Among other things I Corinthians 13 says (among many other things) LOVE keeps no record of wrongs.
Have you really thought about that: thought about the ramifications of such? When you put the whole chapter together it basically says that LOVE MAKES NO DEMANDS!
Many, of whom I am one, believe that God, the universe, energy, etc., is simply UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! Many of us were told that when we “joined the church”, but later we discovered that God’s Love was CONDITIONAL! God loves you IF you are GOOD, but if you are BAD, non-forgiving, and unrepentant, you’re OUTTA HERE (to a very hot spot for longer than a week).
I also came to the personal opinion that unconditional love demands unconditional freedom.
Now that will really stir up some literalists and fundamentalists, so let me just come to this point and let you consider it or not! If LOVE MAKES NO DEMANDS, if God is love, especially unconditional love, then how could he FORCE us to love him or else God would send us to hell?
How does that work? Tell me, what sense does that make for God to say OBEY ME or I’ll ship your, you know what, to where the sun (nor son)doesn’t shine!
Self Discovery Is….?
Plato said it (Know Thyself), and every mystic has proclaimed it.
Unfortunately we are afraid of who we think we are. Christians read in Genesis 1 wherein we’re told that we were created in the IMAGE of the Creator. That sounds pretty good to me, but some just can’t conceive what it means.
Oprah interviewed Maya Angelou recently wherein Maya said she was totally transformed when she GOT that “God Loves Me”. The God-Creator of the universe, LOVES Maya. Once you GET that the creative Force of the universe LOVES you (and everyone else as well) life changes. It really changes when you GET that the Creator is not a PERSON but a PRESENCE: a presence in YOU!
God is not there or somewhere, but here, and everywhere.
The reality is that we don’t come into this world fully mature, vibrating at a frequency the same as the Force that created us. We have to grow, die, surrender, explore, and LOVE our way into a higher state of consciousness wherein we discover that we are ONE with ALL. This “self discovery” eventually leads us to the divine discovery that transforms all of life.
It takes more than looking in a mirror.
You must look deeply into the eyes of the people you meet.
Got it?