Open Your Heart to Compassion and Unconditional Love

Roslyn could not have said it better; there is opportunity after opportunity to express love, specifically unconditional love.  But in order to express love, we must have compassion.  After Hurricane Katrina, I promised myself that I would hold on to compassion.  After the being rescued from the rooftop of our townhouse, both Roslyn and I were taken to the Causeway Camp where rescuers took people who had been “rescued” from rooftops around the city.

At this “camp” we saw very little compassion from the guards around us, the volunteer workers, and many of the people who had been trapped there together.  Everyone was angry, coldhearted, distant, and uncompassionate.  It was during this time that I learned that no matter the situation, if we are to walk in unconditional love, we must have compassion. 

 Compassion reminds us that we are all one.  Compassion helps us to reach higher states of consciousness and to transcend the lower self which can only identify with its own immediate desires. 

Additionally, compassion stirs our passion and brings ecstasy into the creation process.  How does this happen?  This happens because we become available.  Often times in life we see availability and vulnerability as a weakness, however when we are compassionate and walk in unconditional love, it is not a weakness.  It is not a weakness because  our compassion makes us vulnerable to the Creative Spirit.  In this sense of vulnerability, we become available to creative power.

I completely understand how Roslyn was once resistance to affection, love, devotion, and vulnerability.  And thank goodness, she grew beyond this resistance and made her heart available and open to love.  The remarkable things she has been able to do to help others heal their broken hearts would not have happened if she had not open her heart to love.

And let’s be honest, we all battle this resistance from time to time.  I most certainly have.  I battled this resistance because I didn’t want to get hurt.  The ego has a way of convincing us that if we open our hearts to love then someone will hurt us.  And you know what?  That’s possible.  Someone could take advantage of your love and devotion.  I’ve experienced it and we all have experienced it.  Why?  There are people out there who will take advantage of your open heart to love because not everyone is enlightened. 

However, if you choose to walk in unconditional love, have a compassionate heart, and make yourself available to love and devotion, and realize that love is dutiful, then you will begin to attract that same love, devotion, loyalty and compassion to you by the loads. To experience a life of love and compassion is worth the risk. You may have times where you get hurt but you can get hurt just walking out your front door.  Would you rather stay locked in your home forever?  I think not.  And even if you do get hurt,  there will be enough love in your life to heal the pain.

Being available to the power of love, devotion, and duty increases the quality of life and aligns us with purpose.  As we grow on this path of enlightenment, we discover that love will lead us to purpose and love will be the guiding force in all we co-create in our reality.  Love is the fuel of the Creative Spirit and the engine of the creation process. 

If there is anything we must learn for our own personal development and spiritual growth, it is this…Live to love and love to live…

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