WindSky, a Spiritual Love Story begins....

In this blog, we will periodically share excerpts from a book currently in preparation. This book, WindSky, is comprised of letters exchanged between our spiritual teacher David Truman, and Mana, a teenager from South Africa who was destined to become Asha, another of our spiritual teachers. It begins as fifteen year old Mana searches the internet for answers to deep spiritual questions, and discovers the spiritual teachings of the Living Love Fellowship. The first letter in the book is her initial inquiry about the teachings. Amadon, LLF's founder, responded to Mana’s inquiry, and soon became her friend and mentor.

On one level, WindSky is a unique journal of spiritual dialogue between teacher and student, covering a wide range of spiritual and emotional concerns. On another level, Wind Sky is a love story — a living chronicle of the evolution of a growing love between a man and a woman. After three years, Mana and David finally met in person — and married.



I have read a lot of what you have to say and am extremely interested. You see I'm right at the beginning of a search for the truth. I've looked at every religion that I could ever imagine myself being involved in and find that there is a strong force of good behind all of them, but in the same way each of them closes the doors of any other religion. For this reason I find it almost impossible to commit myself to any religious spiritual path because I cannot deny the truth and goodness that lies behind all of them. I would like to keep an open mind towards all truth and love based religions while still following some sort of pathway. Your method of spiritual development seems to me the best option and so I would like to start now. You should be aware that I am 15 yrs old and therefore a difficult student 50% of the time. Taking into consideration that teenagers are difficult students (in any subject), I am asking you to teach me in any way you will.

My biggest spiritual problem at the moment is my impulsiveness, hot temper and inability to control myself. I'm afraid I have a reputation for being a wild streak but I'm working on a more stable lifestyle (without much success so far). I want to gain wisdom, develop my relationship with God and find inner peace and the ability to love purely and untainted. Your help would be appreciated more than you can imagine. Thank you for your wisdom. Please write back if you're interested in teaching me in some form.

Mana

P.S. Having read some of your teachings I haven't yet come across a statement that I would recognize as purely of one source or religion. Where have you picked up the teachings that you know?


Dear Mana:

Thanks for your interest. I was very impressed with your understanding for a teenager.

We agree with you, that there is truth and goodness in all religions. Only dogma and prejudice are bad. To be open to God and to love is best. This is what real spirituality is all about, all over the world, and probably all over the Universe.

God gave you the inner wisdom to know these things in your soul. You are greatly blessed to be so keenly aware of these true things.

We built this teaching out of the good things we learned from many religions. You noticed that. We wanted to show that the basic spiritual truth is something all religions and all people can know, and do know.

And also we have learned many things directly from the still small voice. Especially I have learned from It, because this is something I can hear. I am led and guided, and that's just the way it has been for me, for a long time now. I got that because I wanted that bad, and for a long time, so I was given that. "Knock and it shall be opened," you know.

And we also learned from talking to people, and being with people. I spent many years asking more questions than anything else. And so people told me many things, and I learned a lot of things from people.

I know what you mean about how teenagers can be difficult. But really, teenagers are a not a problem — ego is a problem. Ego meaning being selfish and self-centered, and not loving.

You can take courses from us. We will give you a mentor for that. And, if you like, because I respect where you are coming from, I would be glad to write you about any questions if you want, and things you are going through. That is what I am here for, you should know. You will be important to people, and that's another reason why I would invest energy in you. I will talk to you about anything, as long as it is real and important to you, in your life.

As you know, it is not religion that a person really needs. What they need is spiritual wisdom, and a way to connect personally to God, and to their own higher Self.

To connect with God and your higher Self within, the most important thing is that you love in your heart. This is how to do it: Sit down maybe twice a day, for five to twenty minutes, and love with all your heart. Who are you supposed to love? Just love! You can love other people, or God, or if you want, you can love the whole world. But just do it sincerely, and feel it truly. When you do that, I bet you will begin to feel God's presence. That's how you know you are loving for real. Okay? Just try that for a day or two, and let me know what you think. Okay?

Later on, once you get the hang of this part, then I will show you how you can do that with your friends. God will show you wonderful things when you do that, because God said, "The Kingdom of Heaven is among you." And He also said, "Where two or more are gathered in My name, there I am also." My friends all do this, together, and I can tell you one thing — God keeps His promises!

Be good — and being a little bit wild is not necessarily too "bad," you know. Don't be too hard on yourself, Okay? But at the same time — as you know — you must control yourself better, and you must be especially careful not to hurt others with that temper. Okay? Otherwise, it will be very hard to feel good about yourself. So just take care of it? You can do it. You just have to decide, that's all there is to it. Do it for love’s sake, Okay?

Thanks for all your interest and your true sincerity.

Bye for now,

David Truman


Dear David,

I did the love thing for the first time last night. I've always thought that the act of loving is to give but everyone was asleep so I had to start somewhere else. I began by thinking about what I love about the people closest to me. Concentrating on that made me feel the love I have for them very intensely. I even discovered that I love the things about them that irritate me. I felt the most amazing warmth. It was as if love was flowing through me. Soon I had reached a deep realization about how much I really love everything and everyone, even the people that I don't get along with (including myself). I realized that they are all part of me in a way, and we are all entwined in each other's lives and beings along with the rest of creation. Even when I stopped concentrating and moved onto some things that I had to get done the love stayed there. It was still there when I woke up this morning.

This morning I loved actively. By talking, and looking after some of my parents needs. When I'm with them and loving them I feel as if I'm shining and the light is reaching into them and lighting them up. I think it uplifted the mood of the household. I don't plan to wait until tonight to start again. I think that the only way to live is to love as much as you can. As soon as you make the decision to love there seems to be a huge supply of love in your heart ready to be used. Love is endless and it seems to become more and more a part of us. It feeds life into you and all those around you. I think that it is the purpose of man, to love each other and God.

I have seen that the problem with most relationships is that people are always thinking of how they have been affected and how things have hurt or healed them. I think that for a relationship to work, people need to take each other's feelings on themselves.  In other words they need to suffer for each other, be happy for each other, and care about each other’s feelings and needs, in place of each other. As soon as people are willing to forget themselves and worry or rejoice for some one else, there is nothing that can break the relationship except for a willful change of heart, which is unlikely once you reach the point of true love. True love is living for others as you would live for yourself.

Thank you for your guidance,

Mana


Yes, my dear Mana:

Good job! You tried, and Love responded to your love, as I knew it would.

I feel the softening of your spirit in that. My dear girl, a little piece of yourself, a beautiful piece, is returning to your awareness. In all the chaos you experienced you were hardening, and becoming too fearful. That's when you start putting up the walls. So this is good, now, because you are coming back to the goodness in you.

Love has an active aspect, and one should use it. Your comments on that are true. Yes, one should be there with friends, in every feeling, and this personal love. We are on the same page on that. I have long objected to the spiritual idea of impersonal love, because people do need to love personally, with great care and real personal commitment, as well as “generally.” Besides, love involves real sacrifice, and the love that someone will not show is probably not a very strong love. You must love in action and in your mind.

Do remember, though, to love with your heart when you are loving with your body. Then it is complete and whole. That keeps it being love, and makes sure that it never becomes just going through the motions.

About your love meditation: When that love flows through you, at some point, it becomes God's love that is flowing through you. Then you realize this vibration of God is around you. Then, at some point, you love everyone, not just someone. And then you realize that you are Love, just as God is Love. At that point, it is best just to surrender yourself, and just be with God. The most blessings radiate from that, so it is okay that you are not trying to love then, just being love at that stage.

You said: “I did the love thing for the first time last night. I've always thought that the act of loving is to give but everyone was asleep so I had to start somewhere else.”

But Mana, as you see, giving is not just actions, like doing favors, taking care of, or doing dishes. Giving is also these things:

You give your heart. You give your tenderness and feelingness and empathy and consideration and realness. Oh, what gifts those are whenever they are shared!

You create a gift in your mind, which you can then give later. This is like making a painting or a poem for someone else, because you work on it in advance. It might take hours to make it, but then, taking time to make a gift is part of the giving, yes? For example, you can give people a good feeling about themselves by holding a good feeling about them inside yourself. Then when you see them, that feeling that you stored up for them comes out even if you don't outwardly express it. They can feel it anyway. When you feel their beauty and goodness, they can feel that, and this makes them feel so much better.

Our thoughts about people are — or can be — great gifts. For example, have you ever thought, "I wish people would just recognize me. They just think I'm a stupid child, or I'm irresponsible, or over-sensitive, or something. I just wish they would think well of me, and have faith in me, and hold me as my higher Self.” You know, if someone would cut you some slack, and have faith in you, what a difference it would make! That might be the biggest and best gift of all. So, when you start your giving in your mind and heart, you are doing for them as you would have them do for you. This is the answer to that prayer everyone has: to be thought well of.

You see, everyone feels what we think of them. What you hold someone to be in your mind and in your heart has a huge effect on them. So, by thinking thoughts of loving and blessing for people, we are creating in ourselves an attitude that will be supportive of them when we see them. Actually, it’s supportive of them already. It is a great thing we can do to help them, to think beautiful things about who they are. Yes?

And then, another part of loving is being:

When you are love, then you automatically radiate that love. And this gives love to everyone around you. Like when you see a friend, and they are so full and so happy, that makes you happy instantly! You feel it. They are giving you a great gift just by being in that condition, yes? Like they say, you can't give what you don't have. If you are love, and you are in the bosom of love, then you have much love to give.

So, part of love is creating in yourself the state or condition in which you are able to give.

This is the primary love-reason for you to avoid that downward spiral you were in: it makes you unhappy. And if you are unhappy, it is hard to help others to be happy. The love-reason for avoiding bad stuff and trouble is to protect and cultivate the seed of your happiness better. Then you are not involved in too many thoughts of fear and shame and terror. It is knowing your limits to say, "I cannot do this and most likely still be happy."

Granted, no one can always be happy. That would be fake. But you can protect your happiness from too many low things, and there are things you can do to boost your happiness also — with higher things, positive things. And so, you do what you can, and it makes a difference. That's all.

I have been working on being in a high state for people lately. I do it exactly as I have instructed you. I am extremely aware how much difference my state is making to people. It makes them happy when I am full. And then, everything we share together gets to be higher and brighter. And I must say, I am seeing more beauty in people when I am coming from a higher place. And they can feel that I am seeing the beauty in them, and that makes them feel good. This hardly requires any talking between us. You can sure feel it, even if nobody says anything. So that works.

Love is worth investing in, yes? These are things I believe in, and I work for. Things of the heart.

Love,

David


Dear David,

Thank you so much! Through loving people I have seen so many changes take place. I wouldn't have believed it was possible. I “worked on” loving my parents most of this day and by this evening they are more close to each other than I've seen them in years. They are appreciating each other for all that they are. It's as if the love that I purposely gave them today is growing and shining in their relationship with each other. Love has worked miracles in my house today. I almost can't wait to get to school tomorrow and love all my friends in the same way.

It's wonderful to be able to tell you these things. This kind of talk makes many people I know uncomfortable. Because of that, I don’t really feel like I can really talk about all the amazing things that are happening in me right now with my friends. I just don’t think they would respond that well. What do you think I should do?

Once again, thank you so much.

Love,

Mana