfort. If you covered your pain with social activity, eating, drinking, drugs, intellectual stimulation or TV you will miss the opportunity to tune into your Higher Self. You will delay the choice to have truth and your true nature revealed to you on a deep, feeling level that can be known and understood only by your soul.
Since the dawn of humanity, people have praised and blessed the Supreme Eternal Life Force and allowed it to guide them home, to their deep heart, every step of the way.
Though invisible to the human eye, you can experience the richness of this energy when you go within and contemplate who and what you really are and allow the answer to direct you to your next thoughts, words and actions. In this way, your mark on the world becomes a gift not only to yourself but a blessing to everyone around you.
Rena Greenberg is the author of The Right Weigh: Six Steps to Permanent Weight Loss, which is used by over 100,000 People (Hay House Publishing) and The Craving Cure: Break the Hold Carbs and Sweets Have on Your Life (McGraw-Hill). She conducts weight loss seminars using hypnosis at hospitals throughout the country and has a private hypnosis practice specializing in gastric bypass hypnosis in Sarasota. She can be reached online at www.EasyWillpower.com or at 800-848-2822.