As the world twists and turns and ties itself in knots we may wonder, why is this so?
Because we fear to be close to love.
We fear we will lose ourselves in it.
And we would.
We would burn to a cinder in the heart of a star.
That is what real love is like.
All consuming.
So we foolishly maintain our distance.
Giordano Bruno and many others burned for that secret sacred love.
They counted all things as lost next to the incomparable reality of knowing love and joining with it.
This is why Jesus told the rich man, if one would have eternal life, sell all that you own and give your riches to the poor.
There is a great secret in those words.
If you would taste real joy, let nothing stand in the way.
If you foolishly think that love is only the possession of this or that religion, you are sadly mistaken.
For the lovers of God are everywhere.
They are beyond word.
They fly higher than you could possibly imagine, because they have been to the lowest depths.
If you want to know God, throw yourself into the heart of love.
There is no other way but that.
All else is just a half measure, a delusion.
The body wants to live forever.
In this, it is innocent.
But it cannot.
What is real in you, is forever.
The only way to set it free is to give yourself to the flames of love while you have breath.
For it is choosing love from our ignorance that creates the power to fuel a star for a billion years.
One can lose themselves to love in a moment, but it is better to be sanctified by love.
This is why we live.
Having the chance to choose it again and again is the gift of time.
Time is mercy.
Let it burn away resentment, vanity, cruelty, cowardice, possessiveness, and fear.
Love asks for everything you desire.
But what it takes is not what is real.
It takes only what was never truly yours.
What remains is only what is real.
Quantum Heart 