"The Greatest Of These Is Love"
A Personal Experience

I shared something a few weeks ago with a group I am associated with in a weekly mastermind session at Magnetic Freedom Global Communities , that I hesitate at times to share for 2 reasons. One being because it can sometimes prove difficult to get all the way through without becoming extremely emotional and secondly, because of the emotions experienced it is difficult for me to communicate it in a way that makes sense.

I shared it that day because as I continue to grow and develop in my understanding, it seems that I am learning, FINALLY, to tap into and tune in more to my intuition and learning better to take action on that which I feel it is guiding me to do. That day, I believed that my intuition was screaming at me to share an experience from many years ago, and so I did.

Although I felt led to share it that day, as I "believed", the physical aspects of my beingness kicked in and I began to experience the deep emotions that surface which are attached to it at a physical level, and the result is that my brain sometimes tends to shut down and I find it difficult to accurately express and present it in a clear, concise and structured format in such a way that I initially intended so everyone could grasp, understand, and "get" the originally intended message. I've found at this point of my "process" that by sitting down and writing it, I am able to convey it in a much clearer way.

That's the purpose of this post….Not necessarily to tell you of my experience but rather to finish making the point that I intended to make during the meeting, in the hope that it might serve to benefit you in some way either today or some point in the future.

For those of you that may not have been in the conference room that day, I'll provide a brief (as brief as I can) overview…….

A little over 18 years ago, at the age of around 1 week old, my oldest son began experiencing some complications and as a result he began losing weight. For those of you familiar with babies, you know that this isn't a "good" thing.

Basically what it was is that it would take him 2 to 3 hours to drink a half ounce or so of formula and within minutes he would expel it in a violent manner. Over the next few weeks we made several trips to the doctors office and were provided various "fixes" none of which took care of the "problem."

One evening he wasn't doing well at all and we made the choice to take him to the local emergency room. They ran all their tests, made their diagnosis and we were told that emergency surgery was necessary. The diagnosis was "Severe GE Reflux" and the necessary procedure as they explained was to take muscles from his stomach region and wrap his esophagus to strengthen his digestive tract.

For those of you who have children, you can probably imagine what that kind of news can do to your emotional state. Anyway they began trying to get me to sign consent forms etc. etc. so the surgery could get underway. In fact my wife of the time and I had quite a falling out because I was apprehensive at that moment and told them I needed some time by myself to think. Quite honestly, I didn't know what I was going to think about, the situation and the remedy "seemed" obvious and unchangeable, but I certainly wasn't crazy about my 3 week old son undergoing this type of procedure. I suppose at the time I was just delaying what I "knew" or should I say what I thought at that moment I knew, was inevitable.

After much prodding, and some heated arguments, I asked EVERYONE to leave the room and give me some time to sort through my emotions and collect my thoughts. When they left I locked the door and began thinking about what I was going to do. Within a few minutes I determined that there was nothing at all that I could do. I was a welder for God's sake. What could I do, I just knew I didn't want my son to have to go through what "appeared" at the time to be inevitable.

Up to that point I was always one of those macho "I'll fix it for you" type of guys but I finally came to the realization that I was helpless in this case and I knew it. There wasn't a damn thing I could do. Coming to that realization was the best and most beneficial thing that could have happened as I would later discover, although at that time I didn't realize it.

Finding myself in this helpless situation and for lack of knowing any other action to take, I knelt down beside the little incubator type bed they had him in and did the best thing I knew at that time to do and prayed the most earnest prayer I had ever said in my life. It seemed like just a few minutes, but once done, I got up, looked at the clock and realized about 30 minutes had passed. Although a little calmer internally, I was still shook up and It didn't "appear" that anything had happened. In fact I was ready to sign the consent forms. Reluctantly, I unlocked the door and called the staff into the room. I don't remember verbatim what was said but I remember for some reason before agreeing to the surgery, asking the physical therapist to bring me a bottle of formula. I'm not sure why other than the fact that I wanted to make absolutely certain that what I was getting ready to do, was necessary. At that moment I had resolved that it was.

She brought me a bottle and I put the nipple in my sons mouth and he began eating like he never had before. In fact he sucked down all 4 ounces in a matter of minutes. Everybody just kind of looked at each other, speechless. We waited a while to make sure that he held it down. He did and we walked out of the hospital that night and took my son home without an emergency surgery.

That in itself was profound enough, but what would happen a few days later is REALLY what made me weak in the knees…..

I had befriended a guy a year or so earlier who although he was a saw man at the trailer manufacturing plant where I worked, on the weekends he would travel the country and preach at Pentecostal revivals. He was a chunky guy with one of the heaviest Mississippi accents you have ever heard. He was also one of the most loving and caring people I have ever met and knew at the time.

Anyway a few months earlier he had taken a leave of absence from work to spend some extended time on the road going around the country preaching. He knew nothing of my son being born let alone that he had any medical problems.

A few days after our ordeal at the hospital he called me from Tennessee and told me he had been preaching at a church there. (This was odd because he had never called me at home before) He went on to tell me that he was walking down the street and "was led" into a gift shop. He said he didn't know why or what he was going to do once he got in there but he followed the lead he felt he was getting. He went on to tell me that he was directed to something that he ended up buying and told me that it was intended for me. He didn't tell me what it was, only that he had bought me something. He didn't know why, he just knew he needed to.

At the time I just considered that he had bought me some souvenir and although grateful I didn't give it another thought. The next night at about 10:30 PM he called me and told me he had just gotten back into town and needed to come by and deliver this gift. I was getting ready to go to bed and told him that it was a bit late and could we just get together the next day at work. He insisted that he come by that night saying that he really felt that it was important that he do it then. After a little coaxing I agreed. About 20 minutes later he showed up at the front door, I answered it and he apologized again, but immediately followed up with…"I'm not sure why, I just knew it was important. He handed me a box about 12" x 8" and about an inch thick. I opened it, looked at the contents and was immediately overwhelmed with emotion. It was a wooden plaque with the picture of an opened and outstretched hand with a bible verse just above it that read……

"See, I will not forget you, I've carved you in the palm of my hand." Isaiah 42-15

I was blown away. Actually, that is an understatement. I explained to him what had happened and now we were both letting the emotions fly. At that point in time I perceived that event to have something to do with my religious affiliation.

(To this day that plaque hangs right beside my desk to serve as a reminder.)

Ok, now on to the reason for my sharing…….

First of all I'm NOT suggesting that ANYONE deny their family needed medical treatment. Had it been necessary, as much as I didn't want to, I would have signed those forms and my son would have received the surgery.

Although at that point in time I related that experience directly to religion, years later, armed with a sincere desire and passion (love) to learn more, much growth and many experiences since, here's what I have concluded….

I am not an energy healer, I was not aware of Universal Law, I had just recently became serious about structured man made religion because it was the best place that I was aware of at the time to delve deeper in the hopes that I could discover some answers to questions that I had at the time. At that point I was still looking for my answers in the external world, because that is all I knew. Although I had heard of healers and saw a few on TV, I wasn't sure I believed in that sort of thing. In fact at that time, based on what I had been "taught" at the church I attended, I thought that it could all be fake. I didn't have the belief that day that by getting on my knees doing the best thing I knew how at the time would provide the outcome that it did. I was merely a preschooler in this classroom that we refer to as life with absolutely ZERO understanding of how anything worked other than my limited understanding of positive thinking and physical doingness in the physical world. I knew how to weld, I knew how to love my family and I became active in my church because I was seeking deeper answers based on a few previous experiences I'd encountered. (Those are another story)

The conclusion that I have come to based on my understanding so far is that it wasn't ANYTHING that I or anyone else did in a physical sense that made this possible. As I think back and recall to the best of my ability, all I can think of is that I know the Love I felt for my son. I knew there was nothing that I could do personally to help him. Out of desperation, I did the best and ONLY thing I knew how to do, and even doing that I didn't KNOW that it would work. But it did. At that time I believed it was the physical action or "doing" of getting on my knees and praying.

My current belief is that the ONLY reason it did is because of the emotion of Love that was projected on his behalf which was stronger than and overpowered the fear, and being in a helpless state, the "Surrender" that I was forced to enter into based on the complexity of the situation.

What I now understand is…..

It didn't have anything to do with religion

It wasn't the physical action of getting on my knees and verbally praying

It didn't have anything to do with Christianity

It didn't have anything to do with anything except a "welder" experiencing and projecting an intense emotion of Love and surrender to a Source that I then called God who I now understand to be the I AM of Unconditional Love.

I now have come to believe and know in a deep place that we are met wherever we are, whether we're in a religion, or not in a religion. It doesn't matter if we are what are perceived by the world as "good people" or "bad people."

I now have come to believe that it's the energy that we broadcast, our beingness that projects our "prayer" which determines whatever the outcome might be. In this case it was an intense emotion of Love combined with "Surrender" or "letting go" which resulted in an outcome that was perceived as a miracle.

As forgetful and confused as I can become at times I do know this…..

The point I'm attempting to make is that every millisecond of every minute is a miracle. Every minute of everyday of every week of every month of every year is a miracle, a creation, an effect, the outcome of which is only determined and limited in scope by what we allow it to be based on the inalienable right of free will that has been provided to you, me and everyone else with the capacity to think. The results that are experienced in the physical world regardless of how immense or how insignificant, how grand or how tragic that you perceive them to be, are in reality a creation or a miracle limited only by what YOU allow them to be based on your beingness.

My analytical nature has since enticed me to delve even more deeply because that is just my nature. I like to know how things work. I also know that this analytical aspect of my beingness can at times get in the way and slows the inevitable unfolding of things that I have a sincere desire to accomplish. Even knowing the significance of Love and surrender in a deep place within, I still resist somehow at times thinking I have to "do" something and "figure things out", and as a result experience additional growth lessons due to my own stubbornness and unwillingness to just express the Love, (desire) surrender it, and let it unfold.

These growth lessons at times instill fear. But based on my experiences thus far I understand that when I allow my desire (Love) to radiate strongly enough, it proves to overpower the fear, drowning it out, and at some point when I can learn how to consciously and consistently "allow" the LOVE to dominate rather than placing focus on and giving energy to the fear that the unfolding of desired outcomes can and will happen much more quickly and consistently.

I equate Love to "allowing" and fear to resisting in a sense, even though in reality, for fear to effect us, it is also us "allowing" it to.

As much as I would like to, I'm not sure at this point how to teach someone to surrender. I haven't even taught myself yet, but I'm getting better at it. What I DO KNOW and have come to understand is that it is a necessary and crucial aspect of fulfilling our most cherished dreams and desires. Although I know that meditation assists me in the process, there are times when I forget the serenity and power experienced in that place while there and I sometimes fall back into thinking I have to "Do" something again. When I analyze why, and if I'll be really honest with myself it is because I fall back into focusing on what I have to do and find that I haven't been disciplined in doing my meditations. I get focused on the effects rather than connecting with the cause who makes the effects possible whatever you might perceive Cause to be, When I do figure out how and am able to consciously implement and duplicate it and consistently enhance the physical aspects of my doingness with my beingness, I'll share what I have learned with all who want to hear.

The best doing that I can share at this point based on what I have discovered is that by continually reviewing, gaining and applying more "correct" knowledge, overwriting the subconscious garbage and applying it, combined with continually applying the art of meditation. It's amazing that at times it can bring you to such a place of deep understanding and an awareness of the simplicity of things some days and others that you can feel so separate again. I have accepted the fact that it's a process, a journey, that if I'll persist, and as I get better at it that it will continue to accelerate the fulfillment of my desires.

That is the purpose for this post. Not to tell or show you how "you" should do it, but only to share based on this as well as a number of other what I refer to as "profound experiences" that I've encountered in my life, and what I "perceive" as real, in the hope that it might assist you in making your desired miracles unfold.

I know that what I perceive as profound experiences in my own life, each time it was due to me not being able to "do" anything myself, being helpless and as a result having no other choice but to "surrender" it. Although I at this point haven't yet mastered doing that at will, I KNOW that I KNOW that I KNOW that is how whatever we have a desire to experience will be most brought to us in the "quickest" way possible.

Yes the fact that I got on my knees was a doing, but as I think about and analyze that situation, although I took the best action that I knew at the time, it wasn't that doing that provided the result, it was my beingness that allowed the outcome. That beingness was based at that moment strictly on Love.

Not by making it happen in a physical sense, but by expending the emotional energy, attaching desire (Love) to it and letting the inevitable happen without knowing or worrying about when or how. (surrendering) I suppose somehow that night that it was the Love expressed which was stronger than and overpowered the fear and every other emotion being experienced that enabled it to happen.

Something else that I have come to know and understand since. You don't have to be religious, you don't have to know everything there is to know about Universal Law, you don't have to know anything about anything except to understand that you were, and are, at the very core essence of your being created in the image and likeness of the Source, whatever you may perceive Source to be and that Source will provide "Whatsoever ye desire" which is based on and determined only by your internal "beingness" not by externals that the majority in the world perceive to be your beingness.

I have also come to believe that we each have been provided the ability to "Move ANY Mountain" at any time that WE choose, without ANY time limitation. The ONLY thing that keeps any of us from doing just that is either due to an unawareness of our given ability, or that we tend to overanalyze the simplicity of the obvious, allow fear and anxiety to overpower and dominate the Love, and as a result interfere and slow the simplicity of what I have come to call "The Perfect Plan" from fulfilling what we consciously desire. (love) That free will and choice to allow it (fear) still enacts the promise of "Whatsoever ye desire when ye pray" and we receive exactly what we ask through and based on that beingness.

To put it more simply, we "get in our own way" based on what I have come to recognize as "previously established false beliefs" which when left unrecognized, leads to physical experiences that we each have in life and which only further validates and strengthens in our own minds that what we have been taught is truth. It IS NOT necessarily truth, but only our perception of truth. REAL TRUTH, or what I have since discovered and believe to be Unconditional Love is limitless with Infinite potential, without regard to time and space as we perceive it. It is only Our perception of truth or what we as individuals BELIEVE is possible which creates EACH and EVERY one of our experiences in life and regardless of where you currently are in your understanding about how it all works, or why it works that way. Based on my experiences, I have concluded that even if belief isn't present in a conscious sense, a strong enough emotion of Love will enable the unfolding of "Miracles."

I and my son are living and breathing proof that the Source, whatever you might perceive Source to be, IS "Unconditional Love" and will meet you "wherever" you are in your understanding and regardless of who you are and provide you with whatever YOU choose to experience based on your perception of reality. If your beingness and doingness is based on either Love, or fear that emotion determines your beingness and "Whatsoever ye desire" will show up. Based on our own limited human perspective, (which by the way we each have the Free Will to expand) can and will provide "Profoundly intense experiences" or what some may choose to call miracles, without limitation or time constraints, and which MUCH of the world would refer to as miracles.

I can't and won't pretend to fully understand or grasp the depth of what happened that day. What I can do is share to the best of my ability what I have experienced and understand based on my perception thus far, and explain what I currently believe has been revealed to me based on what in my perception are profound experiences that I've encountered throughout my life. This is one of those.

As I reflect and think back upon each of these experiences, there is a harmonious and consistent theme, and that is that each time I experienced them, I realized that it was something far greater than what I or my physical body could do on it's own and as a result went into a state, that I now understand to be complete surrender. Because I realized there was nothing I could personally "do" in a physical sense, although at the time unconsciously, I placed it in the hands of something far bigger and immensely more vast and powerful than my self with an intense emotion of Love (desire) attached, and as a result experienced what are from a human perspective considered profoundly intense experiences or "miracles" which defy EVERYTHING and ANYTHING that I had been previously taught.

Although I refer to these experiences as profound I do so to express the BIGNESS of each event based on my perception at that time. In reality I have come to the understanding that ALL of creation is a profound miracle but only our individual perception and unwillingness to recognize the "seemingly" small or what we perceive as the insignificant unfolding of events as a miracle. There are in reality no big or small miracles. EVERYTHING in creation is a miracle if you'll analyze closely enough and choose to see it that way. I personally believe that this combined with developing the "Inner Knowing" that "All things, the joyful as well as the difficult, REALLY DO "work together for good" sincere gratitude becomes automatic enabling you to quickly float through the growth lessons that we each experience and create more of what we perceive as miracles EVERYDAY.

In a nutshell, based on my understanding so far, when your not sure about what to do project Love (desire) and just surrender. It will unfold just as you request and as quickly as you'll "allow" it to.

My lessons learned as I reflect on this experience…….

1) Love (desire) overpowers and is stronger than fear

2) We have each been provided the ability to move ANY mountain

3) ANY situation regardless of how it is perceived at the time at some point provides a "FAR Greater" benefit that enables us to grow, learn and understand more.

4) We are on a continual learning ground and regardless of how much we "Think" we know there is always something more to be discovered.

5) There is a collective consciousness, an interconnectedness of consciousness that if we are open and willing to hear and receive it will provide you or someone else who needs them with the needed or desired answers that will further validate yours as well as their miracles and enable you to clearly understand that there are no coincidences

6) That regardless of who you are, whether a welder or the ruler of a country, we all have the same connection to Source and each is Loved "Unconditionally" and provided the same ability to create miracles based only on our internal beingness.

7) Although in many cases belief is necessary, when all is aligned with the unwavering and immutable "perfect plan" a strong enough projection of "Love" makes belief unnecessary.

That's only my perception based on where I currently find myself.

"And the greatest of these is Love."

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