Shining the Love-nature

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Arguably, no one has ever lived up to her "best vision" of her best potential Selfexpression. The very best for which we can reasonably hope is that Love will use us as Its (Her/His) "vessel". At its brightest, this might occur only periodically, since no one is perfect. We might allow the Lovespirit, Lovemind, or Love-nature to "come through" with crystal clarity only some of the time. To selfcriticize for this natural condition, in which a lower (humanimal) nature also exists within, is to suffer from the fearbased spiritual "disease" of perfectionism. The wise and enlightened do not demand perfection from themselves even in Lovexpression. But instead, as Zen teachers say, they continue to "polish" the interior "mirror" of Love, continuously "wiping away" the "dust" of the lower (humanimal) nature. It is our purpose to bring, to shine, Love into this often-dark world. Perhaps no human being can do this one hundred percent of the time, but that is not our mission, assignment, or "calling" from the Holy Spirit of Love. Instead, we are called to do the best that we can, and to know that our honest "best" is always enough.:)
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