Aligning with Love, restoring it to its natural place at the center of quantum Life Wheel, heals the many issues associated with fragmentation, notably narcissism, PTSD, addictions, and the impulse to suicide.

Easily said.

Not so easily done.

And it all depends upon what you mean.

The word love is so badly abused that many choose to avoid it. Abraham-Hicks, for example, prefers to use appreciation.

In Love Is Not Enough, Bruno Bettelheim gave us another wonderful substitute. An institutionalized child compared his crazy-making mom to his personal caretaker:

“My mother loves me. She be-cares me.” Be-care. I love that word!

There’s a full scale of ways love expresses, with positive and negative sides at every chakra level. It looks like this:

As an aside, it’s interesting to note that along this scale, “to lead” is at the pinnacle of positive love expressions. Implications for current political races deserve reflection.

But when I say align with LOVE as the answer to all the ills spawned by fragmentation, the LOVE I mean is unconditional, non-dual Love.

It’s located at the very apex of the ladder, represented by the circle which symbolizes the crown chakra, located the deepest center of the quantum Life Wheel. It’s the point at which apparent contradictions between self-love, loving relationships and universal love merge. It’s the essence of life which poets and pastors praise with the assurance that GOD IS LOVE.

Now. Why am I writing on this subject, just as the Full Moon Lunar eclipse at 5 degrees of Libra on March 25, 2024 approaches — at the time when loving relationships represented by Libra (ruled by Venus) stands in stark opposition to the Sun in Aires (ruled by warlike Mars), representative of individual sovereignty and self-love?

It’s because last night I did an I Ching query backed by oracle card spreads using both the Archangel Michael Sword of Light and The Soul’s Journey decks. In each case, I asked what I need be aware of at the time of this eclipse.

The I Ching answer was heavy, but exactly right. The oracle decks confirmed and expanded on what I need to know now. LOVE (or apparent lack thereof) was the repeating message.

Of what I came to know, I’ll share here that which might be equally useful to you.

The original I Ching answer was Hexagram 36, Shadow. Two changing lines resulted in the outcome of Hexagram 27, Growth.

The original reading, which represents the current situation, reads, in part, Like the sun covered over by clouds, your hopes may fall under a SHADOW for awhile. You may feel cut off from others, who will not show sympathy for what you have to say. Avoid anger.

Changing lines in the 3rd and top places indicate the future direction of attention. The outcome reads, in part, People seek help according to what they need for their own GROWTH. Unless hunger is fed with the right food, no amount of input will satisfy. Avoid Greed.

I asked myself, “What is it that I hunger for?” Friendship. Support. Connection. Basically, practical expressions of love. I’m being advised to become more aware of this need, and to feed it with the right food.

Here I’m reminded of Abraham-Hicks’ repeated assertion that humans look for love in all the wrong places — outside themselves. We project our virtues and strengths onto others, who inevitably disappoint, obliging us (as a blessing in disguise) to revert back to that unfailing source of love within — our own true selves, our inner beings.

Similarly, according the Abraham-Hicks, the primary job of the healer-health practitioner is to confirm and facilitate the relationship between the ailing client’s human and true selves.

The Archangel Michael card in the place designating what is now hidden (under a cloud) was #19, Make a Decision. The card face reads, “Are you choosing to prioritize yourself or another in this situation? Accept Divine guidance pointing you toward your own joy. You deserve it.”

It’s repeating the theme of apparent conflict between self and relationships with others. The resolution is to shift to the higher octave of JOY, beyond either/ors.

In the place designating strength you can depend on was #9. Don’t Give Up on Love. The card face reads, in part, “Allow me to clear the way for forgiveness so that love can thrive again.”

I’m reminded that the ever-present light of angelic forgiveness has the power to dispel clouds of human misunderstandings.

The confirming Soul’s Journey‘s message is so wise and worthy that I’ll quote it for you at length.

LOVE. You are love. It is your inherent vibration. The obstacles and challenges of the physical dimension attempt to trick you into thinking there are other ways to view life — but there is only one way that is natural to your being: LOVE.

It continues:

Love is a healing energy, All anxiety and drama cannot continue in the aura of love. Most souls have come back upon this earth to learn, accept and utilize this harmonic force and to see its affect on their lives. It is your time to remind others of their own power of God, and assist them in knowing fully that love is the most powerful element in the universe. It builds, fortifies and strengthens even the most lost person.

And concludes:

True love is the spiritual link between us and God. It will guide our footsteps through the conflicts of the material world and will cleanse our hearts of unwanted aspects of the human personality.

In sum: You ARE love. We are all made of Love. But we have forgotten. The sun of unconditional love has fallen under a shadow, leaving us feeling isolated, unappreciated and, sometimes, angry.

Now being the right time, my calling is to say this here:

To prosper in all things, first remember who you are. Who we all are. Align with the innermost truth of universal, unconditional love.

First things first.

All else follows.