THE HEART OF LOVE
Inner Clearing For More Love

 by Scott and Shannon Peck

How can inner clearing lead to having more love in your life?
Inner clearing is the work we do – inside our own thinking and living – that creates the space, vacuum and opportunity for more love to flow into our lives. You deserve this.

When our lives are clogged – physically, mentally or emotionally – we stay stuck. Stuck in our stories. Our stories are where we were victimized by someone or by a negative circumstance. We tend to repeat and rehearse our stories about particular events or persons that victimized us because we can’t seem to clear it. There’s an emotional component to our stories as well with negative feelings which won’t easily leave – pain, regret, remorse, guilt, shame, resentment or anger. This is a far cry from the love we deserve!

Inner clearing is the willingness to look deeply into our lives for healing that enables us to transcend our challenges and make room for more love. Once the negative energies or feelings have cleared, the “story” becomes inactive and we are free to experience love. In Feng Shui, the Chinese art of energy clearing, it is believed that clearing negative energies opens up “chi,” energies which are life enhancing in many wonderful ways for health, creativity, prosperity and love.

Here’s a very personal and real “inner clearing” healing in Scott’s life. For several years, he had an eye problem that caused him enormous sensitivity and intense pain with any light. For long periods, it put him out of commission. He was not even able to drive. And there was constant pain. We spent many hours in healing prayer. Shannon’s expectation of total healing (natural for her as full-time spiritual healer) was almost surprising to Scott, given the scope of what seemed almost hopeless to him. He was more concerned with what he’d do if he became permanently blind. We read a lot from Shannon’s book Love Heals for inspiration. It helped Scott to remember his innate oneness with love. Because the healing was not quick, he was forced to examine what needed healing “behind the obvious.” This inner examination brought to the surface the need to let go of a long-standing habit of holding negative, judgmental thoughts of him and some others. He also realized that it had been an unconscious habit to deeply take on other’s suffering or something he might have done to cause someone else even minor suffering. You could call this sympathetic empathy verses compassionate empathy. This inner clearing forced Scott to completely shift his life energy pattern of go, go, go at light speed to one of much more settled, flowing, peaceful energy at love’s speed.

Today, Scott’s life is transformed. His entire energy has dramatically shifted. He peacefully moves from one focus to another without stress or push. And his eye, the surface healing, is fine. He now plays golf in the bright sunshine with complete ease and joy. Most of all, he is “living” in a more natural flow of love. Yes, still accomplishing lots of gigantic things, but constantly putting off doing things when the moment could be better spent doing something or nothing, more peacefully. Isn’t this a great example of inner clearing.

So just like Scott, whatever pain or challenge you are facing in your life is a giant calling for inner clearing. And you can do it. Actually, that’s the first step, to admit the possibility of healing and inner clearing. Just this expectation begins to loosen the grip of your “story.” Let the love flow.

So take a deep look at your life right now, but through love’s eyes. Think about what’s happened in your life. Of course there are regrets and things you wished you had done, or not done. Many things have not turned out the way you expected.

Now, be willing to love yourself enough to clear and release the things that come up for you. Look at yourself and your past, through Love’s eyes, with a massive amount of forgiveness and unconditional love. Let all the negative feelings clear, especially the ones that tell you that you are a failure or a bad person. Let yourself off the hook. Yes, right now. Why not? This is in your hands. You alone can give you this gift of inner clearing for your past. Start the motion of inner clearing and feel the energy of love guiding you. Every time the old stories (and their accompanying negative feelings) come to mind, make the decision that you are going to clear them by loving yourself. It’s time to let it go. You don’t live there any more. You are not even that same person you were then as you are today. Make room to be who you are today and love yourself in this moment because you deserve it. Remember, this is love’s desire for you and this is the life you deserve. This is the path of inner clearing that moves you toward greater love. Welcome to the heart of love.

© 2007 Scott & Shannon Peck

Dr. Scott Peck & Shannon Peck are co-founders of TheLoveCenter, a non-profit organization “Calling everyone home to Love.” They are authors of books on love and healing, including “Love Skills for Personal & Global Transformation: Secrets of a Love Master.” Visit www.TheLoveCenter.com. We are holding the space for you to receive all the love you deserve!