All That is Love

PREFACE

You are going

on a special journey.

Allow the door to open

to lead your heart dancing

to a truth you have always known.

May it bring you the love you seek.

Life – what exactly is it?

Is life just a game of chance? Is it a hit and miss affair, containing many circumstances beyond our control? Just a lot of ups and downs, where some lucky people hit the jackpot and others experience unhappiness? Is it as it seems – that our parents, nationality, romances, friends, our finances, marriage, children, state of health, job opportunities and problems are all a big game of chance? Is it luck that decides whether we win or lose?

Is it a dream to want an interesting, loving and fulfilling life or should we be content if we’re healthy and have a reasonably comfortable life.

We see things in life that don’t make much sense. We hear of a neighbour who never harmed anyone, becoming seriously ill or getting robbed. We puzzle over what seems to be an injustice when a baby lives but a few short hours, whilst others are allowed their ‘three score years and ten.’ Many things in life don’t make any sense. But perhaps they do make sense and we just aren’t looking at it the right way. Maybe it’s not so easy to see, but once grasped, it may explain everything.

Perhaps we think that a deeper understanding of life will be too intellectual and complicated for us. But maybe truth is simple and if it was explained in an easy way, we could understand. But maybe if this deeper understanding of life was not wrapped up in complicated jargon, but is shown to us in a pure and simple way, it could be easily understood by everyone.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a greater understanding of these hitherto inexplicable things?

If we are just willing to see things differently, maybe a new perspective can help us overcome fear of the unknown and help us break down the barriers that seem to exist in humanity. It might even give us a clearer picture of the purpose of our own existence. A better understanding of the precious gift of life could only bring us more wisdom, tolerance, compassion, joy, inner peace and love and assist us all to live a better and happier life. Maybe with a little more love and understanding we could learn how to live in peace and harmony with one another.

You are about to read a story of a new way to look at life. Be open to all possibilities and let the magic change your world to one of love and joy.

For the world to change we must first change ourselves.

You may need to let go of old beliefs. But perhaps they weren’t really yours. We approach life as a young adult, weighed down with opinions and ideas we have learned from parents, books, newspapers, TV, teachers, and friends. We have acquired thoughts on every subject, from the way to behave in public to the clothes we should wear and the right food to eat. Just look at our thoughts on the weather! Grey skies are depressing; we should move to a better climate; heating is expensive; my rheumatism plays up in the cold; the sun fades the curtains; I don’t like the wind. And then there all the opinions we have about floods, droughts, bush fires, tidal waves, earthquakes, storms, lightning, and avalanches!

You have a choice, in every moment of your life.

Be willing to let go of the safety net. You don’t need others to accept things first. Look and decide for yourself. Dare to lead the way. As confusion passes, you will find peace in your soul.

For peace and harmony to exist in the world, it must first exist within us.

Let us use our precious gift of life wisely. Let us become the person we truly want to be. With more love and tolerance in our hearts, perhaps the barriers that divide neighbour from neighbour and nation from nation would disappear, allowing us to co-exist in peace.

Perhaps love is the truth we lost along the way.

Let the Golden Way unfold in your heart and make your dreams come true.

IMPORTANT

From childhood we receive teachings from our parents, family, friends, and schoolteachers and via interactions with the people in our social and professional lives. So we approach life as a young adult with many formed opinions, weighed down with lots of preconditioned ideas. We have thoughts about all aspects of life from ‘how men and women should behave’ to the ‘right way to make a cup of tea.’ You could test this. Choose a subject, any subject, and make a list of all the ideas and thoughts you have about it – and see how ‘free thinking’ you are!

To be able to look at the different ideas proposed in this book and accept new possibilities in your life, you will need to have reached a point where you want to understand more about life. You will have to put aside any preconditioned ideas that would make it difficult for you to accept new concepts. Whilst it is not always easy to do, it is necessary, because nothing will change if you read this book with a fixed mind. For many people, you are about to read a completely new way to think about things. When we hear things that are too far removed from our current beliefs, we tend to dismiss them as impossible. In fact, we could probably start with the statement – ‘In every element of your life there is a choice’. You now have a choice, an opportunity to stay with the old patterns and ideas or let go and be willing to experience a new viewpoint and perhaps change your life for the better. If you feel you are not yet ready to change, why not pass the book on to someone else and I think you will find that it will come your way again when the time is right.

Have you ever read to the end of a page and realised you didn’t know what you had just read?

It is common sense that if we study anything new, we should understand each step and each word before proceeding on. However, generally our entire educational system ignores this and is geared to rushing us through subjects. We aren’t expected to understand all the words and thoughts we are presented with. Yet any subject can be easily learnt if we grasp the basics of it before going on to a more in depth understanding. There is nothing more certain to make a student, whether child or adult, lose interest in a subject, than not being given a chance to learn the basics. If the correct gradient of learning isn’t adhered to, we find ourselves unwilling to learn new things. You may remember times in your life where it was difficult to tackle a job that you hadn’t been properly trained to do. Things like cooking, computers, decorating, car mechanics or ‘how to set the timer on the video’ may seem complex, until you have an understanding of them. When you do, you can understand the most difficult of concepts.

When reading or studying anything, it is important you fully grasp the idea being presented, before you go on to the next sentence or section. When we go past something we don’t really understand, we usually lose interest and there is an unwillingness to continue with the book or subject being learned. Difficulties arise when we misunderstand words. It’s not the idea you don’t understand. It’s the misunderstood word or words within the idea. One can also experience physical, mental or emotional reactions, such as tiredness, headaches, boredom, tears, a feeling of being stupid or becoming upset or overwhelmed by the whole thing. Should any of these things occur, either in this book or with any other learning area of your life, recognise that you have probably missed something. This is generally corrected by going back to the last point where you really understood what you read. Start reading again from that point and this time make sure you understand every word.

Anyone can learn anything, as long as each concept is understood as they go along. Applying this we can excel at anything. This makes learning easier and more enjoyable. With this technique, we could go back to a subject we abandoned long ago or begin something new that we may have thought would be too difficult.

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

Love without Condition

I love you as you are, as you seek to find your own special way to relate to the world. I honour your choices to learn in the way you feel is right for you.

I know it is important that you are the person you want to be and not someone that I or others think you should be. I realise that I cannot know what is best for you, although perhaps sometimes I think I do. I have not been where you have been, looking at life from your viewpoint. I do not know what you have chosen to learn, how you have chosen to learn it, with whom or in what time period. I have not walked life looking through your eyes, so how can I know what you need?

I allow you to be in the world without a thought or word of judgement from me about the deeds you undertake. I see no error in the things you say and do. In this place where I am, I see that there are many ways to perceive and experience the different aspects of our world. I allow without reservation the choices you make in each moment. I make no judgement of this, for if I would deny your right to your evolution, then I would deny that right for myself and all others.

To those who would choose a way I cannot walk, while I may decide not to add my power and my energy to this way, I will never deny you the gift of love that God has bestowed within me, for all creation. As I love you, so I shall be loved. As I sow, so shall I reap.

I allow you the universal right of free will to walk your own path, creating steps or to sit awhile if that is what is right for you. I will make no judgement that these steps are large or small, nor light or heavy or that they lead up or down, for this is just my viewpoint. I may see you do nothing and judge it to be unworthy and yet it may be that you bring great healing, as you stand blessed by the Light of God. I cannot always see the higher picture of Divine order.

For it is the inalienable right of all life to choose their own evolution and with great love, I acknowledge your right to determine your future. In humility I bow to the realisation that the way I see as best for me, does not have to mean it is also right for you. I know that you are led as I am, following the inner excitement to know your own path.

I know that the many races, religions, customs, nationalities, and beliefs within our world bring us great richness and allow us the benefit and teachings of such diverseness. I know we each learn in our own unique way in order to bring that love and wisdom back to the whole. I know that if there were only one way to do something, there would need only be one person.

I will love you if even if you behave differently than I think you should or believe differently than I do. I understand you are truly my brother and my sister, though you may have been born in a different place and believe in another God than I.

The love I feel is for all of God's world. I know that every living thing is a part of God and I feel a love deep within for every person, animal, tree and flower, every bird, insect, river and ocean, and for all the creatures in all the world.

Sandy Stevenson

Unconditional Love may be freely copied or published without alteration, provided the author is noted.

CHAPTER 1

Atlantis

Do you remember this day? It was the 31st of October – 14,216 years ago.

Cracks appeared down the magnificent gold and silver inner walls of the mighty temple. The surrounding temples had already collapsed, pure white columns crumbling into the waters that now lapped the edges of the steps. The