5-32. Do not consider Love to be something given or taken away, or a state to be in or out of. Love is who you are. So much more fundamental than all else, Love is both what Created and forever sustains you.
Love is neither malleable nor mutable. That is not at all the perception of love as it is currently understood within the world of form, for to the minds of so many, love is both quantifiable and qualitative - it is predicated upon the presence or absence of a certain set of accepted behaviors, the expressions of which that are generally dictated by societal and individual expectations, rather than simply being accepted as what It Is - a universal reality that permeates All That Is with the Light and the Grace necessary for the sustainment of all that lives, endlessly and eternally. Love is conditional when it is regarded from a decidedly individualistic perspective, for there can certainly be said to be a flow of love between two people who are engaged in nearly any form of relationship, but that is not the Love of God, for their experiences are dependent upon reciprocation, and God is not as this. That simple Truth should not be construed to implicate any who experience love in its singular and directed form as being lesser or little, for while what they desire to know is not directly present within all that they offer and request to receive from another when any conditions are placed upon their interactions, they do begin to touch upon a much larger and infinitely overarching substrate of experience that underpins all that lives, from first to last and in all forms, no matter how discrete or limited they may appear to be. Love is not conditional, for it is universal in scope and applicable to everything, no matter how desperate, disjoined or dissolute its initial appearance may be. Love does not depend on any recognition of its prowess and applicability to be present within All That Is, any more than an ocean requests or requires any understanding of its great vastness to be just as humongous as it actually is. Oceans do not ask anything of their voyagers - they remain, placid or tumultuous, with no regard whatsoever for those who venture out upon their expanse. Love is not dissimilar to this, at least in a tangentially metaphorical sense - Love abides all that is seemingly unknown regarding its Nature, for there is no need to understand that which is the Source of all Creation to be within its Grace. Love requires nothing, desires nothing and reflects nothing that is not Eternal and Real. In that, Love is Perfect and contiguous with the Heart of God, for from and because of Love, God did indeed Create All That Is, and yet this Creation cannot ever be divided from or regarded as being at all separate from God. These concepts of division, of specificity taken to an insane degree and of differentiation from All That Is, are all ideations of the ego, and they are meaningless in the extreme. Love, within the familiar, familial, platonic or romantic senses that are generally employed within this world of form, is but a reflection of the continuity and pervasiveness of Love Itself. Love cannot be lost, stolen away, granted and then revoked, destroyed or altered in any way. Certainly though, within the world of form and its prescriptions of conditionality that seemingly must be applied to all that exists in form, love is just as that - a prize to be won, a challenge to be overcome, a treasure to be discovered and a preciously balanced relationship that requires great perseverance and endurance to sustain. That, however, is not Love in the universal sense. That is love in an individualistic aspect, and it is all based upon a presumption of exchange - for one gives to the other, and expects reciprocation and acknowledgement in return, and when such overtures are not responded to in the manner that is expected, pain and suffering ensues - yet it need never be as this. God does not bid you to understand Love to be within its Grace. God does not demand that you forego all other conceptualizations of what Love might be before you are deemed “worthy” of remaining wholly Safe within the Heart of God. You are not required to “know” God to be Loved by God. That is so very simple, yet in its complete Acceptance, all falsity of the ego subsides, for just as a child does not always understand the directives of their parent, they enjoy an innate trust that is not easily broken. Indeed, it is in familial relationships within the world of form that the most immediate approximation of the Love that God holds for you is seen. For most parents, the love that they have for their children is unconditional. Their children are loved, and that is always enough. That begins to express, in a terrifically limited form but one that is appropriate for a world such as those that are incarnate experience, what it is to be Loved by God. It is not predicated upon any understanding at all. Your acceptance of your own Grace is not required to be what you were Created to be. Faith bridges these worlds, allowing the Truth of your heart to return to the forefront of your awareness, equally placing the contemplative abilities of your mind in their proper place - as a supporting structure that allows for accurate analysis of specificities, so that the intuition and guidance of your heart is consulted first, trusted always and relied upon utterly, for the heart does not error - only the mind is capable of misconceptualizations that appear to flavor this world with semblances and guises that are not at all applicable. Love does not wander this world blindly, seeking out those with similarities for you to engage with, nor does it abruptly depart when you have failed to fulfill certain requirements that are often misunderstood if not even deeply unachievable or unreasonable to an inordinate extent. That is conditional appreciation and reciprocal support, and that is not what Love offers. That is not a poor or useless state to engage yourself with, for there can be much learning that is accomplished when two or more souls meet upon the physical plane and engage within a relationship. Nothing that assists you to look within your own heart for all of the Guidance you have ever sought without is valueless. It is simply not directly reflective of the Love of God, for it is conditional and tractable, and that is not what Love Is, now and forever. Seek not the love that must be maintained or that can be lost, for that is but a reflection within any other that you meet of the expectations that you hold for yourself but that you believe you cannot satisfy upon and within your own volition. Need has no place in Love. Absence is meaningless to Love. Loss is unknown to Love. Separation, dissolution, disintegration and desperation and utterly foreign to Love. Certainly they are not at all to any form of love that is known within this world of form that requires anything at all from its participants. That is what is to be engaged within until its utility has completely ceased for you - do not regret anything that has come to pass, for there was either learning and growth, or there was self-similar sustainment. It is not possible to regress back to earlier levels of understanding when heart-centric Awareness is your goal, for you will either transcend any particular challenge, or you will be welcomed to experience it again, for it still has more to reveal to you. At the end of all desperate longing for companionship in any form, you will realize that it was not others that you sought out - it was what you believed that they could reflect to you that was so achingly requested, when in Truth, your heart has always contained all that you believe you “need” to receive. All that is believed to be missing never was. All that is believed to be obtainable within the arms of another is already present. Wholeness is one of the many aspects of Creation, and because you are the infinitely Loved Creation of God, you are already Whole. This Truth is not contemplatable, quantifiable though any units of measurement or even genuinely qualitative, for it is not an aspect of Creation that is limited in scope. It is All That Is, ever-present, always accessible and safely enjoined with your heart and soul, awaiting but your final acceptance that you are just as Whole as God, and so you have no requirements at all. The conditionality of love within the world of form contains lessons in what is Infinite and what is not - that is all. That has value, as a signpost or waymarker that points towards a completely different understanding of what Love Is. From such guideways, it is possible to no longer look to another for a fulfillment that you already enjoy, and from such a release of expectations, you will become infinitely more readily able to appreciate them just as they are, with no further qualms about what it is that you desire them to be that they have - to your mind only - not yet achieved or become for you. Love is boundless and free. Your heart is as this - unthreatened by anything at all. Be this Freedom. Be this Love. Relinquish all that appears oppositional to infinite Joy in all moments. It is available to you. It is right here, right now, and it will never alter.