Love and Law, Love through Law

By Tina Montalto
As Religious Scientists or followers of the Science of Mind principles, we often hear the teaching described as Love through Law.

We often focus on and understand more fully the "Law" part. We can easily describe Law as the impersonal, mechanical and mathematically-precise force in the Universe that is the "doer" in the Creative Process. It is Universal Subjectivity. It is the Creative Medium into which we plant our thought-kernels. When we do a Spiritual Mind Treatment (http://www.consciouskernels.com/sevenstep.html), we are working with the Law. We talk about the Law of Cause and Effect, we talk about the Law of Correspondence, we talk about the Law of Attraction.

But, I think as a whole, we tend to give the Love part of Love and Law a backseat. It is harder to wrap our intellectual minds around something more ethereal. We can intellectually understand Law because its work is observable and measureable. Love? Harder to pin down.

Love has been defined by Ernest Holmes as "the self-givingness of the Spirit through the desire of Life to express Itself in terms of creation." Huh?

How about this definition: Love is the unconditional givingingness of Spirit to Itself through the act of creation. This is a little easier to understand. We all know what unconditional is. We know what giving is. Spirit can only give to Itself because that is all there is. We, by the way, are part of "Itself". And we all know what creation is.

So Love is Spirit giving Itself (which is All Good and Only Good) to Itself by creating more of Itself without any conditions or restrictions. OK. So how do we give Love equal time as we go about our Spiritual Practice and Spiritual Growth?

I think this is where a little quiet contemplation may be useful. Whereas a Spiritual Mind Treatment is done with a specific purpose in mind and with using the Law (which has been freely given to us by Spirit), perhaps a simple practice of thinking about God's Quality of Love without any specific purpose may help us connect more fully with Spirit.

What I am suggesting you do is get in touch with Universal Love. Sometimes I sit in a quiet place, maybe a little music playing in the background, and I try to just feel the Presence of God. Like a big warm embracing hug enveloping me. A calm and peace and feeling of well-being surrounding me and existing within me. Feeling like I am the Beloved in whom God is well-pleased. Start with yourself. And then, when you are ready, expand that embracing hug to every person on the planet, to every living thing in the Universe. Spiritual Love is giving goodwill to all. See Spirit in yourself and everyone. That is practicing the Presence.

We are Scientists, yes. But I think everyone would benefit if we all incorporate into our Spiritual Practice a little more Love with our Law.

About the author:
Tina Montalto is the founder and president of Conscious Kernels, Inc., an ePublishing company specializing in spiritual eBooks. She is the author of "You are What You Think" available for free at the company’s website: http://www.consciouskernels.com. She has also created and serves as instructor for a 7-week eCourse on Spiritual Mind Treatment also available at the website. In addition to providing a selection of original eBooks, Conscious Kernels offers a free monthly eNewsletter, a community-building discussion board, spiritual retreats, and e-greeting cards.

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