“Love is….”

This poem is about the dichotomy of love. We use the word “love” quite loosely and, generally, do not give due consideration to what we are saying. The word “love” is bandied about as if it is the same as “like” – we love this, we love that. The term love that we use when we are “in love” is also, in my view a misnomer. Love, in the sense that we apply it to romantic love is nothing more than a chemical reaction in the brain in response to a desire to procreate and, from an evolutionary perspective, probably has something to do with providing protection for our young ones.

“Love” in the sense that I am talking about here, is about being in that state of true love, unconditional acceptance of what is, right here, right now. In that space we feel at peace, safe, warm, contented, feeling “whole”, part of the Universe, connected to everything and every thing.

Understanding what “unconditional” means is, I suspect, the real purpose of our lives, the reasons that we exist. In a place of “unconditional” love, total surrender to “what is”, we can find true peace. Only in this place can we feel OK with who we are and what is happening to us and around us.

“Acceptance” is the same as “unconditional” – it simply means that we have no expectations and, thus, total acceptance.

It appears to me that we humans are “meaning making machines” – looking for “meaning” in everything. Our “mind” is looking for meaning in everything, longing to “understand” when, any intelligent thought will lead you to the conclusion that there are millions of things, possibly everything, that we simply will never “understand”. How can we possibly comprehend quantum physics and the concept that everything in the Universe is a wave and doesn’t “exist” until we “observe” this “wave”, at which time it becomes a “particle” and, at that point, jumps into existence”.

I know that man has come a long way in learning to understand many things that our ancestors did not even begin to comprehend but is it possible that, over time, we can come to understand everything? At that point, we would have to become one with God, the Universe, and, at that point I suspect we would no longer be human, in form – we would become part of that universal “energy” that is existence (or non-existence).

That doesn’t mean that we should bury our heads in the sand and not seeks answers to our questions but, to me, it does mean that we need to spend some time just pondering and being present to what is happening right here, right now.

So, I write this to explain where I am coming from in this poem, this place of “Love” that I call “home”, that place of feeling true peace, connectedness with all that is, simply OK. Where the quest for “meaning” becomes no more than simply “being”

"Love is..."
Love is here in me, right here, right now
in this quiet peaceful place, I am not asking"how"?
I am one with life, with all that is
accepting my true self, no more quiz

No more asking "how"or asking "why"?
No more longing for that "pie in the sky"
No more asking why I exist
just breathing in, thankful for what is

In this solitude, simple joy of "being"
I feel not all alone, it is quite freeing
In this loneliness, I feel whole knowing
that I am no more than soul

My body is temporary, quite finite
It will cease to exist but that's alright
My "existence" here on this earth is a game
I have played, since my birth

The game it seems to me to be
to learn how to set us free
Free from duality, free from pain
when we understand we have nothing to gain

We have everything that we need
in this present moment, to succeed
All we really need is this breath
and in this sweet place we fear not death

We need have no fear, it holds no sway
in the present time, it just goes away
Fear only exists if we leave the present moment
seeking meaning in the future place, we feel our torment

If we can just learn to be here now
we can understand the "why" and "how"
The why of our life, and how to live
understanding is all that we can give

Understanding that we'll never understand in our mind you see,
we think we're man When, in truth, it seems,
that is not true it's a fallacy,
that there's a "me" and "you"

There is no "me" nor do "you" exist
We are all just "One", Universal tryst
A tryst of Universe playing it's game
where we are separate and we feel shame

If we only knew that we are "One"
we would understand all we have done
every thought we have is just a game
keeping us separate, but we're the same

Part of Universal love, expressions of intent
nothing more it seems, we are heaven sent
Sent to Earth it seems to pretend we're here
separated from who we are and this is what we fear

If we reconnect with the truth of who we are simply
we are dust from some long lost star
all we feel is "love", we are supreme beings
who came here to experience this weird dream

In duality we do not comprehend
what we need to do to our life mend
In duality we feel so all alone
but, by being "here" we are coming home

Coming home to "love" for what is "now"
by simply "being here" we have the "how"
The how of life is simply "being"
Being present for what we are seeing

Seeing what is here, for in this place
we can feel Universe's amazing grace
Peace and love and joy we can feel
from each other then we need not steal

I do not need you, nor you me
can I not feel that I am free?
Free to be myself, exactly as I am
Yes, I know that I am more than man

Part of Universe, complete and whole
All I really am is this soul
Understanding this will bring you peace
and your fearful thoughts just simply cease