“Greetings, beloved brothers and sisters:
Sometimes, the simplest messages are the most profound. There are all kinds of complexities that you can pursue in wishing to awaken, but it isn’t really necessary.
One of my repeated messages to those who followed me was, “Love each other as I have loved you.”
Just as an exercise, picture a person in your mind right now whom you find easy to love. Maybe it’s a baby, a grandchild, or even a pet. One of the things you’ll notice when you realize how much you love this being is how perfect they are, exactly as they are.
There are no qualifiers when you really love someone. You are loving their being and grateful that they are somewhere in your vicinity. That being is timeless, and the love is not conditional.
And, the most wonderful feeling is not so much how loved you are by others (even though that’s very nice), but how good it feels to love someone, to have someone to love.
You’re accessing Source itself and feeling how Source feels about you —perfect, exactly as you are, an unconditional blessing.
Now, imagine you could take this person, this being, this pet, or something you love unconditionally, and expand that love to include others.
One thing that helps is to see them not as perfect according to some standard, but as “a perfect whatever they are” —just “a perfect whatever they are.”
Even if what they represent isn’t what you consider loving, watch how perfectly they embody it.
None of this means that you need to spend your time with this person or agree with this person. But open up to the possibility of accepting them exactly as they are and watch how much easier it is to love them.
People can’t help but be where they are on their path. They can’t be any more forward or any more behind. They are only where they are. And, when seen in that light, they’re much easier to love.
This is very, very profound and actually very easy. It’s not a difficult prescription.
“Love each other as I have loved you.”
There is a need for the ego to be special, to be loved more than others, to be above others, not below them. But that’s not really love.
The easiest people to love, you’ll find, are the ones of whom you expect nothing. You don’t need them to save you. You don’t need them to protect you. You don’t need them. You love them.
Not needing anyone to be different or better, but celebrating them exactly as they are, gives you more access to love.
Release the notion that anything should be different than the way it is. This is what frees you up to see life a little differently than you’ve seen it.
If you don’t need to… You could. If you don’t feel like you “should” be loving other people, you could.
What it requires is a kind of radical allowance. And what that will bring forth is a seeing that you haven’t had before. As it turns out, it’s very easy to love people, very easy.
Do whatever you need to do to connect with the love you have for yourself. Put yourself in places where you can be grateful, where you can focus on the gifts that are given to you every moment.
Let yourself fill up with this love and watch how it affects what you see, what you do, and how you feel. Be as loving as you possibly can to yourself and notice how that affects your perceptions of others. Be kind to yourself, and you’ll find it easier to be kind to others.
It is a wonderful, wonderful thing to allow yourself to love freely, as I have loved you, and it’s easier to get there than you might think.
Be in that place where love exists and watch how it colors all your perceptions.
Love each other as I have loved you.”
-Yeshua
