Tuesday, March 31, 2009

ATTRACTING REAL LOVE

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other . -- Carl Jung

Dr. Lisa Love Reflections.

A few weeks ago I mentioned research that shows that those who are happiest in life are that way because they have long lasting and loving relationships with others in their lives. That same research showed out of the many countries where the research took place, those living in the United States were second from the bottom (Russia was last) in reporting that they were generally very unhappy people. And, this "unhappy" news was coming from the supposedly most powerful country in the world. If Carl Jung and the research is correct, then it can only mean one thing -- here in the United States love is clearly not ruling.

Of course, there is great hope that the election of President Obama will change that. But, we know better. We won't learn to be a more loving people, and to be loved more in return, because of any person we elect. We will only learn to do this as we choose to be more loving people. But, that requires knowing much more clearly what real love is about.

As I wrote in my Beyond the Secret: Spiritual Power and the Law of Attraction book, few people really understand what love looks like. Too often it is confused with lust, desire, control, abuse, neediness, copedependency. Eek! The list could go on and on. Even the majority of our music, TV shows, movies, and books talk endlessly about people "falling in and out of love," "suffering and hurting over love," I could go on and on. Yet, none of this is love. None of it! Why? Because real love never hurts, it heals. Real love never ends, it continues. Real love is not something you fall into, it is something you grow into. And, real love is a choice. It is an active decision to learn to love, to act in love, and to choose the way of love no matter what in life.

To help you get more clear about this I invite you to learn about my new Teleclass starting in May (with free sample sessions in April) on Attracting Real Love. I also invite you to read an excellent book that I mentioned last week, THE LOVE DARE (and don't miss the movie Fireproof that goes with it). Because only as we learn what real love is, can we discover how to attract it into our lives something all of us in our heart or hearts are longing for.

Blessings,

Dr. Lisa Love

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