9. The Law of Romantic Love
Like so many laws, this one is easy to identify.
It is the feeling you get of queasiness in your tummy. It is the overwhelming and all-consuming thoughts and fantasies you have about another person, and your ongoing thoughts about physical union with them. The desire and daydreams about sharing your life with this same person; of nurturing and protecting them; of learning from and with them; of growing old with them. It is the feeling you have when you look deep into their soul through their eyes and know that they are perfect. It is the feeling of admiration you have for them.
It is not the same as needing their love, or needing to be with them so that you might feel whole and complete, for you already are; it is not the same as needing them for physical gratification; it is that you want to (not need to) be in their presence so that you may share experiences with them and enjoy their company.
It is not that you must be with each other at all times so that you know what you are doing, thinking, feeling; it is knowing what you both are doing, thinking and feeling without you being in each others’ presence; a oneness and union that goes beyond the physical. Some of you think we are referring to spiritual love, but it is more than that. The feeling that your life is even more complete because you are in each others’ life is living the Law of Romantic Love. Like any natural law, or Law of the Universe it is part of life, of existence, and like the law of gravity, there is no avoiding it. Just as you breathe, it is; just as you breathe, you are.
Poem
I see your grace, I see your charm; I feel your heart, your love, your joy and your wisdom. I love the way you move, the way you smile. I love the way you think, the way you process. I feel our heartbeat, beating as one; I hear our thoughts, thinking as one; I feel our bodies, existing as one; I know your soul, for it is my soul. I long to be with you now and forever more, living, laughing, and loving.
“Awake North Wind, and come, South Wind! Blow on my garden that its fragrance may spread abroad. Let my lover come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.”-Song of Songs 4:16
“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.”-Plato
“The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Right here and right now, in the light of Creation we sit, feeling the peace, the love, the joy. Where we are, Source is. We are individualized expressions of the Whole, just as the sunbeam is an extension of the sun.
We affirm and we declare that we see Your Grace, we are living Your Grace! We see Your Charm, we are living Your Charm! We feel Your Heart, Your Soul, Your Love, Your Joy and Your Wisdom and we are living the Life of Love, the Life of Joy and the Life of Wisdom! We love the way You move, the way You smile, and it moves us and makes us smile! We love living this Life of Mystery, which we seek to understand more and to more fully live. The heartbeat, beats as one; the breath, breathes as one; our thoughts, thinking as one; our bodies, formless yet formed, exist as one; Your soul is our soul. We are with you now and forever more, living, laughing, and loving.
And so it is!
Amen.
Like so many laws, this one is easy to identify.
It is the feeling you get of queasiness in your tummy. It is the overwhelming and all-consuming thoughts and fantasies you have about another person, and your ongoing thoughts about physical union with them. The desire and daydreams about sharing your life with this same person; of nurturing and protecting them; of learning from and with them; of growing old with them. It is the feeling you have when you look deep into their soul through their eyes and know that they are perfect. It is the feeling of admiration you have for them.
It is not the same as needing their love, or needing to be with them so that you might feel whole and complete, for you already are; it is not the same as needing them for physical gratification; it is that you want to (not need to) be in their presence so that you may share experiences with them and enjoy their company.
It is not that you must be with each other at all times so that you know what you are doing, thinking, feeling; it is knowing what you both are doing, thinking and feeling without you being in each others’ presence; a oneness and union that goes beyond the physical. Some of you think we are referring to spiritual love, but it is more than that. The feeling that your life is even more complete because you are in each others’ life is living the Law of Romantic Love. Like any natural law, or Law of the Universe it is part of life, of existence, and like the law of gravity, there is no avoiding it. Just as you breathe, it is; just as you breathe, you are.
Poem
I see your grace, I see your charm; I feel your heart, your love, your joy and your wisdom. I love the way you move, the way you smile. I love the way you think, the way you process. I feel our heartbeat, beating as one; I hear our thoughts, thinking as one; I feel our bodies, existing as one; I know your soul, for it is my soul. I long to be with you now and forever more, living, laughing, and loving.
“Awake North Wind, and come, South Wind! Blow on my garden that its fragrance may spread abroad. Let my lover come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.”-Song of Songs 4:16
“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.”-Plato
“The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Scientific-Treatment/Affirmative-Prayer/Spiritual/Meditative Mind-Treatment
Right here and right now, in the light of Creation we sit, feeling the peace, the love, the joy. Where we are, Source is. We are individualized expressions of the Whole, just as the sunbeam is an extension of the sun.
We affirm and we declare that we see Your Grace, we are living Your Grace! We see Your Charm, we are living Your Charm! We feel Your Heart, Your Soul, Your Love, Your Joy and Your Wisdom and we are living the Life of Love, the Life of Joy and the Life of Wisdom! We love the way You move, the way You smile, and it moves us and makes us smile! We love living this Life of Mystery, which we seek to understand more and to more fully live. The heartbeat, beats as one; the breath, breathes as one; our thoughts, thinking as one; our bodies, formless yet formed, exist as one; Your soul is our soul. We are with you now and forever more, living, laughing, and loving.
And so it is!
Amen.