BEeline to Divine Love

Beeline to Divine Love

 

 The Opportunity

What if you could embody Divine Love, and that could continue to unfold?

The day that I went to practice this exercise for the first time, I opened my book to the perfect page, as had become routine recently. This day the passage was from Communion with God.

The reading was so powerful I listened to the audio version of it as I drove to the mountains where Caleb and I would hike that day; where I’d intended to have an “experience” resulting from applying this exercise.

As the reading continued, the author, Neale Donald Walsch, mentioned your experience might come from a criminal.

I paid little attention to the “criminal” reference, only thinking, This won’t happen to me.

I have chosen to have a deeply trusting nature and positive one; cultivated over time.

I kept driving.

As soon as Caleb and I arrived at our destination, a man spoke to Caleb in the parking lot. This is not uncommon among hikers in the Tucson area. We’re generally a friendly lot.

Caleb was on a long leash and the man asked from a distance if he could step closer to me. We were chatting from afar, so I told him, “Sure. That was really polite to ask. Thank you.” And I flashed my wedding ring, wanting to keep the communication clear.

As a woman traveling alone over decades in my life – 9 months across America, also having visited 35 countries, 1/3 of those alone, I have learned to raise my intuition on the road. And that has served me well. Until today, I’d only had one encounter that felt unsafe. That’s a lot of miles traveled on that record!

The man talked about the trail. How green it was today. How he’d just been lying down in an area he said is “like the Hobbit.” He added, “I may join you out there again.”

I thought this last comment was odd. It was late in the day to be starting a hike, especially as he’d just returned from his, with a full pack.

I said nothing and continued my preparations to hit the trail.

When we arrived at an early intersection on the trail, the man was there, again, speaking to two young children.

I decided to stay back, watch, let Caleb sniff. I wanted to remain in a place where I could see the man.

When we reached the fork in the road we’d discussed – with “The Hobbit” route going right and I’d told him I knew how green it was, we’d been there a few weeks before and that we always go that way – he turned left and began to run.

I felt relieved that he had taken the other path and found it a bit odd that he’d started sprinting with what seemed to be a heavy pack.

When Caleb and I came upon the stretch just before “The Hobbit” meadow, I saw this man sitting on a log, facing the trail. He’d taken a shortcut to get there!

All day I had been practicing the “Divine Love” exercise you’ll read about here.

I glanced at him out of the corner of my eye and kept looking forward, focused fully on Divine Love. I felt it from my body, radiating out from me. That was all I could “think” about: Divine Love.

Further down the trail, I came upon two young men taking pictures. I felt relieved that Caleb and I weren’t alone on the path – and began to reflect on the experience.

Had I felt fear or love during my encounter with this man just before reaching “The Hobbit” meadow?

Love.

I had only been Love.

Yes, I was aware he had been polite. And (the serial killer) Ted Bundy had been, too.

I remembered a story about Peace Pilgrim, who traveled more than 25,000 miles by foot across America for peace. The story goes that a man who intended to do Peace Pilgrim harm was “disarmed,” just by her sending love.

I had, too. I was love in that moment. I passed through the passage where he watched me. Studied me, I felt. I was Love in that instant. Divine Love, which, for me, had often felt like it made me taller, bigger, connected with a Higher Power above me. This is how I felt as I walked past this man.

Gratefully.

As I reminded myself to be Divine Love, as that was my intention for the day, applying this exercise, I reflected truthfully on how I had been.

Yes, I’d had a moment when I thought about the bear spray that I’d recently culled from my pack.

But I didn’t want to use that on him. What if, instead, if he did mean harm, I helped break the cycle, if there was one. Or thwarted his impulse, if there was one.

I remembered several months earlier, meeting a young, vibrant woman, who was so friendly, full of light and life. She hiked with great strength, though she had only one leg. She had served in one of our recent wars. Yet her power was palpable. We talked about how we loved hiking here and she said, “Every time I come to this mountain, I meet God here.”

I remembered our path had crossed in the exact same spot on the trail where the man sat on the fallen log.

Later, I heard in what felt like a whisper from God to me:
“I was up there with you today.
As I Am all days.
In the shadows, and the light.
I hope you can trust that now.”

The Practice

You can choose any quality which helps you be your highest self. Or “grandest” self, as God describes in the Conversations with God trilogy. What is it for you today? Being powerful? Transformative? A healer? Divine Love? I’ve chosen Divine Love, as that helps me accelerate – to be my highest self.

What will you choose today, and beyond?

You can insert your word(s) where Divine Love is mentioned here. Or join me in trying Divine Love and seeing what happens…

1. FEEL. Friendship with God tells us: “Thinking is the slowest method of creation…One thing that most of you have forgotten is that all things exist in the Eternal Moment of Now. All solutions, all answers, all experiences, all understanding. In truth, there is nothing for you to have to create. All that is necessary is for you to become aware that everything you wish and everything you seek has already been created.’ When we do, we won’t need to try to “be light” — thinking our way through it. We will simply BE it.

Feel. “Divine Love.” How does it feel to you?

1. EXPERIENCE. Invite an experience with “Divine Love.” It could be a meditation. It could be snuggling your dog, or cat. It could be playing with the words. Experimenting. Maybe one word at a time: “I Am Love.” “I Am Divine.” Then “I Am Divine Love” together. And, if saying “I Am…” feels like too much of a stretch, say “I feel…” Have fun with this and see what unfolds…And what continues to unfold…

You may even decide to take a walk in nature…

3. EMBODY. One of the joys of practice is that, ultimately, our actions become automatic. We’ve practiced them so often, when we walk through a meadow…we are it.

Most of the time life will not require us to “be” a certain way so fast we don’t have time to “think” about it (feeling v. thinking). Yet isn’t it great to know, through consistent practice, this is possible for us?

Begin by asking: How does “Divine Love” feel in my body?

Maybe you feel taller, bigger, lighter, enveloped, embraced, protected, peaceful, bliss or…? Other?

The key is to “embody” it – that is, recognize it as a felt sensation in your body as you practice. You will always have that to return to as “all things exist in the Eternal Moment of Now.”For this to continue to unfold, surrender to it. Allow it to come to you, through you. Don’t attach to one sensation. Stay open.

You like feeling “embraced”? Great – and, when you remind yourself to “Surrender” to Divine Love, “Allow It,” Divine Love may surprise you: comforting you, protecting you and so much more that you then will be able to embody.

And the journey continues…

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Jillian (Robinson) Weaver loves sharing stories of the heart – for the joy of it. An Emmy-winning television producer, author-photographer and coach, she is not seeking new clients or selling anything; she simply hopes these words help kindle the light in your life to burn brighter. She’s grateful to be with you on this journey.