Be The Energy of Love
By Dr. Lisa Templeton, Ph.D.
Published in September 2019 Luminous Wisdom: SOPHIA
The feeling of love is a truly powerful force. We generally define love as an emotion, yet it runs so much deeper than that. Love is an energy created with our intentions, with our care, our affection, our kindness, compassion and appreciation for others. When I feel the emotion of love, it is calming; my heart swells and there is a sense of caring. When I am being the energy of love, I am connected, expanded, and living in more oneness. I experience love in my heart, body, spirit, and soul. I am greater than myself.
True love encompasses connection, worth, and respect for others, as well as for self. Love is reciprocal and grows as it is given away and received. This prevailing energy heals wounds, allows us to accomplish the impossible, cures diseases, eradicates division, and completely transforms our perspective.
Notice as you are reading this how love is filling you up, calling out to you to feel its presence. Stay aware of your body as love seeps into your being; lift yourself as high as your dearest loved one. Look around you at the beauty of love within all nature, music, and art. There is a warmth when our hearts are connected in love, whether it is sexually, spiritually, cognitively, or emotionally driven. Whenever we have arrived in the present moment, totally connected with all that is around us, there is love.
Where there is love, fear is not far behind. It can be difficult to stay open and vulnerable being the energy of love when there are so many negative aspects of the world including death, trauma, unknown and uncertain possibilities, as well as people who can be hurtful both physically and emotionally to others. Our first sense can be to protect with defensiveness and anger, to disconnect from love and join with fear.
The truth is that fear does not truly protect us; yet, we have been socialized to believe that it does. Kindness, love, and compassion are often seen as weak, whereas anger, hate, and a strong defense are perceived as somehow stronger. This is a lie. In our current world, fear only creates more anxiety and tension. It is not protecting anyone. We must choose love and live in that energy.
Being the energy of love does not mean that we have no caution and no awareness of the dangers around us. Fear is the first to point out the importance of being prepared. On the contrary, the power of love provides incredible responsiveness and protection, not through prepping, planning, and replaying a possible future, but through solid mindful awareness of the present moment and a deep resiliency. Fear leads to confusion, doubt, and hate, while being the energy of love offers profound truth of who we all really are.