It was while meditating that this poem came to me.  It is so subtle, and so broad.  I was looking at wood grain when it came to me that we are like onions, layered, and at the center is love of being.

            

 

The Heart Of Love

 

Within the chambers of deepest awareness,

In the center of consciousness,

Pulses, beats the universal,

Life giving,

Warmth generating

Motive force:

The love of Life.

 

Its protection is behind all of our decisions.

Its value is supported by all other values;

From this center emanates all our choices,

Our decisions, our actions:

Thoughts, words, and deeds.

 

That love is Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit,

The realm of infinite awareness,

Of cosmic consciousness,

The unity of being.

 

 

The suggestion here is that our conscious mind experiences deepest feelings in the center of our being, and that at that center is the connection to Life, the collective unconscious.  It may be hard to accept that it is that simple, that at our core we are like all living beings, that we love life and adhere to and protect it.  But it can be that simple.  

Disease of the mind and emotions clouds that understanding, as that energy of the core may become inaccessible to the mind, and our choices may spin out of control, from disconnection to the core.  This is where  Core Energetics comes in to explain how we may lose touch with that energy as our protective reactions to the forces around us may shut down our perceptions of the outside world and disconnect our core from the outer world, hidden behind a protective wall that encloses us.  At our heart is unity of being.