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This body that lies within my soul
and this heart that connects me to the Divine
were created
to listen,
to feel,
to touch,
to hear,
to taste
to know…
to receive and respond.
A generous inhale infuses spirit into these cells.
A full exhale releases love back into the whole.
I was created to be
a vessel of deep receptivity.
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Make love to Life today as if It were your Beloved, for It Is.
We live in an erotic world, a world full of the sensual. We are sensual beings. When we are here, in this moment, we experience life by way of our senses. This is the nature of the sensual, experiencing life through one’s senses.
The word erotic might seem strange to describe our physical world, but when you really open to and receive Life into your senses, a natural love pours forth into you and from you, a connection between the sacred in you and the sacred in all of life.
The origin of ‘erotic’:
1615–25; < Gk erÅtikós of love, caused by love, given to love, equiv. to erÅt- (s. of érÅs) Eros + -ikos -ic 
This world, this Life that we are swimming in is ’caused by love’, is ‘given to love’, it IS erotic in the largest and deepest sense. We are swimming in love, we breathe it into our cells with each breath we take in, and we breathe love out into the world with each breath out. We take love in with our eyes, when we really look, and when we are open to it, we give the look of love back to Life as It holds us in It’s Gaze. The other senses are no different – they are the vehicle to give and receive love to the All that holds us in each moment.
I took a moment to look the word sensual up in the dictionary:
–adjective
| 1. | pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly. |
| 2. | lacking in moral restraints; lewd or unchaste. |
| 3. | arousing or exciting the senses or appetites. |
| 4. | worldly; materialistic; irreligious. |
| 5. | of or pertaining to the senses or physical sensation; sensory. |
| 6. | pertaining to the philosophical doctrine of sensationalism. |
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Some of these simply describe the simple nature of the word: pertaining to the senses. Others contain judgment, judgment that you have probably grown up with and internalized, because we live in a culture that equates sensuality with sex, and the culture has much judgment and condemnation about sex and pleasure as well. Sometimes, we are made to feel that our love of the sensual is bad or wrong, or that we are bad for enjoying pleasure.
But, what if that judgment was the illusion and the reality what you experience through your senses? What if Life expressing itself through your sight, taste, touch, smell, and hearing is reality, and the illusion is the judgment that your mind attaches to your experience and thoughts? How might your relationship to the present moment be different?
What if Life were your Beloved?
Stop for a moment and take Life in through your senses. Be with Life as you are with a Beloved, someone you feel unconditional love for. Open to It. Receive It. Feel Life caressing you, tenderly, not wanting anything from you except your undivided attention, your unconditional love, your rapture with its exquisite beauty and simplicity. As you receive It, simply notice how you feel.
Now, for just a moment, make love to it. Caress it back with your eyes, your ears, your heart, your touch. Simply allow yourself to love it without judgment, to receive it without aversion, and to witness the miraculous mystery that It is and that You are.
How might your day be different if you made love to Life in each moment, awaiting Its expression as if awaiting a beloved’s embrace?
Spend today, and perhaps tomorrow and this week, (maybe even the rest of your life) making love to Life. I would love to hear what you discover.
With love and great respect,
Julie
