A Course in
Love & Healing 

Lesson 1

The Love Story 
of the 3rd Millennium


Becoming a LoveMaster


By 
Dr. Scott Peck & Shannon Peck

            
It is time for all of us to give birth to a higher consciousness of Love.

As we accelerate exponentially in our technologically advancing civilization, the number one thing we most want in life has never changed.  We want to be richly loved!   

Yet our love skills are almost untapped, and certainly untaught.  When was the last time you took a course in becoming a love expert, or upgraded your love skills from “Basic Love” to “Advanced Love”?  Is it any wonder we suffer so many divorces, broken hearts, wars, hatred, hurt, and loneliness?  

The majority of Earth's population is starving for love.  But this love tragedy is about to end.  A Love revolution so profound that it will be called “The Love Story of the 3rd Millennium” is giving birth.  Love is reaching into our hearts and lifting us to a new view of what is possible in love. Quite simply, we are all being called forth to become LoveMasters.

We have all been touched by LoveMasters.  Whenever you are being cherished, esteemed, empowered, equal, and honored with another person, you are in the presence of a LoveMaster.  Imagine the quality of our world if we were all LoveMasters?  

Let us then learn what takes place in the heart of a LoveMaster. 
A LoveMaster is internally awake to the immense suffering on Earth – the tears in so many million hearts, the private inner struggles for worth and purpose, and the catastrophic, often hidden, results of love anguish and abuse.  The inner heart of a LoveMaster feels and responds vigorously and powerfully to this universal call for help.

The sacred question inside the heart of a LoveMaster carries the force of universal healing: “How loved do you feel in my presence?”  

The tools of a LoveMaster are unconditional compassion, empathy, kindness & honesty, listening to the heart, honoring equality, spiritual awareness, forgiveness, peace-making, unifying, and healing. A LoveMaster rises to the level of pure love that speaks tenderly to every heart, honestly to every mind, and equally to every spirit.   

Think of your closest and most intimate friends.  Do they feel loved in your presence?  Think of your family.  Do they feel loved in your presence?  Think of all the people at your work place, your church, your waiters at restaurants, the people you pass in grocery stores.  Do they feel loved in your presence?  Think of the person you most “love.”  Do they feel truly loved in your presence? 

One morning, at breakfast with a good friend, a waitress we knew and loved took our order with a smile and then left. Scott remarked, “Something is not right in her life.”  When she later came by, Scott asked her to sit with us for a moment.  "Did I do something wrong?” she asked.  “Nothing at all,” he said with great love. “We were just having fun identifying the two words that best describe who we are and we wanted to know your two words.” Her face radiated with a smile and she responded instantly: “My words are loving and witty.” As she shared so easily from her heart, her entire body and identity relaxed in the love that was embracing her.  She was reminded of how magnificent she is.  She only sat with us for 60 seconds, but she left our table invigorated and loved. 

“Scott, how did you know she needed love?” asked Shannon.  “I wasn’t aware of her need.”  We talked together, as fellow LoveMasters, about the value of an “empathy check” when we encounter anyone on our path – taking the first moment of any new encounter to tune in to the heart of another person.  Are they happy?  Do they feel cherished, honored, equal, empowered?  Do they need a special embrace of love?   

These are illuminating questions.  They are questions that keep us deeply loving.  And they are questions that also bring us immense love.  They bring us love because we will always experience the level of love we radiate.  This is great news for all who are love-starved.  Becoming a LoveMaster creates a powerful flow of love that nourishes others, enriches our own soul, and attracts the most loving people to us.  In fact, the fastest way to meet the love mate of your dreams is to become a LoveMaster.  It is really the most profound of spiritual laws – loving well brings you into the heart of Love.  

And just as illuminating is another question that each of us, as LoveMasters, must ask of our friends, organizations, and those we encounter: “How loved do I feel in your presence?” 

Many of us spend years imprisoned in relationships that demean, ignore, or hurt us.  Such relationships suck happiness and love out of our lives and hearts.  There are thousands of loving people right now who are giving massive amounts of love and receiving little or none in return.  This is not true love.  Genuine love flows equally in both directions.  As we grow in our understanding of what it means to become a LoveMaster, we discover the vast importance of being surrounded by people who honor and empower us.  In other words, to be surrounded by LoveMasters.   This is our spiritual right!

As we make this powerful love transition to becoming LoveMasters, we need each other’s non-judgmental love, support, encouragement, honesty, tenderness, honoring, and freedom of Spirit.  We will be mightily challenged as LoveMasters.  The increasing brightness of our light of Love will expose all that has been lurking in the darkness of our lives, organizations,  and civilization.  The ferocity of this darkness may seem bewildering and fearful, but will serve to uplift us by calling forth our ability to utilize the power of Love to heal.  This is the most extraordinary benefit of all.  A LoveMaster is a healer of hearts. 

Every step towards becoming a LoveMaster unleashes new powers of Love within us.  We all stand together -- humbled, cherished, and empowered -- in the presence and power of infinite, all-inclusive Love. Welcome to the Love Millennium, dear needed and cherished LoveMaster. 

© Copyright 2000 by Scott & Shannon Peck  
 

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