This moment this love comes to rest in me, many beings in one being, in one wheat-grain a thousand sheaf stacks. Inside the needle’s eye, a turning point of stars. – Rumi
Love is the grandest healing and drawing power on earth. The Science of Mind pg 298
When St. Valentines Day was begun as such way back in 496, honoring a Christian martyr in the reign of the Emperor Claudis, it was a revision of a longtime Roman festival called Lupercalia. As part of the festival, young people drew names for pairing in marriage, and there were bonfires and other festivities to divert wolves away from the local sheep. Who knew fifteen centuries later what a grand day it would be for florists, confectioners and romantic love?
“Love is the central flame of the Universe,” says Ernest Holmes. So more than just candy and flowers, what we’re actually playing with is fire. Love is who we are, what we do, where we came from and are going and, like God, is greater than the sum of its parts. No one can define love, since any definition limits its subject to a “this” and a “not-that.” Loves meaning is therefore hinted at, and expressed in artistic metaphors, which we egt to interpret, internalize and feel.
Feeling is the fire. In an instant that we know we love, something blazes brightly up within us, and all fears of risk, loss or personal unworthiness recede from the view like the wolves of Rome. We’re willing then to be truthfully “nonsensical,” diving into something greater than we can wrap our minds around, in order to be swept up in what we have to wrap our arms and hearts around.
Today I feel utterly cherished and treasured, and spread this feeling all over my world through acts of love, attentiveness and empowerment.
Love is the grandest healing and drawing power on earth. The Science of Mind pg 298
When St. Valentines Day was begun as such way back in 496, honoring a Christian martyr in the reign of the Emperor Claudis, it was a revision of a longtime Roman festival called Lupercalia. As part of the festival, young people drew names for pairing in marriage, and there were bonfires and other festivities to divert wolves away from the local sheep. Who knew fifteen centuries later what a grand day it would be for florists, confectioners and romantic love?
“Love is the central flame of the Universe,” says Ernest Holmes. So more than just candy and flowers, what we’re actually playing with is fire. Love is who we are, what we do, where we came from and are going and, like God, is greater than the sum of its parts. No one can define love, since any definition limits its subject to a “this” and a “not-that.” Loves meaning is therefore hinted at, and expressed in artistic metaphors, which we egt to interpret, internalize and feel.
Feeling is the fire. In an instant that we know we love, something blazes brightly up within us, and all fears of risk, loss or personal unworthiness recede from the view like the wolves of Rome. We’re willing then to be truthfully “nonsensical,” diving into something greater than we can wrap our minds around, in order to be swept up in what we have to wrap our arms and hearts around.
Today I feel utterly cherished and treasured, and spread this feeling all over my world through acts of love, attentiveness and empowerment.
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