Living Love's Recipe

There is a Buddhist teaching that says, "Love is like a bird with two wings. One wing is wisdom and the other is intelligence." Rev. Catherine McLeod ties all three---love, wisdom, and intelligence---together by drawing from three inspiring books to remind us that we are all deeply and truly loveable. The three books are Undefended Love by Jett Psaris and Marlena S. Lyons, Spiritual Partnership: The Journey to Authentic Power by Gary Zukav, and SQ21: The Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence by Cindy Wigglesworth. On our spiritual journey, we crave a deep intimacy with the Divine within us---to feel the connection to Spirit and to allow It to give us strength and wisdom when we are unexpectedly brought face-to-face with some unpleasant part of ourselves. From Undefended Love, we learn to "stay open in the face of fear and inquire into every thought, feeling, and behaviour. The deeper we love ourselves, the more the Universe will align with us." "When we are angry, depressed, jealous, thinking critical thoughts or having any of the familiar, painful experiences of frightening parts of our personality, we can choose to shift our perception to the loving parts of our personality." -- Gary Zukav