Category: Perception

Universal Phenomena - Sometimes We Mock And Ridicule What We Don't Understand

11/11/2015

Sometimes we mock what we don't understand because it's scary or because it's so contrary to what we've grown to believe our whole lives. It's called cognitive dissonance. ~ Joe Simmons

The meme is taken out of context and the idea/belief is mis-stated. Sometimes we mock what we don't understand because it's scary or because it's so contrary to what we've grown to believe our whole lives. It's called cognitive dissonance.

It took us over 200 years to believe the Earth was round. We mocked, ridiculed, imprisoned, black listed and committed to psychiatric hospitals those who believed and professed that the Earth was round -- all that over the opinion of the shape of a thing... "Opinion" emphasized. The point is that it was a change in belief that we humans eventually adopted in our rapportuer or arsenal of acquired common sense.

Up next... all "things" are compositions and conglomerates of energy vibration. Anything that we "see" or experience in any way is merely a way we perceive the energy vibrations and their movement. Therefore, the experiences are illusions, merely ways we perceive. Then we add meaning to it all.

Imagine, we are that energy vibration.

Whatever energy vibration is present and entertained will expand, e.g. this is how like energy "attracts" like energy. It's an expansion. The contexts and meanings are human-centrically derived/conjured, a.k.a. made up, "just because".

Additionally, there's no separation in the energy flow, only changes or reformations in the flow's movement, like moving from one climate to another, which leads to the most fun part...

The separations are illusions while we are all organically One dynamic ongoing expanding and transforming being, including all the parts of us, even the trees and the rocks.

Click here for a more in-depth perspective on the nature of the physical planes.

Namaste.

Joe Simmons
Metaphysical Visionary

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Preconceived Notions - Pants Below the Butt

8/1/2015

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During the November 1, 2011 Transformation Conversation, Joe Simmons and guests looked at our reactions about people wearing their pants below the butt, and considered whether our preconceived notions rob us of opportunities to see objectively, which could inhibit our ability to find more opportunities for fulfillment and happiness.This blog is a summary and lessons learned from that conversation. ~Joe Simmons

Preconceived Notions

Actually, there is an explanation for this. The issue of wearing the pants below the butt is dynamic. There is the choice to do it, and there are the reactions to seeing it done. Since we cannot control what others do, we can look at our reaction to seeing it done.

First, if we look closely, we will notice that the people in these pics are covered from the waste down. Two of the gents in the photo are fully clothed.

The problem is our relationship to the labels we put on clothing, and our relationship to the contexts of those labels. In this case, we have a label called "underwear" and the meanings and connotations that we attach to the term underwear. Additionally, we have opinions about

appropriate locations for clothing features.

I saw this very clearly while at work a couple of weeks ago. A client was wearing his pants down below his butt, and he walked like a duck. I thought to myself, “This guy is a complete idiot.” Then, I looked more closely. “Hmm…,” I thought, “That’s not underwear. Those are sports pants… like basketball shorts… the mesh kind.” To confirm, I asked the client about it. The client confirmed, “Yeah, they’re basketball shorts.” I thanked him and he waddled away like a duck.

We have opinions about the composition and/or style of clothing that is appropriate to cover the body. We are accustomed to a look that includes attaching the top of the pants at or above the waste. We are talking about the location of a particular feature of a particular article of clothing, which is one piece of the composition/design of attire that clothes or covers the body.

Is it underwear or is it a bathing suit, or is it shorts, etc.? What difference does it make? My waddling client friend was fully clothed. Notwithstanding the labels and the connotations/expectations/meanings that I attach to them, I saw very clearly that I was the idiot.

Of course, the consequences of the design choice are another and separate dynamic of the pants-below-the-butt style.

Namaste,

Joe Simmons
Metaphysical Visionary

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Is Love Real or True?

6/19/2014

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Kimberly Ann Gomes

"Ok, I'm getting on it right away...should I be sitting cross legged, arms extended, palms up for this? Lol." ~ Kimberly Ann Gomes

That could work, Kimberly! Any position works great as long as you're comfortable enough! I like to listen to the silence behind the noise as a meditation. It's the birthplace of the manifestations, where "Love" lives.

When we're present and tuned in to the moment, peace roles in and It becomes very obvious that "love" is the only "true" thing. I'm putting love and true in quotes because the labels and sentiments of love are human-centric in and of themselves, and that we actually access and experience love (try this on like a coat) in the space of is-ness and in the aftermath of where energy has flowed or is flowing to balance, similar to water flowing to level. In human form we feel love in the movement and in comparing the conditions of us, such as before and after the flow.

I do believe that the love to which Deepak Chopra is eluding is "the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe" and I'd just take it a step further to be as objective as I'm able in this particular review, accepting and celebrating the perspectives/experiences of the flesh while distinguishing what's real from what is true.

"Reality" is anything that occurs that we experience by our personal account and interpretation, illusions included. "Truth" is what actually occurs, rather than an interpretation of what occurs, and rather than the manifested illusions that the occurrence presents.

We attempt to identify love objectively. Stepping outside the human-centric perspective, love, as we are inclined to regard and celebrate it, is more real than it is true. That might sound strange until we embrace that "reality" is anything that we experience to be occurring, while “truth” is what is actually occurring, rather than our experience or interpretation of what is occurring.

In the physical life, again, we feel love in the metaphysical movement from imbalance to balance and in the resting places and/or in the relief we feel by comparing the conditions of imbalance and balance in the moments. Notice the word moment contains the etymology of movement, such as momentum does. It indicates that we feel love in the movement, or in the flowing to balance.

Then we inherently and automatically humanize and romanticize the metaphysical flow and call it love. In his quote, Deepak Chopra appears to inherently demonstrate and forgive our humanoid narcissism, accepting our human-centric perspective as an accurate or true account of love. However, in doing so, he recycles the sentiment in the end where he romanticizes love, implying sentimentality by default. It reminds me of green trying to be brown. The opportunity is to stand as the observer of the color, rather than being the color. Mr. Chopra points us in that direction.

Love, as a sentiment, is insidious to human kind by design. However, if we attempt to occasionally stand outside of our humanoid selves, or temporarily separate or distinguish ourslelves from the distractions/illusions of the flesh, we gain insights for enrichment.

It helps to recognize the possibility that love is a metaphysical phenomena of us just as are the physical domain, gravity and centripetal force, and that we pursue points of engagement to feel it, only.

For example, exploring this premise helps me to be grateful more often, to dwell less on the drama and pain of love, knowing that "pain" is an indication that love is present and that it is just a way my physical-ness perceives* it, which gives me another opportunity to see it, be grateful and celebrate it more often. Let's not let conjured debilitating interpretations separate us from the love that's in our faces and available to embrace and celebrate.

Ultimately, reality is our playground and it is true that we really experience the phenomenon that we are, called love, and that we co-creatively intend and manifest ourselves in exciting, rich and spicy ways in order to feel what we are. We are conscious substance or energy or light or whatever we want to call ourselves, perpetually flowing to balance, becoming anew, also known as Love. ♥

* Click here for a perspective on the phenomena of the physical plane.

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Human Consciousness and Physical Reality

4/19/2014

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Sibhan Ciresi - Author, Show Host

"This is a big one in spiritual circles I find. The claiming that we are creators of our reality. This is not quite the case. Let's be clear and authentic. We are co-creators. The life force that powers all is the actual creative force. We've been designed such that our thoughts mold our experience. So we co-create with this force. But not one of us has recollection of creating the physical universe on our own . Stop taking credit for what is not yours. Have a humbling of your heart and mind. Recognize what is here and has been here without your help. Tell the truth to yourself and you will be more in awe than ever of this whole life experience" ~Siobhan Ciresi

Thank you for sharing this, Siobhan. I'd like to concur and propose an answer to the question in the illustration, "If human consciousness creates the physical reality, how is it that the Earth and the Physical Universe (were) here before human beings existed?" Stepping back, or looking at a bigger picture we can surmise that the Earth and the Physical Universe were here before human beings were on the planet because the experience of human being is just a spec of all experiences we (the One) have that appears to be physical. Imagine the possibility that there is no true physical plane. There are only energy vibrations and interpretations of the energy vibrations. Now imagine that each interpretation, also known as a thought, which in and of itself is a creation, sets off whole new worlds and infinite realities, while each thought creates new thoughts each reflecting off another.

Additionally, let's consider that time and space are illusions of the physical domain and that, therefore, there are no true before and after, then and now. There are only now and the stories we attach to it in the experience of human being. This idea presupposes, additionally, that the notion of there being a beginning of it all, such that an ultimate (separate) force or supreme creator outside of our collective self was the original creator of something within which we exist, is a human-centric perspective as there is no ultimate beginning or end of existence. Along these lines, rather, there are only conditions of is-ness that are in a perpetual state of becoming. See "The Phenomena of the Physical Plains" for an attempt to describe how the physical plane is a product of interpreting energy vibrations.

We interpret and create at every spot of us. That's a lot of spots, given that we exist infinitely inward and outward ad infinitum. Now, imagine that every spot is at the center of it all, as it must be since we exit inward and outward ad infinitum. This is an indication that we (the One) are all at the center of it all and that we are individually and collectively the co-creators of it all. It's also an indication that we co-dwell and co-create in spaces of infinite worlds.

Regarding our ability to create and whether or not we create or have created anything is not contingent upon whether we can recall doing it, or whether we are conscious about it during the physical experience or at any time.

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We tend to be inherently distracted by the physical experience, albeit by design. Typically, in the physical experience, we are not aware of what we create because we are somewhat blind about the Universal powers and tools. That's what's changing, transforming as we transcend or become more conscious. It's a part of our waking up - knowing what we are creating and learning to create intentionally in our spot of being and realizing that our creations effect all other creations.

Regarding claiming credit for reality, the good news is that there is no need to claim credit for anything other than to claim accountability for our actions/thoughts/intentions, also known as creations in the space we "stand" because our creations effect other creations whether or not we are aware of it. This is a way we co-create. This discussion entails and encompasses distinctions that are not necessarily apparent on the surface, however, are fodder for other metaphysical discussions. Click here for "The Phenomena of the Physical Plains" Thanks for your partnership in the exploration. Namaste ♥

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The Ten Commandments - A Perspective

3/11/2014

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"We recognize The Ten Commandments. They are not the Ten Commands. They are neither the Ten Demands nor The Ten Demandments...."

Invitation: In the explorations that we pursue together, I invite us to try on the precepts like a coat and see how it looks and feels. We might have to move around a bit to get the feel of it. Likewise, there is an opportunity to look at it in the mirror and notice how it becomes us. In the exploration, we consider the following as if it were true, whether or not it is.

Click for: The Ten (10) Commandments – Were They Really 10 Or 13?

Thank you for joining me to consider a perspective on The Ten Commandments. Many believe that there are more than ten commandments. This article is not an exploration about the quantity of the commandments. Rather, this is an exploration into the substance, character and purpose of the list, regardless of the number of commandments it contains and regardless of the particular content of each commandment. This article is about the purpose and benefits of having the list. Thank you for joining me to consider the following.

By definition, there is no loving God figure or genuine divinely guided person or other manifestation that will condemn, punish, ridicule or judge anything. Likewise, one will not demand anything. Love does not demand, control, manipulate, threaten nor cajole. Divine love occurs unconditionally. That means without judgement and without exception.

Imagine that all genuinely divinable communications are tools to guide us and prompt us to remember who and what we are - to awaken our divine consciousness and experience our greatness that comes with it.

Divine Love occurs unconditionally only. In that, it dwells one way only. It provides a space that allows free being, lovingly and forgivingly. It provides a venue for acceptance, peace, joy, wellness and celebration to occur. The space includes abundance and an acknowledgment and experience that all is perfectly well. That is all it does.

That said, we continue with a semantic and ontological exploration of The Ten Commandments.

We recognize The Ten Commandments. They are not the Ten Commands. They are neither the Ten Demands nor The Ten Demandments.

To command is to cause a reaction or by-product. In this respect, we do not command anything to act as if by demand. To command does not equal to demand. Rather when we command or when we are commanding, we are causing enrollment such that the people and things around us align, make choices or become a certain way because of their experience of our being. We do not command like a demand. Rather, our way of being precipitates or catalyzes a becoming.

Therefore commanding is actually causing a form of natural selection or enrollment that is motivated by how we are being when we engage.

Our mode of operating in the world commands or causes an alignment of consequences. We cause particular enrollments and conditions to prevail. That is the commanding, the causing of the thing. We cause things by whom and what we are in the matter of anything. This is the Law of Attraction.

Therefore, the commandments are the things or the conditions that we manifest by who we are or by how we are being. We evolve commandments into being. They include certain prevailing natural inclinations, which I hypothesize, includes the checklist of precipitated inclinations, which we call The Ten Commandments.

In other words, The Ten Commandments are a list of desired symptoms or outcomes intended to remind us to be a way that precipitates them. Therefore, we present the commandments to ourselves as a reference or meter to determine our condition, our status as loving beings.

The Ten Commandments serve as a gauge to see how we are doing - to notice what we are producing. They are not a list of things to do like rules. They are not demands. They are a list of ideal results, which we can obtain by operating and engaging with divine love.

Likewise, The Ten Commandments are a list of symptoms that are present when we are true, when we have balance, when we access and feel the love that we are.

Perhaps the Ten Commandments are to what we aspire in the game of life for the joy of it. Perhaps this is true. Thanks for the opportunity to look. Please join me in the celebration of what is available. Life is good, rich, and spicy. ♥

Click here for a discussion that reframes The Ten Commandments to read as The Ten Freedoms.

Comparing the Ten Commandments by Religion

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"The Root Causes of Greed, Intolerance, Injustice, Inequality, Distress and Conflict..."

12/7/2011

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"The root cause of all of these is the illusion of separation. "We are organically one" is the "The Earth is round" of our time..."

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Tony Praill: The whole world, deep down, realises that nothing is more important than human and social evolution in harmony with our environment. We know that it is crucial that we advance integrated solutions that address the root causes of greed, intolerance, injustice, inequality, distress and conflict, and that we do that through co-operation and co-creation rather than coca-cola! ;-)

Tony Praill: Consider a world inspired to fulfil each person's unique potential to liberate mutual completeness in abundant variety. A world with an effortless, entire awareness that our varied needs to flower co-operate to harvest the fruits of truth, harmony, peace and bounteous, beautiful creativity. Now is the time to consider, intend and co-create this magnificent world....this is why we are here! ((( ♥ )))

Joe Simmons: The root cause of all of these is the illusion of separation. "We are organically one" is the "The Earth is round" of our time.

"Leading-edge information and growing consciousness bring us a step beyond the planting of seeds. They root the plants of freedom, love, abundance, wholeness and empowerment. For example, it took over 200 years to believe the Earth is round, but when we finally believed it, our experience of life changed quickly and dramatically. Up next, we are One, organically. We are exiting the period that will be known as 'The Age of Insanity - the time when we believed the illusion of separation was true'. We will be shocked and brought to our knees from the remorse of what we had done during the profound unconsciousness of that time. We will be moved, relieved and grateful for the abundance, peace and wholeness of remembering that we are One and Love" ~ Joe Simmons ♥

Tony Praill: Idealism is the new reality! ;-)

Joe Simmons: Our being one is as much of an ideal as is the Earth being round. We just can't see it because we believe that the illusion of separation must disappear before we can realize our oneness. We can embrace the illusion of separation the same way we can embrace the illusion that a movie is made from individual still frames playing in sequence, which we cannot detect with our human tools for perception. The Earth is round, and we are One, organically. This is absolute - regardless of our ability to recognize it. ♥

Tony Praill: True, though as you say, the recognition is the 'warp- speed' for human evolution. :-)

John Halderman: Yes, before any human descriptions and explanations about life, we were One . . . ARE ONE! We allow ourselves to go down the specific rabbit holes loosing sight of our Oneness. :)))

Joe Simmons: Tony, the good news is that our thwarting or resisting the realization of our oneness, for however many years we may do it, does not change that our believing that the illusion of separation is true is what makes all strife possible. Name it... starvation, homelessness, poverty, war, greed, intolerance, inequality, distress and conflict are all symptoms of our believing and operating as if we are separate.

Knowing that we are One, whenever we act inconsistently to that, we are operating insanely. Hence, we have dis-ease. This is true no matter what we think or no matter how we might rationalize our unwillingness (for whatever reasons) to surrender.

Until we do, we will remain in "The Age of Insanity, the time when we, the humans, believe that the illusion of separation is true." The love that comes from realizing our oneness is the cure for all of it. Actually, it's the only cure. Any other study or exploration for answers is futile and foolish, insane.

More good news... As more of us entertain Oneness consciousness we are building momentum, like a snowball, to reach a critical mass of awareness. Eventually, we will get it like a light going on in our heads. We will say, "What the? Of course, we are one! What the hell were we thinking?" ♥

John Halderman: agree Joe, seeing our Oneness is the way. When we know our Oneness we stop acting in selfish fearful ways seeking to fill the void created by the perceived separation. We then act in unity seeing how what we do benefits the whole. :)

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Healing a Wounded Heart

11/5/2011

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Imagine that a broken heart is one of the most wonderful access points to love and joy. Contact me for a free coaching session on how to realize and feel the freedom and celebration that are available to you, and/or click here to see an outline of coaching services and platforms that I offer.

Lovingly Namaste,

Joe Simmons
Life Coach and Public Speaker

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Metaphysically Speaking, Who Discovered America?

1/19/2011

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A friend on Facebook asked, “Who really discovered America, metaphysically speaking?”

From an historical perspective, Christopher Columbus did not discover America.

Metaphysically speaking, all things always are and always have been. We conjured the context of having discovered a thing and believing it's true that we've discovered it in order to have a point of contrast. The contrasts provide a place for us to bite into the life or to engage in it. It's the only way because all things are perceivable only by virtue of their comparison to something else.

Metaphysically, we are literally one All-that-is, without points of separation. If this is true, when we discover anything, we are merely remembering a part of ourselves that we've forgotten or are newly entertaining. The parts of us include all things - even rocks and "their" particulates. Rocks are living conscious parts of us, albeit we have difficulty realizing it because we associate life and living with a heart, brain, lungs, blood-flow, etc. Our puny selves have opinions about what constitutes life or being.

Life and consciousness occur energetically. It's about energy vibration. The forms are merely constellations of vibrations upon vibrations reflecting upon layers and layers of perceptions amongst all the parts of us. When I say "all the parts of us", they include the quarks and whatever other minute particulates we've conjured to try to figure out of what we're made. Even the particles are made-up - conjured. Additionally, each of all the conjured parts are perceiving and reflecting those perceptions about each other.

Here's the thing... All the stuff is made-up. We are living in a product of our creativity and imagination. Even the experiences of a physical domain, life and death, etc. are the result of perceptions layered upon perceptions ad infinitum that illuminate a physical experience. "Physical" is merely a label we apply to categories of experiences, perceptions, thoughts, etc., which we call true when they are not. The stuff is real only to the extent that we actually experience it. We really do experience this stuff; however, the manifestations are illusions. They are real, but they are not true.

So, who discovered America? Nobody. There is no America or USA… There is only one us – US, WE, ONE. We made up a context called “Discovered America” for fun.

By the way, this Oneness thing that we are is also called Love or God. We are love. Why the contrasts? Because, we cannot experience ourselves (Love) without something to which to compare ourselves. Remember? We need the stuff that is not love or the resistance to love, in order to recognize love. We’re here in contexts of physical-ness to access experiences of ourselves that are only available in this domain. The physical domains provide all the contrast we need and desire to re-discover who and what we are. We are one and love.

Thanks for taking the time to explore these perspectives. I like to try them on like a coat and ask myself, “If this is true, what else might be true?”

Namaste,

Joe Simmons
Metaphysical Visionary and Speaker

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Life Is Rich and Spicy

12/24/2010

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Credits: Blanche Montgomery

Occasionally, someone will ask what I mean by, "Life is rich and spicy." I was asked today, so I figured it's probably a good time to explain - particularly during the holiday season when there's a gamut of experiences ranging from scarcity and loneliness to abundance and celebration. Imagine, all of it is included in the richness and spiciness.

When I say, "life is rich and spicy” I’m talking about the experience of life. I mean I am here to be present to and experience as much of life as I can. Life feels good and tastes good, metaphorically. The rich part is that there is so much to notice and savor - abundance. The spicy part is that life is dynamic like spices - the ups, downs, happy times, sad times, cheers and tears. Like spices, we enjoy some and dislike others. Sometimes, the combination of spices that we'd rather avoid creates wonderful flavors that become our favorites.

Therefore, we may enjoy the combinations, and we notice the good times by having the bad times to which to compare. We need and want it all. Without all of it, we can't recognize any of it because all things are perceivable and able to be experienced by virtue of their comparison to something else. This is absolute.

When we reach out to connect and participate, we demonstrate that life is full of gifts and opportunities to celebrate. Each interaction is a gift of acknowledgment and an example that we are important and chosen to share. Our attention to each other is a gift. There is no shortage of that when we recognize it and allow it. Hence, life is full of hidden and perusable pieces of Heaven. We may not recognize it as that, necessarily; however, there is Heaven on Earth. It looks and feels like the experiences we create with our gifts of attention and sharing.

Our ability to share ideas and sentiments in this post is another example. This chance to be connected and engaged is rich and spicy!

Please join me in the celebration...

Cheers!

Lovingly Namaste,

Joe Simmons
Metaphysical Visionary & Speaker

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The Phenomena of the Physical Planes

10/8/2010

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Try this on like a coat. The experience of there being a physical plane is an illusion. It is real only to the extent that we apply the label "physical plane" to categorize a domain of illusions that we perceive and entertain. In other words, illusions are real; however, they distract us from what is true.

To illustrate, let's call this image a conglomerate - just one of infinitely existing conglomerates. The phenomena of the physical plane are illusions formed by infinitely created and configured conglomerates of perceptions layered upon perceptions. The sources of each are energy vibrations also called intentions and/or thoughts, which set off unique conglomerates ad infinitum. An example of a new conglomerate is a thought or opinion (which are both energy vibrations) about the shapes reflected on the tube. It's how thoughts become "things."

The perceptions are not limited to those "originated" by the constellations of conglomerates called human beings, animals,

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Illustration of A Conglomerate

birds, fish, bugs, etc. The senses, e.g., sight, taste,smell, touch and hearing are experience-able through and are products of the layered and co-mingled interpretations entertained by the integrated constellations of conglomerates and their parts. All the parts of all things, animate, inanimate, matter and non-matter are interpreting and co-creating simultaneously, including the parts of the conglomerates themselves.

Therefore, we can surmise that the content of the physical plane is an illusion, albeit real to the extent that we actually experience it. Imagine the perceiver behind the illusions is the only non-illusionary entity except for our inability to realize it. Ironically, we are illusive to ourselves - lurking in the silence behind the noise; we play with the looking glasses. So amused, submersed and distracted by what we perceive, we believe the illusions are true and forget who and what we are.

From a human-centric perspective, we are One and Love, the Co-Creators.

In another discussion, we will explore that love is merely a label that we put on certain categories of perception and experience, such that even love is an illusion.

Lovingly Namaste,