Volume 13, Issue 1
Winter 2006

Table of Contents

From Editor
  Cherie Staples


Thoughts of a Seeker by Cherie Staples

Skyearth Letters: Winter, Democracy, and Fear - by Cherie Staples

Short Stories

Sparrow's Hand - by Harry Buschman

Poetry

Waterdownstone - by Richard Denner

The Sun and Other Poems - Corey Mesler

Poems: "An Ode to Desire" and "Three Girls" - by Damion Hamilton

Frozen Poem, a Friday and Other Poems - by Frances LeMoine

After Apples, Listening and Other Poems - by Tom Sheehan

Poems: "The Christmas Cactus" and "At the Boardwalk" - by Linda Benninghoff

The Visitorand Other Poems - by Joneve McCormick

Poems: "Let It Go" and "Her Love Is An Oaf" - by Bob Papcsy

"Hiroshima" and Other Poems - by Christian Ward

Ecology, Work, and Politics

The Lost Christmas Girl - by Frank Anthony

When Values Collide - by Peter Sawtell, Eco-Justice Ministries

Personal Growth

Developing Unconditional Love - by Susan Kramer

The Mighty Absence by Alan Morrison

Gifts - by Fred Bubbers

Seeker's Link of the Month:

Latorial Faison, poems for Black History Month.

About Seeker Magazine:

Seeker Mission Statement - What is Seeker?
Submission Guide
Index of Previous Issues
Index of Contributors (updated through February 2005)
          (A-J)
          (K-Z)

Seeker Staff


mallards on pond in The Netherlands; photo credit Susan Kramer

Developing Unconditional Love

Susan Kramer

Loving is what satisfies us. It is the energy that we feel as harmony from single atom to worlds of atoms. All nature links in the "intelligent design" of harmonious relationships of giving and sharing through knowing cooperation.

The parts align in completed forms with lovingness their glue. Each part serves its purpose and respects the other parts functioning - each atom surrendering its aspect of singleness into union of completeness by mating with other atoms forming molecules.

Love is unity -
Love extends awareness into action to preserve harmony
As humans, love in the format of caring
keeps relationships nurtured and expanding
Loving is what counts
Lovingness pulls the loose ends of discord
back into the Self of harmony
By relaxing our self-centeredness
we lovingly seep into others' lives
Imbuing each action and interaction with lovingness
is the ultimate in creativity
Harmoniously blending with and uplifting
by our positive words and actions
allows us and others to feel good
Our bodies feel warm and our minds content
Creatively loving aligns us
with the Creator's efforts to promote
harmony in the consciousness of people
Every time we take the opportunity
to find a way to create harmony
in a circumstance or interaction
we reinforce lovingness in ourselves and others
Nothing feels better to us in body or mind
than the experience of love
We feel love by loving
We create the way
that makes every act the reality of love
by harmonizing all the aspects of the situation
Creative Lovingness
Harmony in every aspect of relatedness
Love is our Self
Transcending time, place, space
Love is our connection within immortality
By our increasing lovingness and caring in daily living
we come to greater awareness
of our underlying Self
Proficiency in lovingness grows and develops by practice
till it flows through our actions at all times
gracefully uplifting any situation to its highest capacity.

What is love?
Love is us manifesting through our purified mind
in caring thoughts and actions
The more often we are loving
the more often we are being our Self
Acting for our own and others' highest good
is the best way to show we care
about ourselves and others
It is from the feeling that we are interrelated
intermeshed within creation
that we naturally act for the highest good
Eventually, we feel so comfortable interacting with others
that we realize that no one is really a stranger
rather, all are aspects of our universal Self
Seeing that everything is an aspect of ourselves
our thoughts, and their subsequent actions
we naturally begin to care about the good of all
Stretching ourselves far and wide
embracing creation in our lovingness.

"Brothers and Sisters
Be warmed in heart and stilled in mind
An easeful body keeps us fine
With caring share
Joyfully feel love emanate
from everywhere
Brothers and Sisters
harmoniously bound in circling lives
encircling lives
In love's circle of joyfulness
with everyone and everywhere."


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Developing Unconditional Love © 2006 Susan Kramer, Ph.D.
Web site
http://www.susankramer.com
Author's Books http://www.lulu.com/susankramer

Email
susan@susankramer.com

Photo credit Susan Kramer; mallards on pond in Castricum, The Netherlands

 


Letter to the Editor: Cherie Staples SkyEarth1@aol.com