Love & Relationships

The 21-Day Divine Love Meditation

June 29, 2016 By Rev. John W. Adams

How to Effortlessly Change Your Life Using the Positive Power of Divine Love

– By Rev. John W. Adams –

The highest and best power for positive living is Divine Love. In The Golden Gate, Emmet Fox wrote: Love is by far the most important thing of all. He also said: “It (Love) is the Golden Gate of Paradise. Pray for an understanding of love. It covers a multitude of sins. There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer; no disease that love will not heal. It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook, how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake, a sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.”

It has been my personal experience to discover what Emmet Fox said, to be absolutely true. As love has worked in my own life, it will work in yours. It simply makes no difference what your challenge may be, if you will invite love to do its work in your mind, body, life and affairs, you will be amazed and delighted at the result.

Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity School of Christianity, wrote: “One should make it a practice to meditate regularly on the love idea in universal Mind, with the prayer, ‘Divine Love, manifest thyself in me.’ There should be periods of mental concentration on love. Think about love and all the ideas that go to make up love will be set into motion. This produces a powerfully positive love current.”

It should be clear – Divine Love is worth your giving of your attention to. I assure you that if you will meditate daily on, “Divine Love, manifest thyself in me,” every area of your life will improve. You will discover for yourself, the positive power of Divine Love.

Because Divine Love dramatically changed my life, and the lives of many others, and to inspire you to effortlessly change your life, I am providing you with my special 21-Day Divine Love meditation practice. When you daily practice the meditation as instructed, you will discover a practical and effortless way to change and improve your life.

Besides benefitting yourself when you do this meditation, you will add significantly to the love consciousness of Mother Earth. In this way you are helping to bring peace and harmony, healing and happiness to everyone. By daily meditating on Divine Love, you step into a mighty stream of healing, enlightening, prospering and peace energy. In other words, you get into the flow of life where wonderful things just happen. Good changes will occur within you and in your life seemingly with little or no effort.

With God, ALL things are possible. When you invite Divine Love into your consciousness, there is no limit to the good that comes to you.

The 21-Day Divine Love meditation requires no physical labor or effort to trying to make something happen. In fact, the more relaxed you are, the better. Your only effort is to follow the instructions. That is all. God, Divine Love, does whatever needs doing. If you would like miracles to happen to you, the 21-Day DL meditation is your golden key. Here it is:

The 21-Day Divine Love Meditation

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
– Matthew 6:28-29

For 21 days dedicate 5 to 10 minutes twice daily for the sole purpose of meditating as instructed. Early morning and just before going to sleep are the best times.
Twice-a-day, rest comfortably where you will not be disturbed, and quietly invite Divine Love into your consciousness by “speaking”: DIVINE LOVE, MANIFEST THYSELF IN ME.
“Speak” these words softly or silently, as you focus only upon the above words. If your mind tends to wander, gently repeat: “Divine Love, manifest Thyself in me.” Do this as often as necessary, but with no strain. Like inviting your best friend into your home, you are inviting Divine Love in. It always goes where it is truly invited. (In Truth, Divine Love is your best friend!)
Never scold yourself if you slip or drift away from the affirmation. Do not wonder if you are doing it right. Just do it.
Practice the Silence in the spaces between “speaking” or thinking the words.
Allow yourself to feel the power and energy of Divine Love in you. Do not work at it. It will come naturally as you allow it to.
Do not be concerned about having Divine Love, “work” on a challenge, to manifest a goal or some desired good for you. Your only “work” is to prayerfully affirm and meditate on: “Divine Love, manifest Thyself in me.”
Twice daily, for 5 to 10 minutes, “speak” the prayer, relax and let Divine Love take care of things. It knows exactly how to bring positive changes and do everything right. It is perfectly safe to put your whole faith and trust in Divine Love.
During the day, whenever a doubt, fear, worry, or negative thought/feeling, tries to get your attention, do not try to make it go away. Simply and quietly switch your focus to, and declare: “Divine Love, manifest Thyself in me.” Quietly meditate on these words for a minute or two, and let them go. That is all you do.
Practice! It gets easier with practice. You will be amazed by the power, energy, joy and wonderful feeling you experience as you do this meditation. The best thing is that the power increases with each day’s experience.

Yes, this is a wonderful and effective way to effortlessly change your life. Remember: Let Divine Love brings forth results. It will do so more easily than you might think, and better too! The more you relax and let Divine Love do its work, the easier positive changes will come. After you have experienced this meditation practice for 21 days, write to me about your results and tell me what is happening. I love to hear good news! – Lovingly, Rev. John

Larry James’ 8 Pointers for Happy Relationships

May 11, 2012 By goldenkey

– Larry James, Guest Author –

1. Do your best to love your partner unconditionally. 2. Have no undelivered communication. Say what needs to be said in a loving way. READ: “Communicating is NOT Optional.” 3. Give up your expectations about how you think your love partner should love you and allow them to love you the way THEY love you. Focus on what you need from the relationship and have no undelivered communication about it. 4. LISTEN to your partner. When he speaks, listen. When she speaks, listen. Women do not want a Mr. Fix-It; they want someone who will really listen to what they say. Do not offer advice unless it is asked for. 5. NEVER intentionally say hurtful things to your love partner. Treat your partner with respect. 6. Give up being right! Holding on to what doesn’t work, or resentment, anger will keep you stuck! 7. REMEMBER: Relationships are not 50/50. They are 100%/100%. Share in the household chores and other responsibilities. It’s okay to take out the garbage! 8. Relationships are something that must be worked on ALL THE TIME, not only when they are broken and need to be fixed.

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Larry James is a Relationship coach with many years experience. Larry is a good friend who maintains an awesome website: www.CelebrateLove.com. He has also authored several books on relationships. Your comments are invited.

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This article is offered as part of my ongoing effort to provide you with helpful, inspiring spiritual food and practical ideas in your quest to live a happy, healthy, peaceful and prosperous life. Read the many other articles. There is something here for you. – Lovingly, Rev. John

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Copyright © 2012 – Larry James – Adapted from the book, “How to Really Love the One You’re With: Affirmative Guidelines for a Healthy Love Relationship” by Larry James. Visit Larry’s Relationship BLOG. Send e-mail to Larry James

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Larry James is a Relationship coach with many years experience. Larry is a good friend who maintains an awesome website:www.CelebrateLove.com. He has also authored several books on relationships. Your comments are invited.

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Unconditional Love – The Simple Question

May 11, 2012 By goldenkey

– Harold Becker, Guest Author –In this present now moment there is a simple question each of us can quietly ask ourselves and by embracing its affirmative answer, we open a whole new reality of potential before us. This is most likely not a question you may have ever considered for yourself or one that you have heard discussed by others.

It is perhaps even one that you may wish to ignore at this stage of your journey. Yet, this beautiful and amazing transformative power and potential remains ever present until such time you feel the strength and courage to ask and accept its reality in your heart.

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Why ask ourselves this question? Long ago we drifted away from our innate loving wisdom and allowed our consciousness to embrace the notion that our outer reality of form was our source of life. We became mesmerized and subsequently reliant upon our creations and forgot the power within our own being.

Over time, this separation led to a sense of self doubt and with it, the corresponding manifestation we call fear. Unaware of the ultimate effect of our ongoing outer focus, we handed down our beliefs, notions, perspectives and ideals from generation to generation, century after century, often without stopping once to go within and ask a single question as to whether what we believe or do is actually coming from our own personal truth.

We stand at the threshold of opportunity to reconnect with our heart and allow the fullness of our wisdom to once again guide us. In an instant, we reverse the ignorance of ages by a clear and genuine acknowledgement of ourselves.

By our own choice, we release the boundless freedom and joy and accept the potential that heals not only ourselves, also each other and our wondrous planet we call home. Can such a simple question really make this profound a difference? Answer it honestly, willingly, with an open heart and without hesitation, and you may be surprised by you own undeniable conclusion.

Do I love myself unconditionally?

What could there possibly be not to love? Our size, shape, color, age, gender? Our supposed status and achievements in life or the lack thereof? Our choices, mistakes and behaviors from the past? Our lost hopes, dreams or physical connections with others?

These outer conditions and garments are only the forms we use to experience and evolve through life – they are not who we really are. Long after the forms dissolve and the expressions disappear, there is one thing that will always remain – Love.

The unconditional acceptance you have for yourself right now is the unconditional love you naturally will have for all others and Life itself. Allow yourself to embrace the knowing of love held within your heart and you share it with the world.

Copyright © 2012 – Harold Becker. – Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. Harold W. Becker, Founder and President of The Love Foundation announced the first annual “Global Love Day” on May 1, 2004. The Love Foundation is a nonprofit organization with the mission of inspiring people to love unconditionally.

• • •This article is offered as part of my ongoing effort to provide you with helpful, inspiring spiritual food and practical ideas in your quest to live a happy, healthy, peaceful and prosperous life. Read the many other articles. There is something here for you. – Lovingly, Rev. John

Love is Like Rhubarb!

May 11, 2012 By Rev. John W. Adams

– Rev. John W. Adams – One of the best things about Love is that it is so unending. We can give it as much as much as we want and always have more left over. In fact, the more we give love, the more we spread it around, the happier and healthier everyone is.

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When we give love to one person, it doesn’t mean we have less for anyone else so no one need ever be concerned about love being given by a friend or relative to another person that it will diminish the love available for you. There is absolutely no end to love!

I am grateful to my good friend and colleague, the late Rev. Dale Batesole, for this relevantly profound, yet simple story which he gave me permission to share with you. He didn’t know the origin of the story.

One afternoon Mr. Wicks was working in his garden breaking and resetting rhubarb crowns. As he came to the end of the patch he stood up to turn around noticing Mary, one of the little neighbor girls, walking toward him with her head down in a pensive mood.

Mr. Wicks went right on with his work of resetting his rhubarb. Soon the little girl was standing close by, but not saying a word. Without lifting his head Mr. Wicks asked, “How’s your new baby brother?”

At this question the little girl’s tears began to flow in torrents because Mary was painfully jealous of her new little brother. But the kindly and understanding Mr. Wicks talked on as though he hadn’t noticed the tears. “I suppose Mother and Daddy are pretty busy these days taking care of that little fellow. I imagine it might seem as though they are too busy to love you as much as they did before little brother came along. But, Mary, please watch me. I want to show you something. Come over close to me so you can see what I am doing. You see, Mary, I am dividing the rhubarb crowns. The more I divide this rhubarb the better it will grow. Not only that, Mary, it is prettier and much more tender, too!”

“Yes,” Mr. Wicks continued, “you know I loved my mother and father very much, Mary, but when I was a young man I met a lovely girl, almost as pretty as you are, and I married her. She is Mrs. Wicks. We hadn’t been married very long until God sent us a little baby. Then in a short time God sent us another baby. And not long after that second little baby came, God sent us a third little baby. And do you know, Mary, Mrs. Wicks and I found out that loving each new baby didn’t take a single mite away from the love we felt for the other little babies. The more we divided our love, the more it grew. Now you run along home and help your Mother and Daddy love your little brother, and then you’ll see that they love YOU all the more.”

The More Love is Divided and Expressed the More it Grows!

In this homely little story, there is a great and wonderful truth: Love is like Rhubarb. The more love is divided and expressed the more it grows, not only in quantity but in beauty and tenderness as well.

The Great Love Teacher said that we would be able to do greater works than He did. He knew that this would come true because in man’s progression, He knew that man would find more ways to express love. His was aware that there would be greater numbers of people expressing love in a greater number of ways. Therefore, more good would be evidenced.

Fountains of Love

Now is a good time for you, and me, and all of us to really get to dividing love among all whom we are close to and not withhold it from others as well. The more we divide it, the more it will grow in our consciousness and well-up so much within us, is makes of us, fountains of love from which all may drink and be nourished in beautiful way.

One of the most beneficial aspects of this is, it makes us healthier and causes a flood of love to flow back to us in copious measure. When we divide love enough and spread it around enough, our world will surely be a most beautiful place, even more beautiful and wonderful than it is now. Let’s not wait. Let’s give and accept more and more love, now!

Let the dividing begin!

For more about Love. . . visit www.CelebrateLove.com!

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Copyright © 2012 – John W. Adams. Adapted from Rev. Adam’s book, “BE What You Are: LOVE” Golden Key Ministry – Unity is a worldwide online prayer ministry, dedicated to healing and prospering all people. Rev. John W. Adams is an ordained Unity Minister. He has dedicated his life to helping people live the healthy, happy, peaceful and prosperous lives they are meant to live. Permission to reprint this article is granted provided the article is reprinted with no editing and the copyright notice is included.

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Shadows of the Past

May 11, 2012 By goldenkey

– Larry James, Guest Author –Shadows of the past are our out-dated precepts and ideas that serve no one. They are our preconceived notions about how we think things should be, should turn out or how things are. They cast their dreary shadow between ourselves and all that is good.

We must steadily move closer to the realization that our outer-circumstances are not something to be resolved but rather look upon them as inner-conditions to be acknowledged and understood. We can never see the fullness of the Light while standing in the shadows.

The shadows of the past disappear only when the lights come on! The self- illumination that occurs when connecting with our true inner-Self liberates us or disconnects us from the fear that keeps us in the shadows; it flips the switch that turns on the lights! The promise of self-discovery is liberation. It always delivers on its promise. It liberates.

Enlightenment comes only when you seek it. Ask yourself, “Do I want to be happy or right?” Ponder on that for a moment. Holding on is being right. It defends your old position which isn’t working. Letting go brings peace, contentment and true happiness. The answer is truly within the question. Explore this notion further on your own quiet journey within.

With this Higher Awareness you can begin to engage in activity that shatters the barriers of self-limitation; moving forward with dignity; with confidence; with vigor; and with zest for living life to its fullest in the present.

The past is an energy drain. It saps your strength. Let go. Experience the joy of release.

“Let go and let God” is more than just something nice to say. It works! This self-liberating insight alone can free you from being a slave to your past. Its a transformational switch-flipper!

Contrary to popular belief, history does not have to repeat itself. It is our choice. When we put new, self-liberating insight into practice we become a powerful force in beckoning the Light that will free us from the shadows of the past.

Shadows only disappear when, through self-discovery, we have the courage to allow the inner-Self to lighten the path. This release of our old self; the letting go of being right to allow for enlightenment is an empowering notion and when accepted and nurtured, instantly begins to lighten the burden we feel we are carrying. There is always a higher solution available for every concern if we but seek it. It has never been necessary to carry burden to attain spiritually sound, self-liberating insight. Let go.

Encourage self-enlightenment or self-discovery for yourself and others. It is the only way to begin again; to get a fresh start. It is important to know that on our spiritual quest we will always be starting over and over and over.

On occasion, we stumble. Have no concern of this. To stay on the path without becoming overwhelmed with discouragement we must take no intended intermission. Simply, without hesitation, begin again. There is no shame in starting over.

Higher understanding is an unremitting quest worthy of pursuit. Letting go is the only acceptable path to Truth.

The hurt you carry with you today reflects a need for higher spiritual enlightenment. Suffering is only a symptom of spiritual short-sightedness!

There is always some higher notion; something beyond the limits of our present perceptions; some Truthful insight that we have yet to discover. We must learn to press forward and be willing to lift our eyes to connect with our higher Self. In short, we must forever be engaged in a quest for higher spiritual understanding. This is letting go. Step out of the shadows into the Light. Seeking the Truth about who you are and what you can become is letting go.

Our wish to understand and dismiss any dark shadow that wants to overcome us awakens within us a living Light that sees to it our wish comes true.Guy FinleyRead a new Key Lesson from Guy Finley every day! Tell your friends!

Release always follows revelation. When we let go of our own preconceived ideas about what works, and are willing to be receptive to new and higher ideas, this new inquiry always invites new insight. Spiritual awareness has no opposite. It just is. It is the Truth. And the Truth will set you free!

Letting go does not mean giving up. Letting go does not mean giving up! Letting go is granting yourself permission to dedicate the situation wholly to Truth, to turn it over to a Higher Power and allow the Truth of new ideas to guide you. Letting go is looking for, listening for and consistently being in search of a higher and better path to inner-peace. It means bringing the Truth to the front; putting the Truth first!

In effect, letting go is a form of forgiveness. It releases the circumstance and creates an opening for higher awareness. It makes peace of mind a preference and therefore, inevitable.

Truth or a higher spiritual awareness comes from God, a Higher Power, Infinite Intelligence, the Master Mind or whatever you choose to call It. It matters not whether you believe it.

You do not have to believe in Truth for it to be so. It just is. Truth is Truth no matter who believes it. Use it. It is there for all who will access It. And for Truth to effectively work in your life, you must learn to make application of it in a consistent, never-ending manner. Truth is the way.

As you begin your spiritual quest, for only several moments at a time, quiet your mind, let go of your ideas and listen for new ones. Commit to devote additional quiet moments each time you begin your silent journey. The more you listen, the more receptive you will be for your higher education.

Only listen. Be still and know that you will hear only what you are willing to listen for. And you will understand only that which you are ready to accept. The only way to invite higher insight is to be receptive to it. You trigger transformation by taking the time necessary to put into practice the information the Truth presents.

On your silent journey, when you begin to hear the voices of the past, and you most assuredly will, quiet your mind, and begin again to listen anew. It really is okay to start over and over and over. Inspirational insight comes to us only when we let go of our thoughts long enough to attend to higher instruction. Deepak Chopra expressed it this way. “The Cosmic Psyche whispers to us softly in the gap between our thoughts.”

This higher awareness speaks from the heart, not the intellect. It feels. You will know the Truth when it presents itself. How will you know? Never fear. You will know. And you will understand. Within Truth is understanding.

To eliminate the shadows of the past, it is important to stand firm in your commitment to only listen for higher insight.

Pursue the quest for self-discovery and watch the shadows of fear, doubt, worry and all of the other self-created conditions you disdain disappear.

Author Guy Finley once said, “The only thing you lose when you let go of something you are afraid to live without is the fear itself.”

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