The Light of Love
Author: Ron Scolastico, Ph.D.

THE LIGHT OF LOVE: Creating a powerful spiritual experience--an attunement adapted by Ron Scolastico, taught by the Guides:

In my many years of teaching individuals how to have a profound spiritual experience, I have found that the greatest obstacle for most people is the distraction of the mind. Many people struggle with a "wandering mind" as they sit in silence attempting to open to spiritual realities. Their thoughts about the physical world keep interfering with their focus on the spiritual realms.

To gain more depth in silent periods of spiritual attunement, I suggest a practice that: (1) keeps your mind directed toward a calming focal point; and (2) touches your heart. The following method uses the power of the imagination to stir inspired thoughts about the spiritual realms. It also focuses the mind upon thoughts that can stimulate deep spiritual feelings. It is very important to stimulate such feelings, for it is through our feelings, not our thoughts, that we perceive the spiritual realities of life.

To deepen your spiritual experience, each day you can take a period of time in which you create a holy moment using the light of a candle as your focal point. That light will be symbolic of the majesty of God in all its forms. Learning to focus upon that light in the following manner can help you have a more profound spiritual experience.

Step One. Begin your spiritual attunement by assuming a comfortable position with the unlit candle sitting on a table in front of you. Take a few deep breaths and relax your body. Sit quietly for a minute, looking calmly at the unlit candle. Easily rest your gaze on the wick of the candle. No matter what your mind might be doing, simply let your attention remain focused on the unlit wick. Do this gently and easily, without forcing yourself, without straining in any way. Become open and receptive as you look at the wick of the candle.

Then, say to yourself, silently, or aloud:

"This unlit candle represents the energies of God in their invisible form. I cannot see a flame on the candle. In the same way, when I am focused upon my human physical expression on earth, I cannot directly perceive the energies of God. They are hidden beneath my conscious awareness."

Step Two. Now, light the candle. Do it slowly, in a gentle, delibrate manner, savoring the quietness and peacefulness of the moment. As you light the candle, encourage a deep feeling of holiness within you. This is your holy ceremony in which you are joyfully celebrating the beauty and splendor of the spiritual realms.

After you have lit the candle, feel deeply within yourself that the flame that you have created on the candle represents the forces of God now made tangible. Where before there was no flame, now, one has now been made visible to you. Feel that the flame symbolizes the God energies that are about to be perceived by you. To help yourself feel that, say to yourself:

"The cold wick of the candle that has sprung into flame symbolizes the energies of God being made manifest in my physical reality. Where the energies of God were invisible while I was focused on my human pathway, in this moment, those energies now spring forth as a flame of love in my own heart. That feeling of love makes the energies of God a tangible manifestation in my human experience of this moment."

Sit in silence for a while and deeply imagine and feel the love. Let it fill you with its beauty and splendor. Without striving or straining, give yourself to the experience. Use the power of your imagination to expand upon the feeling of love. Imagine the love growing stronger and stronger within your heart. Sit with that experience as long as you desire.

Step Three. Now, imagine that the flame of love within you is beginning to expand outward. It is radiating out beyond your physical body. Using the power of your imagination, see the love as a beautiful, radiant light that is spreading out all around you. Deeply feel that you are now transmitting that love as a brilliant light that you are sending out to other human beings. To help deepen this experience, say to yourself:

"Now that I have drawn upon this flame of the energies of God to fill myself with love, I now send forth this love to the human beings who share this earth life with me. I offer this energy of love particularly to those individuals who are in need."

It is very important to engage in this sharing of love. If you achieve a deep spiritual experience and simply hold the love within yourself, you limit the benefit of your spiritual connection. If you fill yourself with the radiance of the spiritual love, and then share it with others, you actually magnify and deepen your own spiritual experience while you open yourself to more love with other people.

This kind of giving during your inner attunement period will open you to give more in your outer day to day relationships with others. You will establish an ongoing "spirit of giving" that can have a powerful impact on the people around you, encouraging them to be more open and loving to the people in their lives. The giving of the gift of love is a tangible way to share the forces of God, a way that other people can see and feel. Where the forces of God are invisible to them, they are made visible in the actions that you take in love.

The power of this method lies in the attitude with which you use it. Coming to your practice of this method each day with a sense of the wonderful beauty of life, and a deep feeling of your own goodness as a being, will infuse a great depth and intensity into your attunement experience. Such an attitude will gradually open your feelings to the magnificence of the spiritual realities as you work with this method day by day.

As you use this method consistently over a period of time, you will begin to feel the flame of spiritual love warming you more and more from within, bringing you experiences of great upliftment and joy. Then, as you allow your own flame of love to leap higher in your sharing with others, you will create a radiance and brilliance in your daily expression that can touch and benefit many people throughout your lifetime.








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Dr. Scolastico is a distinguished Transpersonal Psychologist, author, Spiritual Counselor, and artist who has developed a unique ability to enter a deep state of consciousness and draw upon a vast source of wisdom that lies outside of ordinary awareness. For more than 30 years he has been the "voice" for the wisdom of the Guides that speak through him. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, and received his MA and Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. His website is: www.ronscolastico.com. You can write him at Ron@ronscolastico.com.

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