Barriers to Love

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."

-- A Course in Miracles

When we seek externally, we are always seeking in the wrong direction. Not only does the Kingdom of Heaven lie within, so do the barriers to the Kingdom. Scouring the streets, the bars, the classrooms, even the churches for love is as ridiculous as looking for the Kingdom of Heaven there. It all lies within -- the good, the bad, the beautiful and the ugly.

Once the barriers to love are found within, the light of consciousness destroys them. You do not have to do anything. Awareness does it all. Merely become completely conscious of the obstacles to love and those obstacles will dissolve.

And then you can take your love out into the world. And when you do, you will find that the world will match it. Without awareness of the love you harbor within, the world looks to be a loveless place. But as soon as you awaken to your own love, love is suddenly everywhere! You don't need to look for it; it finds you.

So, today, do a scrupulous self-inventory: What are your internal barriers to love? Ferret them out and shine the light of consciousness on them. Let them dissolve like icebergs in the sun. Let your heart melt. Let love emerge -- first within you, then outside of you. One love, united at last.