Deepening into our intention of Radical Love, I am celebrating the level of depth and awareness that we are bringing forth within ourselves and the world around us. Members of this group are navigating the end of relationships, health challenges, the beginning of new career moves, and breakthroughs in understanding the most intimate and divine parts of ourselves—to name a few!
This is Radical Love in action.
The privilege of living with such a level of awareness is the possibility of even more. More joy. More gratitude. More love. We know about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as a pyramid, with the highest level being self-actualization. But this model is flawed; it assumes that self-actualization is the epitome of human motivation.
As a pyramid, the model caps out. It narrows at the top to the point that it completely stops. The pyramid model doesn't take into consideration the vast expanse of possibility that exists beyond living at the level of self-actualization.
But it's exactly here that we are living our lives! Breathe into that, Radical Lovers. This is how miraculous you are. Living beyond what most people (maybe even you included!) can even fathom. And yet we are cultivating ever-growing presence that not only have we risen farther in our awareness than we believed possible, but that more exists in the unknown beyond even what we have come to know so far.
What could that even be?! I don't know. But, this week, I've been opening myself up to it.
Part of my practice of Radical Love is early morning risings for meditation, reflection, and study. Starting my day in this way brings clarity and calm that empowers creative flow and connection with the world around me.
Earlier this week, my normal routine of reading and meditation felt out of grasp for some reason. I was sitting in my usual spot on the couch but not really connecting to the book that was in my hands. Instead of forcing myself, I just stayed present to what might be available to me in that resistance of focusing on the book. As I opened my awareness, my heart filled with love.
I saw my dog, Jesse, my best pal for over a decade, adorably napping on his bed. He was curled up and his eyes were sweetly closed. He looked so cozy and safe. He felt me looking at him and raised his head to look at me. My heart swelled even bigger.
I invited him to come up on the sofa with me and I snuggled him in my arms. We stared into each others’ eyes. Time stopped. I was present only to the miracle of this little furry energy ball in front of me. I let the awe and wonder rise for what could have been a mundane moment, but to which I was choosing to assign deep significance.
Gratitude. Love. Joy. Connection.
I don’t know how long we stayed like that. But I remember feeling outside of time and space looking into my little dogson’s eyes and feeling his energy reciprocate and sync with mine. It was a moment of eternity. This was Heaven on Earth.
Heaven is a state of mind, available always when I connect the divine to the present moment through opening my heart. Heaven is not something saved for later, it is for the now. The present moment. And in that, lies eternity.
Heaven is here in the energy field around us, we only have to choose to feel it, turning the mundane into the divine. Just like Radical Love, because it’s just another expression of Radical Love.
As we are launching into the unknown possibility offered to us though Radical Love, I’m playing a game with myself now. How long can I stay present to Heaven on Earth?
How long can I stay in the experience of Heaven on Earth? Can I increase the frequency of these moments throughout my day? What would it look like to connect these separate moments in my day—to extend them, to create more of them—until it becomes the fullness of my consciousness in my day?
What would it look like to truly live in Heaven on Earth?
I’m not sure, but I am practicing.
Where have you created Heaven on Earth today? Share in the chat because what you give expands.
With love and gratitude,
Sarah
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