Being Love

This morning in meditation I heard the words, “Being love.” I thought that was odd because the next question that came was “what is the difference between ‘being love’ and ‘being in love?’

Our whole world seems enamored with being in love. Countless books, movies, and TV shows are centered around the idea of people being in love with each other. However, the drama comes because the course of love never runs smoothly. The characters are flawed. There isn’t enough love to go around. Love is unrequited. Love grows. Love is finite. Love is infinite. Love is conditional. It all depends on your place in the scheme of that particular love story.

But what if we are called to be love, not to be in love. What if we are called to be so full of love that we can’t help but radiate it out to everyone we meet. I rather think that ‘being love’ was what made the great spiritual teachers who they were. Even though they were flawed human beings, they were able to embody love. Being love was who they were.  

When one is in love, the hope is that the love will be returned in the same measure. When one is being love, there is no thought given as to whether it will be returned. It just is. It flows to everyone and every thing in equal measure. It doesn’t ask whether the love is deserved or whether it is returned. It just is.

As many of us have watched in horror as the events of 2020 and early 2021 have unfolded, it is easy to want to blame the other side, whichever side that may be, for all of the pain and suffering that we see. It is easy to point fingers and decide that some are more worthy of love than others. Frankly it is much easier to blame and hate than it is to love, and I am as guilty of pointing fingers as anyone.

If in fact, we are all one, if we are all connected (which I truly believe), then when I radiate blame and hate toward others, then I am sending that blame and hate to myself. I am not only condemning others, I am condemning myself. If, on the other hand, I radiate love to others, I am sending it to myself as well.

I believe that our greatest task as humans is to be love, to embody love so completely that we become pure love. It is also our most difficult task, especially now when we are at such odds with each other. If I begin to embody just a little of the love that is available to me from Goddess/Source, I can begin to create a ripple effect that eventually touches the whole world.

My mantra for 2021 is to dance the dance of yes. If I say yes to being love, even just a little bit, then I will fulfill my purpose in that dance. How do you want to be love in 2021?