Divine Love Spirituality
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How to long for God's Divine Love.
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'Let the Spirit of God guide you'
How to long for God’s Divine Love.
How to long for God’s Divine Love.
Jesus has told us in the Padgett Messages that God is offering us Their Divine Love, and all we need do to receive it is long to Them for it. However in the messages no mention is made of how we are to actually long, that is left up to us to work out for ourselves – for each of us individually. We are told we need to do it with a sincere and earnest longing; in a moments inspiration from and with our heart, and not in a prayer made up by our mind. And that God responds to our genuine heartfelt longing, or our inner calling out to Them for Their Divine Love by sending the Holy Spirit to deliver it into our soul. So how do you long? And this is what I do.
How do you long for the Divine Love?
How do you long for anything? You have to really want the Divine Love, WANT IT IN YOUR SOUL, and yearn for it from deep within you. You long for it like there is nothing more in the world you want. And you go to God – however you relate to God – and you tell God of your longing intentions, and what you want; and when you feel you are ready, you long to Them. You long for Them to fill your soul with Their Divine Love.
For the beginner I would advise making time to sit quietly, comfortably, probably with your eyes closed; and when you feel ready, to imagine opening your heart to God and longing to God for Their Divine Love. And if you feel you’d like to say a prayer, to speak to God using your mind to support your longing, by all means do so, but remember: that it’s your longing ONLY that actually invocates the Divine Love – not what you say with your mind.
And when you use your mind to support your longing, speak what you feel rather than what you think. Just be natural and speak to God as you would a friend, or as your Mother and Father. There are no 'right' words, no correct prayer, to be said, only your words, and the more real you are saying just what you feel, the more you'll support your longing.
And if you have any problems, any bad feelings, such as you find it very difficult to actually speak to God - you are afraid, and feel guilty because of all the 'bad' things you've done in your life, fearing that God will now punish you; or you feel stupid speaking to someone you can't see; or you don't think They will listen to you believing you are no-body and why should They waste Their time with you; or that there's no point doing it even though you would like to because nothing ever good happens for you, so you'll long but be the only person in the world who They don't give Their Divine Love to. Whatever might be your block, resistance - making you feel bad, begin by owning up to all these negative thoughts, doubts and worries admitting them all to God. Tell God you are feeling them and that you can't long, and that you believe nothing will happen - tell Them everything that you're scared of. And then long, longing without any expectation that anything will happen. Long expecting yourself to fail, telling yourself it's not going to happen - be as negative as you can about it. Don't try to be positive, believing if you are negative then definitely nothing will happen for you; BE AS NEGATIVE AS YOU FEEL, as that is you being TRUE TO YOUR FEELINGS, honouring them and not dishonouring them - honouring yourself and accepting yourself as you truly are. If you are a 'negative' person, that's okay, you have been made to be that way during your early childhood, and the fact remains that you ARE this way, and really there is nothing wrong with that, even though you don't like it, but you can't fight against it, you have to admit and accept and allow yourself to be as you are - which is the first and most important step in your healing. And if you don't feel anything, then next time you try, if you still feel full of doubts and worries, then again speak about them to God, and to a friend if that's possible. Always try to own up to any bad feeling and speak about it, it's the only way to deal with the problem. Speak about wanting to uncover the truth of why you feel bad. Ask God to show you why you are feeling bad, and why you have such doubts and worries. And when it still doesn't happen for you; and when for the hundredth time it STILL doesn't happen for you, and you are still full of bad feelings, the same old ones, then just keep speaking about them to God and your friend, keep longing for the truth of them - just KEEP GOING! One day the dam wall will break - but only if you are determined to uncover the truth.
So I’d suggest that once you’ve longed, and said what you want to say (and you can just long and say nothing), then stop longing (as it’s hard to keep longing for longer than a few moments) and wait. Give God time to direct the Holy Spirit to you. And if after a few minutes you don’t feel anything, long again, stop and wait... and long again. And if you do feel something, then simply enjoy God loving you.
What does it feel like?
We can’t actually feel the Divine Love itself, but we can feel the presence of the Holy Spirit. I feel the Holy Spirit like an energy, a density, sometimes a presence, coming about me and then moving into me. It ‘flows’ into me, often starting seemingly above my face, flowing in over my throat and deep into my chest. Sometimes it just envelops me and moves into me from all sides – into my heart, but always somewhere deep down in my ‘heart’, which I take to be the gateway to my soul. And sometimes the Love (via the Holy Spirit) seems to pour, even flood into me, I feel like I’m literally filling up and almost going to explode with it; then other times I feel it very subtly, only a gentle in-flowing, hardly discernible at all. And mostly after I long, I feel like I receive the required ‘quota’, and once I’ve had my fill, the Holy Spirit withdraws leaving me feeling content and good. I usually feel very warm, expansive, secure, loved, nice, content, full - like everything is all right and there is nothing to worry about - happy, and loving of Them. It’s a real experience, and a most wonderful one: to think we can ACTUALLY FEEL God loving us!
Some other things to be aware of:
Long expecting that your longing will be heard and answered and you will receive Their Divine Love. But long with a quiet certainty within you, not with an out of proportion show of expectation. If your mind builds big and great and wonderful expectations of Them loving you, and of the Love coming flooding into your soul, you may be disappointed; it would be better to long expecting nothing to happen: that you won’t even receive Their Love. Long and simply feel what happens to you – each experience is different.
It may take many times of you longing and not feeling anything before you do. It can take time for your inner system to adjust to the subtle feelings of receiving the Love. Often people who are beginning say they didn't really feel anything, and yet it's quite clear from observing them in prayer that they did experience it. Often it's such a subtle, sublime experience that being not used to it, they miss it, and when it's pointed out to them, they say, 'Oh that, yes, I felt that as soon as I sat down and even before I began to actually long!'. Pull in, just be with yourself, and FEEEEEL; feel what's happening to you as you long, and as you just sit allowing God to love you. And more often than not, it's that feeling that is the Divine Love coming into you, and with more experience you'll look for, and get used to, feeling that feeling, and it will feel stronger.
You may also find if you are sitting in prayer or meditation for some time and longing and receiving the Divine Love, that your head wants to - of it's own accord - look up, as if looking up into heaven. And at times this upward 'stretching' of your neck and whole spine can get quite severe, but just go with it. It's normal energy adjustments going on within you. But if your head and neck arch over too far starting to hurt and you feel uncomfortable, then bring your head back to it's normal position. Just allow yourself to respond as you feel. Sometimes you may even feel as if you are sitting or standing in an unseen column of light, so much so, that you can hardly turn your head sideways. And these are only my experiences, they have come and gone and changed over the years. None of them may happen to you, you having your own unique ones.
If you feel you have received the Love, but couldn’t say how you know, then you probably have.
And again to go over if you feel bad or apprehensive - doubtful or scared - in any way, as I can't stress how important it is to honour and accept and not reject and dismiss such bad feelings. What if God doesn’t respond and that shows They don’t love me; or what if I’m doing it the wrong way; or what if I long and nothing happens? As I said above, if you feel such things, then try to accept these bad feelings as much as you can. Speak to someone about them; write about them – all you feel; even tell God your fears, doubts and worries. The more you can accept and bring out your negative expectations and things that you might believe will prevent you from receiving Their Love, the more receptive you will be to it. Remember it’s okay to feel bad and to have millions of doubts, and to feel you are a useless failure, even before you begin. Just long BEING the useless, pathetic failure you feel you are; take this bad feeling you have to God, remembering They already know who you are and all you feel, and no matter how bad you feel about yourself, you are still Their child and They still love you. And if you long sincerely for Their Love, even if you believe you have no chance in hell that They will give it to you, it will still come into your soul - even if you remain totally unaware of it. The only way you can stop it coming into your soul once you’ve longed for it, is if your longing is false, and you don’t actually want it. If you believe you should have it because you believe it's something that might help you; or because it's helped your friend; or because you believe - and even want to believe - all I have written, but still truly within you, you don't want it, then don't long and speak about these beliefs instead. You might not actually be ready for it - yet. And if you can be this honest with yourself, admitting to feeling such 'bad' things, that's okay too - all that you feel is good, it's you, even if it is bad, and you can speak about these feelings, bringing them out to your friend and God - admitting and confessing how 'bad' you are.
Be patient with yourself; give yourself time. Some people always feel something in response to their longing; others rarely do, but still know they are receiving the Love. And some feel the Divine Love coming into them sometimes in response to their longing, but not other times. And at other times They will send the Holy Spirit to you bringing the Divine Love - loving you - when you haven't even longed to Them for it!
And you can long wherever and whenever the inspiration takes you. You don’t have to sit formally in prayer and long. You can do it walking, lying in bed, in your car, on the loo, in the bath... It’s the beginning of your relationship of love with God, and so it’s what you want to make of it. And so naturally the more often you long, potentially, the more Divine Love you will receive.
If you have any further problems please ask the forum for help. If you have any doubts, worries, concerns, and negative expectations; or any bad experiences, please share them. And of course if you have good experiences, please feel free to share them too: tell us what you do, how you do it, and what happened.
And lastly: It’s for you to find YOUR WAY WITH GOD; IT’S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, so whatever feels right for you - IS RIGHT FOR YOU!
Grace Period
I can’t imagine everyone who finds out about the Divine Love and starts longing to the Mother and Father for it, is going to want to immediately start their soul-healing. And I doubt many people will want to commit themselves completely to the doing of their healing when they begin, as it would be too much.
I was speaking to Jesus about this because the enormity of our healing and it’s intensity would mean that everyone who took it on fully committing themselves to doing it would probably have to go on unemployment benefits if they didn’t have enough money to support themselves, as they gave up everything they were doing that was wrong. I couldn’t see that many people’s lives would allow them to do this, nor would they want to give up everything and live how Marion and I are.
He said that many people and spirits when they first embrace the Divine Love enter into what he called a ‘Grace Period’, a time in which they simply long for and receive the Love but don’t necessary start to worry about the truth and the doing of their soul-healing. They use this time, and it may be weeks, months, years, or many years, while they enjoy receiving the Divine Love to learn about it: developing their relationship with the Mother and Father, and understanding what’s involved in the soul-healing process.
He said that many people will not actually start their soul-healing in earnest until they go to spirit, where they are able to commit themselves to it without the need for earning a living and worrying about their survival and other responsibilities.
I used to believe that as soon as one started receiving the Divine Love the inner transformation process would begin and that would start ones soul-healing, but now I understand that it doesn’t have to happen this way. One can partake of the Love but that doesn’t necessarily mean that one is launched immediately into their healing. A person can long for the truth and begin the healing of themselves whenever they want – when they feel ready to.
I realized that I had a two year period of grace before my healing began in earnest, and during that time I was mostly understanding what living with the Divine Love was about based on: what was revealed in the Padgett Messages; how the Urantia Book fitted in; and everything else I’d come across in the New Age that I thought was relevant. I believed I was growing in truth during this time but it was nothing compared to how I’ve done so throughout my healing - I was really only advancing my mind. When my soul-healing started everything changed, and I was taken way beyond what I understood was living with the Divine Love based on what is revealed in James Padgett's messages.
Now if someone were to ask me about the whole process I would say to them they should by all means long for and receive the Divine Love and enjoy its addition to their soul and life. And then they can start to understand about what’s involved living Divine Love Spirituality – wholly committing themselves to life with the Mother and Father. They can learn about what the soul-healing consists of based on stuff others and I write, and people’s experiences of it. They can learn about their childhood repression reading Alice Millers books as an introduction. And if they are interested in the bigger cosmological picture they can read the Urantia Book. And of course read anything else that is interesting to them. And then when they feel ready they can start longing for the Truth.
Of course one can start immediately to long for the truth and begin the healing process, and then it’s up to you as to how much effort you want to put into it and how much you want to commit to it. To either plunge right in or start off gently feeling your way along as you go. There are always masses of feelings, and particularly bad feelings in our day, that we can acknowledge and start to accept leading us into wanting to uncover the truth of them.
So I would advise new people to DLS not to feel pressured to do their soul-healing. It is there to one day be done, but it can wait if it doesn’t appeal. It is a lot to grasp, and it can be very scary and intimidating, for it will take you deep into yourself making you confront all that was, and still is, wrong with your relationships with your parents.
So if you love receiving the Love, enjoy your Grace Period, simply partake of the Love and do what you feel you want to do. As I said, there is no hurry and no pressure on you to have to heal yourself, even if it means that you won’t begin until you go to spirit.
Jesus also told me that this Grace Period exists also for spirits who find the Divine Love, and many of them take many years exploring all that’s involved in living with the Divine Love: listening to higher spirits speaking about their healing experiences and the sort of commitment they will need to make to do it. He also said the many people having found the Divine Love on Earth may continue their Grace Period into their life in spirit for many years because, as a part of their preparation to doing their soul-healing, they will first have to live many other experiences which spirit life affords and which they were deprived of on Earth.
Long
Long for God’s Love
It’s the most wonderful thing we can do for ourselves.
We can actually long to God for His and Her Divine Love.
All you need do is long, long with all your heart. Want Their Divine Love.
Want Them to love you with Their Divine Love.
Want Them to fill your soul with Their Divine Love.
Tell Them what you want – that you want Their Love.
Ask Them for Their love – ask Them to love you and put Their Love in your soul.
Give yourself a moment and then LONG – Long to God for God’s Divine Love.
It only takes a moment’s inspiration to long.
Long, then relax and allow Them to direct the Holy Spirit to bring Their Love into your soul.
You’ll feel the Holy Spirit come about you, come into you; you’ll feel Their love flowing into your soul – you’ll feel Them loving you.
It’s a beautiful experience – there’s nothing else like it.
And it’s a real experience – partaking of Their Divine Love, does happen – you’ll feel it.
Ask and Receive.
Don’t ask too much with your mind, but long with and from your heart all you want.
You don’t need words to long: just yearn, reach out longingly asking Them for Their Divine Love.
Try it.
Long NOW for Their Love and feel it come into your soul.
And if you don't feel anything, don't get discouraged, try again later. It can take time before your system awakens enough for you to feel it coming into you. But if your desire and longing are true, eventually it will come.
Long again NOW.
It can come in a woosh, it can come into very subtly, as the Holy Spirit - the Holy Ghost, delivers it into your heart and soul.
Long again NOW.
And with time, you'll become more familiar with receiving it - what it feels like for you.
And so, long again NOW...
‘Let the Spirit of God guide you’.
And how do you do that?
By submitting to your feelings.
And how do you submit to them?
By accepting them – all of them, good and bad. And longing for the truth of them.
And when the truth comes and you live it, then you’ll be living true to your feelings, to yourself and to God. Then God’s Indwelling Spirit can freely guide you – all through your feelings.
