Living With Love

Love is one of the greatest gifts we have. I talk about how we can use the gift of God's love to live with that love in our life. This is a talk and meditation to let you release any old pain with the power of forgiveness and love. It brings a very healing and supportive energy.

Transcript

Aloha,

I'm Cindy Paulus and I'm so happy to be here with you from lovely Maui.

And it's interesting because I started first in meditation and doing that when I was about 13 years old,

But then I got into radio and I thought,

Well,

No one's gonna want to hear in radio about God,

About love.

And it's all about that.

And today I'm going to be talking about how to take the love that we know is present inside our soul and in our meditation and put it to work in our life so we can love our life with that unconditional love that we are loved with.

And now for me,

It's very easy to go into meditation and be blissed out and to feel that love and to feel God and to feel good.

But then to take it every day and to put it to work in the challenging times,

That's the real gift and art that you can learn when you're centered in love and in meditation.

So thank you.

I want to start with something I say every day,

Which is the Aramaic version of the Lord's Prayer.

Now,

If you've heard any of my talks on a lot of the insight time or meditations,

I use this as well,

Because for me,

It speaks so purely of that prayer because Jesus Christ was asked,

How do you pray?

And we know the traditional version of the Lord's Prayer,

But the Aramaic version,

Which is closer,

I believe,

To what he said is so powerful.

The Aramaic version goes,

Father,

Mother of the cosmos.

Now,

Let's just stop with that Father,

Mother of the cosmos.

In the original Aramaic that God essence was Father and Mother combined,

That energy wasn't separated.

There was no,

Well,

We can't accept the divine feminine,

But it was the energy of love combined in God was the Father,

Mother of the cosmos.

The shimmering light of all.

Let's focus that light within us as we breathe your holy breath.

Enter the sanctuary of our hearts,

Uniting within us those sacred rays of your power and beauty.

Let your heart's desire unite heaven and earth through our sacred union.

Help us to fulfill what lies within the circle of our lives today and forgive our secret fears as we freely forgive the secret fears of others.

Let us not enter forgetfulness tempted by false appearances for from your astonishing fire comes the eternal song,

Which sanctifies all renewed eternally in our lives and throughout creation.

We seal these words in our hearts.

Now I was thinking this morning,

A strange thought came to me.

Thank you,

Rachel.

Thank you,

Ali.

Good to see you.

I remember when I was about six or seven years old,

I went to Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church and I was we were in the main hall sanctuary where all the people sing and things,

But the teacher was there and said,

This church is the body of Christ.

Oh,

Well,

What part of the body are we in right now?

Is this the stomach or is it the heart?

She just laughed and I'm just like,

Is the body?

What part are we in?

And I was thinking how indeed we really are a reflection of God ourselves in our own body.

And we see that so beautifully out in nature.

Now I do an energy field where light comes in from the highest point down through our body through the earth.

And then I take it and put the love out there and I extend my arms as far as I can go.

And I let that love extend out.

So this is a cross.

It's a cross of light and love.

So the light is pouring down the vertical part of the cross and our arms are out and we're the loving part of the cross.

It's the horizontal part.

And in mystical teachings,

The horizontal part is the part that we share in our field of energy in our lives.

So if you can for a moment,

Think of yourself in a field of beautiful radiant light.

Now this is that infinite light.

So make it a bright light coming through your whole body from the highest source of all.

Think of the stars and the cosmos and having it come through our body and think of your outstretched arms as that infinite love,

That unconditional love there meeting together in that point in your heart.

As it said in the Aramaic version of the Lord's Prayer,

Right?

It said,

Unite,

Right?

Let your heart's desire unite heaven and earth.

Now we have been given lots of chances.

In fact,

Every single day and especially this last year with COVID-19 to try to more in really bring more of heaven to earth.

And it's more necessary now than ever to bring more love into our everyday life.

And we can do this by a couple of ways.

I believe meditating every day in the morning and setting our intention to have love,

Compassion and kindness at work in our day for ourself and for others can really set the tone for your day.

And what also really helps us to realize you're not doing this on your ego self.

You're not doing this on your own.

You're doing this and turning it all over to God.

And with God,

Anything is possible.

And I've seen that so many times and it's a matter of believing it when we get worn down,

When we get hurt,

When we get disappointed.

And many times the people closest to us might be working,

Might be in our life are the hardest to love.

Sometimes think about before COVID-19 Thanksgiving get togethers with the family.

And we love this,

Our family,

Right?

We love them.

But there's always that challenge when we get together with some family members that someone's going to just push our buttons.

And sometimes even our soulmates,

We think they're the perfect beings of love.

We pray for soulmates.

Sometimes our soulmates are really the ones who push our buttons and teach us more about how to be loving and understanding in life.

So we have these amazing opportunities every day,

But you know what?

We get afraid that we can't really put that to work.

And this is where that meditation and that living love come into being and come into work.

I also really embrace all paths and I'm actually a Buddhist.

I took my precepts in 1986,

Zen Buddhist.

But I love Christ and I believe that in the metaphysical field that I practice with that all paths lead to God and all practices are really good if you can indeed embrace what you can in your life to make your everyday living experience reflection of the highest.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Centering prayer is wonderful.

I absolutely agree.

And so in the metaphysical practice,

We let people to understand that all paths lead to this practice of living God's love in life.

And it may not be called.

It may just be called God in some practices.

It may just be love in another because once you experience that unbelievable energy of God,

You realize how powerful that energy of love is.

It's a transforming unconditional love that is so powerful and so beautiful.

So how do we take that love that is God that we know exists and really make it work in the challenging times of our life?

This is where that meditation practice and that refuge of being able to understand that power of love at work in everyone comes into being.

And this is such an important practice.

When you go through a challenging time,

We know through practice and meditation,

Breath is so important.

So maybe you're going through something that is fearful.

What do you do?

You breathe,

Right?

You breathe.

You let your breath clear away the fear and you feel love.

I can sometimes be faced with something challenging and I'll go into my heart and I'll say silently,

Love,

Love.

So that's one way you can do it.

And I'm seeing some great suggestions.

Thank you.

Indeed,

We can take that energy of love and call upon it when we need to.

And this is also present in the practice of refuge and in meditation and in Buddhism.

And the way that that works is we ask for being able to face what we fear.

We ask that we be able to uncover our hidden self.

I had this example this last week.

Yesterday I found out my sister,

Her husband is in the hospital with COVID-19.

And my niece,

My sister's daughter also got COVID.

They live in California and it's so prevalent there now.

So you have this thing that is like,

Wow,

Immediately it's like tension,

Right?

Tension goes into your body.

Fear comes up in a way you may not call fear,

But you get very,

Very worried and concerned.

My sister needs her husband a lot and he's the only person that provides income for her.

So this is where you can do some practice.

This is where that love in being and turning it over to the higher energy comes into practice.

This is where you go and take some breaths.

For me,

I light a candle and I call upon that higher source.

And I say,

Is there anything I'm hiding in myself right now?

You might ask yourself,

Is there anything that you haven't been feeling?

Is there anything that's been challenging to you that put you in fear?

Have you had a loved one?

Have you had someone,

Maybe you know someone that's got COVID-19 or maybe you've had an experience where someone's passed away in this last year.

And how have you been able to process that?

Have you been able to love it,

To love that experience enough to face it and to embrace it and to overcome the way it might shut you down with the tension,

With the stress?

This is such a valuable practice,

My friends.

I mean,

I've been practicing since I've been 13,

14 years old and believe me,

Every day this practice is so valuable.

I still have to go back and sit and breathe and let my breath sweep my mind.

And I have to go back to that love that I know is present in there.

And I have to call upon that love.

Now I like to do this by meditating and then writing as I have been doing every day of my life.

And I have about,

I don't know,

25,

000 things I've written a lot before the times of computers.

So I wrote this knowing we would talk about living that love we are.

And I wrote a prayer for it just yesterday.

Lord,

Help us to live the love we are.

To ride in waves of wonder and the beauty that is right here,

Right now,

Present in nature and the oceans and stars and in that presence ever near.

To see the miracle of life as the precious gift that it really is.

And not to be worn down by the many trials of life that exist.

To be that love we are as Christ the teacher did when he showed us how to heal with the eternal light that always lives.

Lord,

Help us to see the wonder that's present in a baby's eyes.

Let the miracle in each and every moment inspire the glory and let us be able to recognize,

Let love work its magic in every person that's here right now.

Let's believe if we can the beauty and the wonder alive within creation's plan.

So how do you weave that nest of heaven's love?

How do you put that beautiful angelic nest of heaven's love into your heart?

Well,

First you have to feel it.

You have to again be open to be aware that you need to forgive anything that's blocking anything that's blocking that love in you.

And forgiveness is such a wonderful key to love.

I think it was Don Henley that wrote a song,

Getting Down to the Heart of the Matter.

It's about forgiveness.

And I love that song.

Let's get down to the heart of the matter.

It's forgiveness,

Forgiveness,

Forgiveness.

Yes.

Thank you.

And so let's go into that nest in our heart.

How is that nest in your heart?

Is it feathered with lovely angels wings or are there some scars and things you need to clear away?

Maybe just ask yourself,

Is there anything I need,

Anything that I need right now to forgive,

To release,

To let go of,

To be able to live the love that I am in every day and to share that love with others.

If something comes up that you need to face,

Know that that love that's the highest love within you has the power to heal it.

Know that you are protected and let's right now put that lovely light of love surrounding you to protect you as we go into deeper parts of your heart.

Let's call upon that protection of the highest light and love and extend that love around you at least six feet out.

And it's a beautiful radiant light of love and you have light above you,

We'll have light outside you,

Beneath you,

Around you,

A beautiful,

Beautiful shell of light encompasses you right now in protection.

And let's do a meditation my friends.

Let's just take a few deep breaths of love.

Let's breathe that love in.

Let's completely allow that love to be present right here and now.

Breathe it in deeply and let's scan our body and feel and be aware of what we're really feeling and if anything needs to be revealed right now,

We ask that it be revealed and let us feel and let us be revealed any tightness you might have from any stress you might have been through.

Breathe that wonderful love light in.

Breathe it in deeply.

Breathe it into your heart.

Scan your head,

The whole area around your head.

See a lovely,

Lovely violet light coming in through your third eye and your whole head is surrounded in a beautiful energy that is purifying anything in your consciousness that needs to be cleared out.

Breathe in that beautiful light as it clears your whole mind out and purifies your mind.

Let your breath sweep your mind.

Breathe that breath in and know that love's at work right now.

Right here,

That unconditional love of God is present.

Breathe it into your neck area.

Is there any tightness,

Anything you might have buried that you now feel safe to release?

That beautiful energy of creativity comes that beautiful chakra there.

Let that energy just radiate through that beautiful throat chakra and the aquamarine waves of healing.

And now bring that love light into your heart where that nest is going to be even feathered further with love and angels,

Feathers and care.

And ask your heart,

Is there anything that your heart wants to heal right now?

Are there any old pains or scars or fears that need to be released?

Take some moments to just trust that God's love can heal that what needs to be healed,

That you can heal what needs to be healed.

Breathe that energy in,

Breathe it in and let that energy pour into your heart and healing waves of love,

Deep love,

Unconditional love.

Any old energy you want to release right now,

This is the time to trust enough to release that energy.

Breathe it in and know that you're surrounded by other loving beings right now.

All the love that's present right now is a beautiful love light that you can embrace.

So embrace that love that you are.

Know in this inner sanctuary of your heart,

You can bring heaven to earth in your heart.

This is the unconditional love you were born to be able to live with.

Feel that love,

Embrace that love.

Accept that you are love,

Beloved.

You are love.

You are such great love,

My friend.

Do not limit yourself ever in the love that you are.

And at the same time,

Know that the people around you are there for a reason,

That you have good people in your life.

Let yourself right now send that love that you're feeling out to someone you love.

It could be a pet.

It could be someone that you've always loved.

It could be someone who's passed on to the other side.

It could be the energy that you need to express to someone you haven't been able to express it to.

But right now,

Know you can send that energy of love out to that person in that beautiful sacred space and sanctuary from your heart to their heart.

Feel that love as you express it,

As you give it.

And let yourself receive that love back because on some level,

That other being,

Whether it's a pet wagging their tail,

Well,

Or dog wagging their tail,

Or whether it's a bird,

Or whether it's an old lover,

Or whether it's your present soulmate,

On some level,

That other being feels that love.

So don't be afraid to allow that energy of love to come back to you.

This is the exchange that's so important,

The giving and taking of love that you need to do every day in your life.

And as you practice doing this,

The more you do it,

The better you get at it.

So now let's take a moment with that love that you are,

That you feel right now and send that love out to someone that needs to be forgiven,

Someone that may have hurt you,

Someone that may have done something that disappointed you.

And let's send that loving energy of forgiveness out no matter what they did.

We know that some part of them was there in our life for a reason.

Even if it's hard to accept,

Just trust it's not you,

It's God's love pouring through you to forgive that so you can be released and you can feel more love in your life.

So send that love out now,

That same love you felt for your pet or your beloved,

Send it out to someone that may have hurt you,

That may have scarred your heart and release it knowing that that release is what is so important to feel.

And that you can be free,

That you really can be free when you can believe that you are past any of the pain and hurt.

Know that right now there is that expression of love working in your life and say thank you God.

And let this love in your heart now go to a higher place in your soul.

Because many times we have karmic relationships with those in our life that go back seven generations from the past or seven generations to the future.

And our soul is the place where we can do even more work than our body sometimes and knowing those karmic relationships.

Are you ready to be free of some old karma or karmic relationships that may be affecting you?

Then go deep within into that nest that we built in our heart.

There's also a nest in your soul,

A perch,

Let's call it a perch in your soul.

Visualize a beautiful,

Beautiful perch right there in your golden soul.

And from that perch you're able to objectively see anything you might need to release from any past experiences,

From any other lifetimes,

From anything you might have held onto without knowing it.

And let's let that golden light of love shine forth and completely free you and allow yourself to be free of any karmic events that might have happened that might be shadowing your life.

Breathe in that possibility,

Breathe in that energy together and allow yourself to feel the love that pours in from God when you ask for God's love to completely allow you to be free of any past karmic chains.

Right now allow this to be so and so it is.

And now let that love of God's light come pouring through all of your soul into your body.

Let it come pouring through down into your torso.

And sometimes we store feelings here in our lower chakras.

If there's anything you feel in your lower chakras that you need to let go of and cut chains to and free and love away,

Now take the time and energy to do it.

Any old energies that might have been there,

Now is the time to let it go and let it be healed with the love that you are and that God has for you.

Breathe that in,

Allow that to be and see it freed.

Amama,

Amama,

The prayer is free.

And now take a moment to feel how you feel.

Can you feel this energy of love at work in your body right now?

Now can you imagine yourself taking the time to know any time that you get your buttons pushed or any time you feel shut down by something that's happened in your everyday life that you can turn again to that place there inside you,

That unlimited love that you are.

And know that the process of allowing God's love to work through you takes out any of the doubt,

Takes out any of the worry,

Takes out the fear.

For with God,

All things are possible.

And indeed you can let your life be a living reflection of God's love,

Even when it's hard,

Even when it's painful.

And we have had the opportunity to learn so many lessons,

So many lessons.

Our friends are there to know and remind us of our many challenges we've had in this last year.

But we know that these lessons are an opportunity to love more,

To overcome the fear,

To be more loving,

To call upon the highest light and love that we are,

To live our life each day with love.

And we have that chance every single night before we go to sleep to look back upon our day and review our day and that what lesson did I learn today?

What can I be thankful for?

Was that a really,

Really hard lesson?

Was it a good lesson that I may actually be able to become a better person for?

Did it give me a chance to work off some karma?

Did it give me a chance to understand and to be kind and compassionate?

If not,

What can I do to face those lessons with more kindness,

Fearlessly,

With more love and with more compassion?

And you know what?

If you're open to receive the answer,

You will get it.

I've been doing a prayer and it's the grace prayer,

Reveal what needs to be revealed,

Heal what needs to be healed.

And then being able to allow the grace of God's love to go to work and do that healing,

To allow that healing work to happen.

And you can do that.

And you know what?

This is the time we need to understand that we have the power to be able to learn these hard lessons in our life.

Now I'm going to have to close this out soon because I'm almost time out here and I want to just take a moment to let you know I will read all of your beautiful messages.

I want to thank you all for your love.

Thank you,

Katie.

Thank Leona,

Leonie.

Thank you.

And I see Isa Joy and I see some other beautiful faces down there.

I just want you to know that you are love.

That I do feel that love for each and every one of you and that you can always call upon that love that you are because you are a true reflection of God's love and action.

And don't be afraid to go into meditation and face some of the things you need to face and to ask what needs to be healed.

Things you might have been blocking.

Let them be turned over to love.

We are here to experience this love and it's a week of love.

Hi,

Kathy.

So good to see you.

And Candice,

Lovely to have you.

Thank you,

Leonie.

I'm going to do a Valentine's meditation next week.

My birthday is the day after Valentine's Day.

And I know Valentine's Day you might have plans,

But I figured what better day to experience love than on Valentine's Day.

Hi,

Christine.

It's so beautiful to see you.

So next week I'm going to have a love Valentine's Day celebration.

I'm going to read love poems from Rumi and from Shakespeare and also from Khalil Gibran and maybe one or two of mine own as well.

And I want to also thank Insight Timer and any donation that you offer is very,

Very kindly accepted.

And I just truly appreciate it.

It helps me to do my work with my nonprofit.

It also helps Insight Timer.

So I bless you a million fold for the love that you are.

You can go to Insight Timer.

I have about 50 different classes and meditations there on Insight Timer.

And you can experience those meditations anytime you wish.

And I hope you have a love filled week and a lovely,

Lovely time today.

And I share that love with you in great blessings and say namaste.

Aloha.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And thank you.

I love you.

Reviews

First of all, I have to say that
I adore each and every one of your talks and meditations, Rev. Cindy. You are a hollow reed channeling God’s love to us❤️🙏🏽 In this meditation you said that you are a Christian and a Buddhist-which I love. Have you heard of the Baha’i Faith which incorporates the spiritual teachings from all the great world religions? Just curious. In the meantime, sending you love and prayers and healing as you continue your lovely life of pure service. We love you ❤️🙏🏽🕊

So amazing, thank you so much, God bless you for all lifetimes, thanks from the deepest of my heart. 🤍🌸✨

how do you weave
the nest of heaven
into that part of your heart
that dwells both on earth
yet fed from what Spirit it imparts

the feathers of the angels
often soften your resting space
while realities waves of living
rise to meet you face to face

we go on our inner sanctuary
for protection and release
from the strange things that we see
to find a little peace

how life is woven is really an art
a breath for a moment claimed
that can’t quite be named
a gift given that’s unexplained

no matter how hard
you try to define it
there’s still this mystery
if the muse still remains

how do you weave the vision
of heaven here on earth
that mystic call that listens
is Inherent in our birth

and we can’t help
but fall short in creating
heaven on earth while alive
that’s how we learn compassion
and more love for others
who fail and still survive

but we’re told that it’s ok
it’s all part of learning why
we all must leave our sacred nest
and taking that risk is how we fly