71. Love as least resistance

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Love, as the path of least resistance, teaches that effort and concentrated energy are not necessary because they naturally flow and radiate by themselves—one just needs to notice them. When our individual self takes the lead, we waste energy trying to dominate or judge others. The similar happens when we chase the illusion of happiness. However, when our thoughts, words, and actions are rooted in unconditional love, energies become concentrated, multiplied, and accumulated. This means that when we let go our individual self, during emptiness, and we focus on the One, we need only allow the outpouring love of the One to fill us. 

Letting go of our dependencies in love means placing trust in the One, accepting circumstances, people, and events as they are, and accepting things as they happen. This, however, does not imply helplessness. Acceptance and experiencing the moment, whether it is of great importance or insignificance, show that every moment we experience is the accumulation of countless moments from the past (the intertwining of past experiences), and yet it also represents the present and the future. If we oppose the present moment, we oppose to the will of the One. We are fortunate if we accept things as they are, not as we wish them to be. We can ask the One for anything, but it will always give us what we need. We may wish for things to be different in the future, but the present moment must be accepted as it is. 

When practicing the least resistance, it is helpful to observe simple processes in nature, which functions are based on ease, effortlessness, and the absence of resistance. Nature always applies the least force, the least resistance. Grass does not strive to grow; it just grows. Fish do not strive to swim; they simply swim. Flowers do not try to bloom; they simply bloom. The Earth does not try to spin around its axis; it simply spins. Humans should behave similarly. In Eastern culture, it is said that you should act by non-action, meaning that action should not be directed outward, but inward, as a form of internal spiritual activity. We know that love itself is a miracle, and only love is capable of miracles. Love cannot be forced or shown through violence or words; it is always present. However, the less we are in a sleeping state and the more we are awake, love manifests more frequently and can continuously appear for us. Closer proximity to the source of love, the One, and the increasing dominance of the universal self over the individual self, signifies the manifestation of "greater" love. 

When a situation or a person provokes us or causes disappointment, we should realize that we are not reacting to the situation or the person, but to our feelings about it. These feelings are based on past experiences when those feelings were not someone else's fault. If we recognize and understand this, we can consider ourselves mature. We are then ready to take responsibility for our feelings and are capable of changing them. Acceptance of the present also means that we cannot blame anyone or anything for a situation—perhaps ourselves, but not always. If we have done everything to ensure things go well but they still do not, there is no reason to reproach ourselves. We accept the given circumstance, event, or problem, and the responsibility that comes with it because we are able to recognize the good in the bad and the bad in the good. We know that everything is interconnected, and there is no pure white or pure black, as both are part of duality. 

In our returning to the One, it is important to practice the path of least resistance continuously, because love is like fire—it fuels more love; it is like water—it extinguishes anger; it is like the Earth—it embraces; and it is like air—light and soaring. Therefore, it is liberating sacredness. In other words, love is deep, limitless, and free of hatred and anger, not allowing any harmful word to come from our mouths or our peace to be disturbed by anyone or anything. The loving soul is tested when there is injustice, enslavement, or disorder, because love has the power to stop negative processes and neutralize attacks. Love does not mean imposing our good intentions on others or showing them overflowing emotions, care, and concern (such as "parental monkey love"), but rather radiating love from within, just as the Sun radiates sunlight, which shines on both the good and the bad. 

Unconditional love is based on freedom and will. Lower forms of conditional love (false love) are tied to a situation, state, or person (e.g., "If they love me, I will love them"), and when the condition disappears, so does the love. In unconditional love, there is no "I" and "you" relationship, no situation or condition because it resembles the relationship between the part and the whole, or the son and the father, or the created and the creator. Only in this kind of love can a person transcend himself /herself, when is able to adopt and empathize with the other person. Therefore, the one who nurtures within themselves love that is not bound by conditions and that flows toward all beings has liberated their soul, which no fire or weapon can destroy. Love is not morality, because morality is tied to time, while love is beyond time, eternal, and sacred. Religions do not list love among the sacraments. Perhaps because they have morality and lack love, as seen in the old scripture. Love exists on its own; morality comes from compulsion.