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All that Matters is the Love

6/6/2016

Song of the Soulmate
A Resource To Support Soulmates and Sacred Loving

The phrase that has been most consistently repeated to me by the Blessed Beings when I open for loving guidance about relationship is: “All That Matters Is The Love.” Whether I am asking for support for a healing client, in teaching or ministry, or for myself personally, this phrase, this Truth, is always what comes to me first.

During my near-death experience at 16, the greatest lesson and awareness that I was given at that time, as well, was that EVERYTHING was LOVE. I saw that Life is Love. It breathes life into us. We are ALL made of Love. Everything that happens in Life is to help us grow in Love. It is to teach us how to better give, receive, reflect and become Love.

In relationship, we can also bring healing and transformation to difficulties by actively reminding ourselves that “Love is all that matters.” This does not mean that we should remain in unhealthy patterns or situations, or ignore areas of significant concern. It simply means that we can turn things over to the Love and allow it to help us grow in the ways necessary to purify what is unhealthy and lead us to a deeper and more beautiful expression of itself. Love will even help us see if a relationship is more toxic than beneficial for our wellbeing.

Love's strongest drive is to express itself ever more deeply, purely, powerfully and beautifully. It will continually propel us forward in this quest, yet truth is an absolute. There is no room for secrecy, dishonesty, cruelty, pride, anger, manipulation, etc., in Great Love. Nothing false or small in heart can exist when True Love is present. And if a connection is not healthy, Love will also shine light upon it so it may dissolve or we may choose otherwise.

When impasses are reached in relationship, the Holy Ones encourage us to analyze what is there for us to learn, address it with compassion for ourselves and for our beloved, and turn it over to the Love itself. Relinquish the need to separate and control, and let the Truth and Beauty of your Love clear your view. Let it lead and light your way. You will find your way and likely become much closer, even more deeply in touch with the greatness of the Love between you.

To quote a greeting card which sentiments I admire:

“One must never run away from love. There is no other direction.”

Nurturing the Flame of Love: Practical Application

6/1/2016

The Flame of Love
Soul-Centered Teachings of Fiamma D'Amore™

The Holy Ones teach us that nurturing the Flame of Love, within us, and subsequently within all life, is the key and cornerstone for uplifting and transforming life. We may find, as we work with this concept, that it feels “easier said than done.” So, let's explore its practical application further.

What does it mean to nurture the Flame of Love ~ in work, in the environment, in community, in partnership, in family, in friendships, etc.? How do we define it in order to apply it more effectively? In essence, it means that we recognize, honor, support and express the Flame of Love innately present ~ first and foremost, within ourselves.

When we nurture the Flame of Love present in any context, the person or people or situation involved have a fertile environment for healthy and positive transformation to begin. Love heals, uplifts and blesses ~ supporting what is our deeper truth and greater purpose and wellbeing. With Love infused, it is easier for us to remember our goodness; to rise beyond our pain; to be ennobled; to expand and to blossom.

Regardless of how it may appear, alignment with the Flame of Love is our more natural state of being. We've learned to be numbed and out of touch with it ~ misaligned by blocking our hearts through the over-emphasis of our wounded minds or what some call our ego minds. It often runs the show.

To correct this imbalance, we need to bring healing and consciousness to it. We must direct awareness and attention to our truer natures, the Flame of Love at our core ~ so it may thrive and become stronger than the drive of our wounds. With effort, we will steadily be able to nurture the Flame of Love in all people, creatures and things, as well.

Being blocked in our Hearts, and thus in the flow of the Love within us, by relating to life from our wounded mind, has become so prevalent and automatic that we usually need to keep getting “back on the horse” in our efforts to correct this imbalance and bring consciousness to our loving natures and to that of others.

The more we “get back on the horse” and nurture the Flame of Love, the stronger this ability becomes. It is a “muscle” that develops with focused, loving attention, just as any muscle would. When we bring awareness to our thoughts and interactions, and step back from what may be an automatic inclination, we have the opportunity to remember that Love is present. It may be stifled; yet, it is alive in you, in them, in situations, in nature and in ALL things. From this awareness, we can choose our behaviors accordingly; nurturing, supporting and expressing the Flame of Love within.

In short, nurturing the Flame of Love in oneself and in life requires consciousness, the willingness to heal, grow and let Love lead and the consistent support of its vitality. Here's to the nurturance of the Flame of Love alive and thriving in all Life!!

Cultivating Tenderness

5/11/2016

Song of the Soulmate
A Resource To Support Soulmates and Sacred Loving

The Blessed Ones teach us that to love deeply, we must develop a strong capacity for tenderness. An ability to see beyond our fears, our pride, our anger, our need to control or to be “separate.” It is an ability to love without the need to distance oneself from our beloved.

The Holy Ones teach that tenderness is a quality of evolution in our capacities for loving. We, if committed, grow into it, and cannot love as well or beautifully as we are capable of loving if we do not develop this quality.

We rarely think about tenderness. What does it really mean to be tender? Why would it be important? Divine Presence teaches us that in order to love purely and well, we must do our “homework.” We must learn about and bring healing, release and balance to what some call the “ego.” The wounded part of us that vies for constant control and limits, restricts and distorts the love and beauty within us.

In essence, to love with tenderness requires of us to be wise, healed, whole and strong enough in oneself that we are able to relinquish the hold of the “ego” or the “wounded sense of self” for the greater good of meeting and loving our beloved heart-to-heart, soul-to-soul. To love with no artifice, no pretense, no distortion. To love with a brave and open heart, on equal, receptive, responsive and compassionate footing, and to love with deep devotion. It means to hold your own heart and theirs with respect and reverence, and to courageously welcome the transcendent and expansive growth that will occur.

When we bring conscious and loving compassion to the wounds within us that create separation from one another, we begin to heal. And with time and work, our natural abilities to love free of the need to control and separate will steadily become more prominent. Let us join together in heart and vow to learn the great Art of Tenderness. Let us begin today learning to love ourselves and one another with tender devotion ~ free of artifice, heart-to-heart, soul-to-soul.

Strengthening Your Flame In Nature

5/2/2016

The Flame of Love
Soul-Centered Teachings of Fiamma D'Amore™

The Blessed and Beloved Ones teach us that nurturing and developing the Flame of Love that is our essence is key to our joy, fulfillment and overall wellbeing. One way to strengthen it is to regularly create a visceral connection with it. To let ourselves open up to it, feel it, direct attention to it, welcome its life force within us, etc. Thus, we are allowing ourselves to get to know the pulse of our unique and beautiful Flame. The more we do so, the stronger our connective “muscles” get, and the more familiar we become with what it “feels like” ~ so we can readily tap into it to create blessing for ourselves and for others.

Perhaps the easiest way for us to quickly align with our Flame of Love and to fortify this alignment is to spend conscious, receptive and loving time in Nature. If we can turn our minds off sufficiently to feel the beauty, calm and peace of the natural world, we are nurturing the same within us, and our Flame of Love is freer to express. Taking prolonged time to enjoy Nature while being responsive, present and grateful, feeds the Flame of Love within us, strengthens and deepens it and helps us remember its vast importance.

Our Beloved Earthly Mother will nourish us well if we open to her. We are born of her womb, cradled in her grace, strengthened by her wisdom, protected by her love, sustained by her bounty! We are one with her and every element of her natural world. She breathes life into us and fans the Flame of Love that is our essence, our natures. Turn to her that she may teach you of your Flame!

Walk Boldly in Love

4/11/2016

Song of the Soulmate
A Resource To Support Soulmates and Sacred Loving

We are being propelled into deeper understanding and experience of Love in these complex times. Who better to teach us of Love today than our beloved Goddess of Love, Aphrodite! Please enjoy this channeled message from her.

Photo Credit: Neill Kumar

Walk Boldly Into Love!
A channeled message from our beloved Illumined One, Aphrodite
April, 2016

“Rise up from the sea of your subconscious, as I, too, have risen, my Brothers and Sisters. Rise up in search and celebration of love!

Shed your scars. Relinquish your fears. Let go the hold of anger and pride. True love cannot exist in such confinement! Walk boldly, fearlessly, tirelessly beyond your pain that you may step with courage and devotion into the Radiance of Love ~ in all its Glory!
All lovers seek to embrace the pulse of beauty within their beloved. And all lovers must first seek to embrace the pulse of beauty within themselves! Forgive your mistakes. See yourself more lovingly, truthfully, compassionately, tenderly and authentically. Open to the healing of your hearts and souls, your bodies and minds. Open, that a deeper truth of self may come to life and blossom within you. From loving strength and wholeness in self, one may come easily to forgiveness of other's cruelties, weaknesses or mistakes. Forgive and heal that you may move forward into Love.

Rise up, dear Children of Grace, from your subconscious, from the churning sea of your histories, that you may know Love and Love may know you!”

You Are Never Alone

4/4/2016

The Flame of Love
Soul-Centered Teachings of Fiamma D'Amore™

This is such a powerful, and often painful, time in our collective evolution for many of us. It is all for our blessing and highest good. All purifying us and our world in the name of Divine Love. Yet, it has been particularly brutal for some. I thought what may be most supportive for our blog this month is to channel a message and blessing from Archangel Michael, the Warrior, the Protector.

Photo Credit: Jared Erondu

You Are Never Alone!
Channeled from Archangel Michael for our Blessing
April, 2016.

“There is never a moment where one is separate from God. From Spirit. From the vast presence of Love and Grace pulsing life into Life. Every beat of your heart is in tandem with the Divine.

Perhaps it is difficult to fathom the immensity of this Truth as filtered through humanness; or weakened self-esteem; yet, it is a great, comforting and absolute Truth.

These are trying and potent times in the growth of the Human Heart! I highlight this Truth for you in order that you may seek its sanctuary through your own unfolding transformation into Love. The Light of the Christ, the Light of all Blessed Beings, shines brightly within and around you, even beyond your awareness. Our Love streams forth unto you, with constant dedication and diigence, to cradle, sustain and support you. Open to it. Sense It. Embrace It. Hold It ever near, and let It heal your sorrows and illuminate your way. Work with us, that we may bless you!

Be not afraid to grow! It is your joy and your destiny awakening within you!”

Foundational Step Two: Nurturing Our Spiritual Core

3/4/2016

Song of the Soulmate
A Resource To Support Soulmates and Sacred Loving

Loving More Deeply This Year
Foundational Step II ~ Nurturing Our Spiritual Core

Loving is an Act of Grace. We love because we ARE Love, because all of life is Love, because we are created of Divine Love. We express our essence and our natures when we love. We express Divine nature and the nature of Life, and we celebrate Its glory.

To cultivate a stronger capacity for loving and a more receptive and responsive “womb” for being loved, it is necessary to strengthen our spiritual center ~ to nurture and give consistent, loving attention to our spirituality, so it may be vital. If we are more attuned spiritually, our hearts are stronger, and we are, correspondingly, more attuned to our Divine loving nature and Its vast capacity for love.

It is sometimes hard to feel that we can give ourselves permission and time to have a spiritual practice. The demands of daily life can be so great, or we may not know what will work for us or how to begin to create structure for ourselves with it.

I find that spiritual practice is very personal. Whether we ascribe to a particular ideological system, church or religious organization, or we work more singularly on our spiritual growth, it is a deeply individual process, and it is important that we honor our own natures and needs as we find what is most true and supportive for us. Basically, we are more inclined to continue with it, if our practice is resonant with our natural flow.

Following are some examples of different ways that we may be able to support and cultivate spiritual strength: Someone who may be inclined to feel spiritually connected in nature may wish to walk to the beach regularly and pray or commune spiritually outside. Someone else may feel more connected through meditation and wish to schedule blocks of time to regularly meditate. Another may choose to go to mass daily. And, another may prefer to read inspirational writings or listen to uplifting music. Others may wish to journal and ask to receive guidance. People with artistic temperaments may prefer to create . . .

What is most important in strengthening spiritually is to develop and establish a practice that works for you. If we identify the “language” that is most natural for us in connecting and communicating with our Divine nature and Divine Presence itself, we are well on our way to maintaining that practice, to markedly improving our lives and deepening our capacities for loving. We can add variety and dimension to our practice as well.

Spiritual practice strengthens our hearts and souls and our connection with the Divine. This empowers us, enriches our lives and assists us in our quest to love ever more beautifully and completely. It does not matter to the Divine which form of practice we take ~ only that we take one ~ to help us joyfully transform our lives and become the best we can be.

The “Flame Of Love” In Action

3/1/2016

The Flame of Love
Soul-Centered Teachings of Fiamma D'Amore™

The Holy Ones teach us that life is richer, more joyful, meaningful, abundant and expansive when we embrace and nurture the “Flame of Love” within us. When we do so, we are aligned with the deeper Truth of life and the deeper Truth of our own Beings. We can always evolve into deeper experience of our “Flame,” and deeper experience of the joy and beauty it represents.

One way of strengthening alignment is to bring consciousness and effort into letting our “Flame” express and operate in our daily lives. In essence, we do this by consciously infusing an action with love. For example, in a work situation, you may wish to take a moment before entering a meeting to tune into your Heart and the Love that is your True nature. Remember it is who you really are and is perpetually alive within you. Feel it pulse within your body, let your “Flame of Love” fill every part of you and shine brightly. Allow it to be present as you enter the meeting room. You are bringing Heart and consciousness to your “Flame,” enabling it to strengthen and bless you, and all present ~ perhaps even uplifting the tenor of the meeting.

By allowing our “Flame of Love” to be active and present in our daily lives, we are blessing ourselves and one another; making it easier for others to also find their way to alignment with their own “Flames.” Our lives, and the lives of those around us, will steadily and powerfully change for the better.

If we have the courage to persist with this work, and embrace the dynamic changes that unfold with dedication and a willing, open heart, we are working in partnership with the Divine and with our True natures ~ as we are meant to be. Things will shift and flow in exciting, and even miraculous, ways. It may feel awkward at first, but your Soul is “at home” with this process and will help you beautifully succeed. It is well worth the effort and occasional discomfort.

By seeking and giving voice and vitality to our “Flame of Love,” our dreams will progressively and joyfully become our reality. It is the longing of our Souls to create our deepest dreams for us, and in aligning with our “Flame, we are giving our Souls permission and a clearer pathway to do so!

Foundational Step One: Loving Self Care

2/8/2016

Song of the Soulmate
A Resource To Support Soulmates and Sacred Loving

In our commitment to love even more deeply and wholly this year, let's highlight the first of progressive steps offered through this blog that will support our growth in loving. For the first step, we start at home. We start with loving ourselves more actively.

Often, it is easier to focus on loving the “other,” rather than on loving and cultivating caring relationship with ourselves. It may even feel foreign, shameful, uncomfortable or painful as we bring consciousness to this. We may not even know how to begin. So, let's look at it in greater depth.

With giving as much as I do in my life and work, finding healthy balance with loving self-care has often been a challenge for me. This year, in particular, I am making the commitment to create more consistent flow and equality in support of myself in all areas. Giving back to myself healthfully at least as much as I give out. I plan to be a better “love parter” for myself this year, and I invite you to do the same. It is the foundation of all aspects of healthy loving.

The Holy Ones teach us that the first place to start in “amping up” our capacities for self-love is to tune in and listen to our inner voices and hearts, asking them what we may be needing in body, mind, heart and soul. We can ask questions like: what do we need and want in the moment or long term; what do we dream of; what will feed us; what will make us happy; what will empower us; what needs expression, creatively or in other ways; how can we better support our health, etc. One way of looking at it is that we are giving ourselves time to ask and answer the kinds of questions we would want to know about a loved one in supporting them. It helps to remember that we need caring time and attention from ourselves, too.

Secondly, it is beneficial to not only remember, but commit, to being good partners for ourselves, good advocates for the health, happiness and wellbeing of our inner and outer natures. We need to give ourselves permission to respond to what we are wanting lovingly and non-judgmentally. To address our personal wishes or concerns with compassion and thoughtfulness, just as we would for others we love. And, lastly, to then follow through with a plan to create what is required in order to support what we are needing or to lovingly negotiate a compromise if necessary.

Healthy, responsive, loving behavior with ourselves is a potent foundational step in loving others more deeply. Even from a practical standpoint, if “our well is empty” we have less or little to offer others whom we love. Join me in doing something actively loving and supportive for yourself every day! (You may also find the current Flame of Love blog entry of use in this matter.)

Cultivating A Purer Sense of Self

2/1/2016

The Flame of Love
Soul-Centered Teachings of Fiamma D'Amore™

Welcome! Today, we continue our discussion of the Flame of Love that we began in our last entry. We will be looking more carefully at what diminishes or interferes with our natural alignment with it.

The idea of thinking of ourselves as “Love” ~ expressions and extensions of Divine Unconditional Love ~ is sometimes hard to accept and understand in functioning as human beings. We've learned to often see ourselves unkindly. Through a skewed veneer that is shaped and colored by our soul's history, our upbringing, our life experiences, the projections of others, etc.

We've also learned to let these skewed perceptions of ourselves, and of the world, have greater importance in our consciousness than that of our hearts. We've learned to let these perceptions, generally, have the first say and to “run the show.” So much so that they have often become subconscious, automatic, and even vigilant, in maintaining control of our thoughts, feelings and behaviors, causing us challenge, dissatisfaction and often great pain.

To be able to align with the Flame of Love within us and within life, we must begin bringing consciousness and healing to this pattern so that its influence becomes less automatic. In order to do this, we need to begin actively strengthening connectedness with our deeper natures and cultivating more loving, heartfelt and spiritually truthful perceptions of ourselves. Essentially, we need to “work that emotional and spiritual muscle” (with conscious loving attention) so it becomes strong, and eventually, stronger, than our skewed perceptions.

The first step in this healing journey is to realize that this pattern of running our lives through seeing ourselves and others in a limited or skewed way is not serving us or anyone else. The unkind perceptions of ourselves we have adopted cause us continual harm. They are not Truth.

We can begin to repair and correct this pattern by choosing to regularly direct conscious attention to the beauty within us and within life; by choosing to be heart-centered and loving with ourselves and with others; and by choosing to begin actively and regularly relating to ourselves with thoughtful compassion and affectionate care.

Our lives will steadily be transformed for our greater joy and good when we tune in to the deeper parts of who we are and let them have a stronger daily presence and voice in our lives. With time and effort, the strength of our hearts and our deeper, purer sense of self and spiritual connection will more frequently take the lead, helping us create lives for ourselves that are more beautiful, authentic and joyous. (You may also find the current Song of the Soulmate blog entry of use in this matter.)

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