Hatonn on Putting Love in Action
Hatonn starts this session off with a beautiful story about two sisters and how love flows over the boundaries we erect. They then get to a principle about service that I believe is not taken as seriously by seekers in our tradition as it perhaps should be: preparation. Being “seated in our hearts” is something that happens before we get the opportunity to share love, to serve our other selves.
So if we’re ready and prepared, then it’s just a matter of paying attention and letting the Creator’s love flow through us. In the proper mindset, as I read this, it’s not really our love at all anyway. We don’t have the resources to love adqueate to the need; we are simply asked to step out of the way. Once we are sharing that love, we can apply our talents and unique gifts to the situation through that connection to heart.
Think long and hard, however, about Hatonn’s claim that “you cannot be a loving person by yourself.” We can be personalities and serve reliably, but only by staying in contact with the Creator. Otherwise we’re taking our chances! So meditate and get yourself into the best frame of mind for a wild world of service waiting for you.
We ask you, my friends, to be so seated in your hearts that you can do those things which become before you to do in the name of the Creator and in the voice of love. In this vibration were you all made; and this you share, not only with those of your planet but with all sentient beings throughout the universe, in all galaxies of your universe, and in the many universes that fill the dimensions of the great creation. We are all one, my brothers and sisters.
There will come before you things to do. You each have your own talents. They are each different and unique. You cannot be anyone but yourself. Yet, in your own way, you can be one who shows love. There are an infinity of ways to show love. It is your own judgment that will help you to know what your opportunities are, what you can and cannot do. But when you see an opportunity, my friends, turn it not down, but go forward. You will feel in your heart that which is right, and only can know the feelings of your heart.
We ask only one thing. Instead of becoming bitter as the lessons of life hurt you and pain you, physically, emotionally, and mentally—remain open to the healing power of love, which is best done, as we have always said to you, my friends, through daily meditation. It does not matter what type of meditation that you use—you may pray; you may read scripture or other holy works and contemplate the truth of what you read; you may sit in silence in passive meditation; you may engage in magical rituals, such as your so-called holy communion, and by that imagery find peace. But however, my friends, that you can become close to the one original Thought that created all of us, to the one Creator that is love, that is what you should do daily; for you cannot be a loving person by yourself.
Humanity is very limited in its ability to love, for they have not, through the centuries as a planetary consciousness, spent a great deal of time in concentrating upon love but rather in concentrating upon other things, such as the acquisition of goods, the acquisition of geographical territories, the acquisition of peoples, and the disruption of human life in order to gain these goals. Thus, your planetary consciousness does not have love as its strongest suit.
To get into contact with the infinite source of love that may be compared to the star body that is your sun, you must meditate and find within yourself that small part of yourself, which is your real self, and which is part of the original Thought of love.
Once you have found this, you can always deal with situations in such a way as to never betray that within you which is your best. However, my friends, if you fail, do not reproach yourself but go on and try again, for it is expected of a student of life that he will not be perfect in all of his examinations. Thus, encourage yourselves to seek again and yet again the peace of the presence of love.