Seeing Love In & As Everyone!

“It has been said that when the Buddha comes again, he will arrive not as a person but as a community.  

We will know that God is here on earth when we can see Him in one another.” 

- Marianne Williamson

[Drawing by Usha Raj]

I had just recently sent you a communication about experiencing “IN-dependence” and giving way to the Heart within each of us, which is the source of everything.  What didn’t get emphasized was the living of this in our relationship with life in the world.

When I first experienced the Heart, years ago, it was during a time of my life when I had a very active lifestyle with the responsibility of children and work, etc. etc.  To tell you the truth, there was a sense of fear coming up at that time, as to how was I going to keep this peace in the “noise” of the world around me.

I look back now and I see how this question was answered ... through loving and supporting a Heart community.  Now that I am retired, I noticed that this desire to express this Love continues.  It then began to naturally express itself in an ordinary way with those that are immediately around me, those that I meet in daily life.  Sometimes I am able to share a story that might be helpful in the moment, to assist in someone’s life situation.  There is nothing planned.  It just comes naturally as Sri Bhagavan says for us to do, “allowing life to naturally take its own course.” 

You who I am sharing this with now are a big part of this Heart community and this blog is a way to remain in and fully express this Heart-felt Love.  My teacher said it this way, "Sharing makes it  real for you."

I openly admit, it hasn’t been easy letting go of what has been a way that I’ve expressed for over 35 years.  But, my commitment is to give everything over to the Heart, so what it is directing me to do is primary.  So, a gradual letting go has occurred over these past few years since my retirement.  And, Love continues to express itself in moment-to-moment life situations.

I am sharing this with you now, to be open and honest about what is happening for me and to invite you to follow your Heart in whatever way it is guiding you to support yourself and our world-wide Heart family.  It is a win-win for everyone.

“Where two or more are gathered together in my name, there I will be in the midst of them.”  - Jesus

I want to share a vision that came to me 35 years ago, shortly after meeting my teacher.  In the vision, I was seeing people of all cultures and religions beaming with a heart-felt feeling of happiness.  This experience was one of everyone living from the Heart … a community that was all-inclusive and seamless … a Presence of Love was shining in everyone.  There was the appearance of difference, like many waves on the ocean, but only one ocean and everyone was experiencing this oceanic quality as Love, Peace, Contentment and Joy.

This context continues in each moment of now.  And, what I saw over 35 years ago, as a vision of a worldwide community living from the Heart, continues to direct my every action.  I just keep following wherever it’s going to take me.  I can say, it brought me here to the Yucatan and I didn't know why until I got here.  I have made a number of Heart-to-Heart exchanges here that have been such a gift.

To me, it is already done … I am, we are, being and seeing Love in and as everyone no matter what the appearances.  How does it feel to be an intricate part of this truth as you live and serve this context in your own life?  …  Isn’t it the best feeling ever! …  What a lovely way to live with one another.  We are so fortunate and so blessed.

Sister Sledge sings it out so beautifully …

We are family

I got all my brothers, sisters with me

We are family

Get up everybody and sing!!

Everyone can see we're together

As we walk on by

And we fly just like birds of a feather

I won't tell a lie

All of the people around us they say

Can they be that close

Just let me state for the record

We're giving love in a family dose

Living life is fun and we've just begun

To get our share of the world's delights

High hopes we have for the future

And our goal's in sight

No we don't get depressed

Here's what we call our golden rule

Have faith in you and the things you do

You won't go wrong

This is our family Jewel

We are family

I got all my brothers, sisters with me

We are family

Get up everybody and sing!!

 This just came in my email.  Isn’t this it!  How exciting it is to see us all going for the Ocean … and with so much support.

Loving Being Us,

Elizabeth