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When we are surrendered, there is no longer the pressure of time.

Frustration comes from wanting a thing now instead of letting it happen naturally in its own time.  Patience is an automatic side effect of letting go, and we know how easy it is to get along with patient people.  Notice that patient people usually get what they want in the end.

from The Letting Go  Card Deck

Added text from Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender book: Ch, 18, pg 276:

One resistance to letting go is the illusion that, if we let go of our wantingness and our expectations, we won’t get what we want. We fear that we will lose it if we don’t keep pressuring for it. The mind has the idea that the way to get a thing is to want it. Actually, if we examine the issue, we will see that events are due to decisions, and choices are based on our intentions. What we get is the result of these choices, even though they are unconscious, rather than what we think we want. When we surrender the pressure of wantingness, we are clear to make wiser choices and decisions.

So, what is love, actually?

Well, those of you who’ve gone into really high spaces know that love- the love we’re talking about is really about up here [high on MoC]. Love is a way of being. It’s a way of being with the world. The condition of lovingness prevails as a permanency because  it’s what you are. It’s what you’ve become. The willingness to be friendly in Walmart is because you’re a loving being- it’s coming from your lovingness. It doesn’t depend whether this lady with her basket smiles at you or appreciates it; it’s just who you are. And it’s who you are in all times, places and conditions. It doesn’t change. It’s not given, and it’s not lost. It’s not taken away. It’s not something you earn- it’s what you’ve become, similar to generosity.

Generosity is a way of being in the world. It doesn’t have to do with money. Generosity has to do with the willingness to be open and share what you are with life, for… what? For the good of life itself. Only because of that’s what you are. It’s because that’s the way you’ve become. You automatically appreciate life in all its expressions.

Excerpt from the May 2002 Lecture, Disk 3, video point 004935

Spiritual practice in ordinary life in many ways is actually the most favorable and beneficial approach. (This statement calibrates as true.) It is a common observation that it is one thing to be pure and holy in an isolated, safe place, but another to remain committed in the world of endless temptations and confrontations.

Spiritual progress occurs in stages.  In the beginning, one learns of spiritual realitites and studies them.  Then come practice and application of the teachings in every aspect life, and eventually one becomes the teachings.  By dedication, one’s life becomes the prayer.  By devotion, commitment, and practice, spiritual concepts become experiential realities. (As one advanced student said, “How can I forgive my enemies when I no longer have any?”)

Reality, Spirituality, & Modern Man, 2008, Ch. 19, pg. 353-354

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Importantly, level 500 indicates that the subjective condition called Love has now become not only significant but also dominant, not just as a feeling and emotion, but as the guiding principle. While the energy of Love may be focused as a consequence of interest or motive, it represents a breaking away from restriction and limitation of self-interest. Love serves, whereas ego seeks to be served in its pursuit of gain. To Love, the long-term satisfaction and pleasure of givingness replace the evanescent, short-term ego satisfaction of gain.

The energy of Love has a unique, timeless quality that gratifies potentialities that are subtle and difficult to logically describe. As Love becomes progressively spiritualized, it emerges as an alignment with Divinity, which is the ultimate source and province of Love. It thereby becomes viewed as holy, sacred, and the substance of devotion, religious faith, and mystical awareness.

From consciousness level 500 and up, the attraction of beauty, peace, and inner quietude becomes increasingly important. The spiritual principles of the great teachers become incorporated into one’s lifestyle and eventually become dominant.

Transcending the Levels of Consciousness, Section Three Overview, pg. 242

The 500 Level is characterized by the development of an energy field that is progressively unconditional, unchanging, and permanent.  It does not fluctuate because its source within the person who loves is not dependent on external factors.  Lovingness is a way of being in and relating to the world and is forgiving, nurturing, and supportive.  Love is not intellectual and does not proceed from the mind; love emanates from the heart.  It has the capacity to lift others and accomplish great feats because of it purity of motive.

…Love takes no position and thus is global, rising above the separation of positionality.  It is then possible to be ‘one with another’ as there are no longer any barriers.  Love is therefore inclusive and progressively expands the sense of self.  Love focuses on the goodness of life in all its expressions and augments that which is positive.  It dissolves negativity by recontextualzing it rather than by attacking it.  As such, it is benign, supportive, and nurtures life; consequently, it is the level of true happiness.

Transcending the Levels of Consciousness, Ch. 14, pg. 247-248