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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
July 19-20-21, 2024
The focus for today (and the weekend) is:
Expressing love is a matter of choice,
a choice which is always mine to make.
Today's inspiration was written by Eileen Caddy MBE and David Earl Platts, PhD.:
Love is who and what we are essentially. Choosing to love, therefore, is choosing to be more of our whole self. It is choosing to accept and respect ourself and others. It is choosing to allow ourself and others to be who we are, without making any judgements or demands.
Therefore, it is not a question of waiting for external conditions—for the right moment, person or combination of events to come along—before we are able to love more fully. We do not have to wait for love to come to us. Expressing love is a matter of choice, a choice which is always ours to make.
If we say we want more love in our life, what stops us from making this choice? The book A Course in Miracles states: “Your task is not to seek for Love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
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Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
Choosing to Feel Safe and Choosing to Love
Written by Eileen Caddy MBE and David Earl Platts, PhD..
Read the complete article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of choosing to express Love (today and every day)
Comment from Marie: Love has many forms of expression... we can love our pets, our human companions, things that take place... Some of these expressions of love come easier than others, yet all in all, even - or especially - in those instances where it is hard to love, when we choose Love, we create a better world, not only for ourselves but for Universal Consciousness. Every bit of Love that we add to the Universe adds to the totality of Love on the planet. So let's focus on choosing Love... for the small things, the big things, the people we Love as well as those who "push our buttons" or who we don't even like (some political figures may come to mind). Yet Love is the healing balm that is needed on Planet Earth. Love the small child that the adult once was... the innocent, vulnerable child who was hurt by parents, siblings, other adults, etc. Love is needed and we can create it and apply it liberally to the whole world. It costs nothing yet is a great investment in our future.
Our focus for today (and the weekend): Expressing love is a matter of choice, a choice which is always mine to make.
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RELATED BOOK: Learning to Love
Learning to Love
by Eileen Caddy and David Earl Platts.
In this simple yet insightful guide, Eileen Caddy and David Earl Platts detail the down-to-earth practicalities of exploring feelings, attitudes, beliefs, and past experiences that block us from loving and from receiving love. They show how bringing more love into our lives is not a mystery but often a journey back to ourselves and our core values. The authors examine the feelings of acceptance, trust, forgiveness, respect, opening up, and taking risks, among others, within a framework of compassionate understanding and non-judgment. Deceptively simple yet profound exercises, meditations, and visualizations support the reader in examining their inner world and implementing these vital concepts into their lives.
Click here for more info and/or to order this paperback book. Also available in a Kindle edition.
About the Authors
Eileen Caddy, MBE (1917-2006), was the co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation, a thriving spiritual community in the North of Scotland. For more than 50 years, Eileen listened to and shared her inner guidance, inspiring millions around the world. David Earl Platts, Ph.D., a former consultant, trainer, writer, and psychosynthesis counsellor, lived at Findhorn for many years where he worked extensively with Eileen.
David Earl Platts, Ph.D., a former consultant, trainer, writer, and psychosynthesis counsellor, lived at Findhorn for many years where he worked extensively with Eileen Caddy.
