…Bringing experience to the truth of “perfect love casts out fear.”
2015 was the first time I ever experimented with Love.
Let me explain….
I had been in the throes of personal development work and had become quite adept at finding and labeling every shortcoming, limiting belief, erroneous program, and “flaw” in me. I was surrounded by people who used the words “shadow work” liberally, and hoped to recruit as many as possible to their work of digging up dead things. It was BRUTAL.
I had a moment of clarity and had listened to people tout “love” but I didn’t know anyone in my vicinity who was actually applying it. I thought…could I actually LOVE myself? Unconditionally? Totally accepting myself exactly as I am…now? I looked at myself and made an effort to say those words…but I literally could not say them. It was like my whole body shut down at just the thought. I made several attempts before finally screaming obscenities at myself for creating such a terrible existence. I did not dare attempt it again for many years.
Then, in 2018, I began working with people one on one and they too were proficient in seeing all of their ugly, shameful, self labeled….junk. I couldn’t imagine approaching life changing, transformative work from a place of trauma searching, blame seeking, victimhood-masked-as-development, kind of work. So…I began my own journey with Love and walked others down the path. What I discovered was that LOVE was the most radical thing I could ever use in healing and restoring my mind, heart and ultimately my lived experience. Love clears the skeletons in the closet faster and more effectively than any other form of so-called shadow work I had ever seen. Love purged the shame with such great effectiveness, the mind began to open to creativity and clarity like never before.
L O V E was the answer all along. And now my work begins and ends with Love. There is nothing else worthy enough to fill my mind with.
Weeks ago, I decided to do some intentional “Love” work. I asked a couple of friends if they thought they might want to experiment, too. I didn’t create the experiment, I learned it years ago. Here’s a look at how it impacted me, and what I am learning and receiving as I apply Love to my life and affairs.
Let’s get into it!
