Another wonderful realization came to me the other day, another level of understanding of our material existence. We claim we think, but through meditation we learn that the thoughts we observe are only surface thoughts, concerned only with the material world. Even when we philosophize, and think deep thoughts of our spiritual reality, they ultimately relate to our physical existence.

And yet, when we truly think, we lose our separate identity, and know our oneness, and all of the sublime, divine Love that entails. This is the state of just "being", which Deepak Chopra refers to as "the gap between the thoughts". Through practice, we learn that this state of "beingness" can be directly shared only when two or more choose to "co-create" that "holy instant".

To try to convey that state in words is the impossible challenge that has faced all who have tried. Yet the attempt is worthwhile, for the words open the mind of the initiate to the possibility of a higher state, and the process of life is the REALIZATION of that state.

Realization is "making real". It is that moment when something we believe becomes something we KNOW, when it becomes a permanent part of our consciousness, so deep, so unshakeable that forever after it is part of us, and part of every thought and action of our existence.

Each person we meet shows us another aspect of Love in their unique ways, the ways they have learned to express it most fully. One, for example, may demonstrate the compassionate aspect more wonderfully than others, another may demonstrate the strength aspect. One may demonstrate the wisdom of Love, one the creative aspect, another the snugly, cuddly aspect, another the sensuous, the sexy.

Our role is to consciously recognize all of the aspects of Love, and to consciously choose to develop each aspect within ourselves until we "realize" the completeness of Love within us.