Altogether Lovely

"Love created me like ItSelf." -- A Course in Miracles

"Divine Love cannot be deprived of its manifestation." -- Mary Baker Eddy

The core of suffering for each of us is the conditioned desire to be loved. It is no accident that this state results from the separation of the syllables of Beloved. In the writings of all mystics throughout all faiths, the Beloved is realized to be the true Self, and is seen everywhere. And the greatest obstacle of all is seeing the imagined personal self as Beloved.

Let's face it, every single personality has its own litany of flaws and mistakes... some of us even have what amount to major sins and seemingly unforgivable acts. But I ask you... can Love become hate? Can Love be hurt? Can Love become unlike ItSelf and cause pain and suffering of any kind? And most of all, can Love suffer? To conceive of Divine Love that becomes not ItSelf is ludicrous... and is the insanity that is the source of every single projection in our movie script of a world. And the proof of this is in forgiveness.

A forgiven world is revealed to be completely unlike anything we imagined. Divine Love is the Source, and Divine Love is the Substance. And this is not a flowery theory... the proof is in your own willingness to change your mind and forgive. After all, what do you have to lose except your suffering? You are your own laboratory, so prove this to yourself now, today.

As ACIM puts it, "Forgiving dreams remind you that you live in safety and have not attacked yourself." The forgiven world lives and moves and has its Being in Divine Love. We are the reflection of this Love. And we are altogether lovely.

"There is no place for hell within a world whose loveliness can yet be so intense and so inclusive it is but a step from there to Heaven." -- A Course in Miracles