Givingness of Love | Heavenletters

Embracing the Givingness of Love: A Path to Spiritual Freedom

In the journey of human existence, there is perhaps no subject more discussed yet more misunderstood than the nature of love. Many of us navigate our relationships and our inner lives with a sense of caution, often staying on the periphery rather than diving into the core. This tendency to remain on the surface is frequently born out of a subtle fear that by fully immersing ourselves in love, we might somehow lose our sense of self. We treat love like a precious object that must be tempered or carefully placed on a shelf, rather than allowing it to be the expansive, life-giving force it was intended to be. By understanding the “givingness” of love, we can shift our perspective from one of scarcity and protection to one of abundance and divine connection.

The human ego often views love as a transaction or an enterprise where we look for a guarantee of an equal return. We hold back our hearts, waiting for the other person to move first or for a sign that our vulnerability will be rewarded. However, true giving does not wait for a return. When we wait for a reciprocal gesture before we allow ourselves to feel or express love, we are practicing holding rather than giving. Real love is not a beleaguered or fragile thing that needs to be protected from the world. Instead, it is a powerful statement of existence. It is a clarion call that resonates from the soul, asserting that because love exists, we also exist in a state of unity with the source of all life.

One of the most persistent illusions we face is the idea that giving love means giving ourselves away. This fear of losing one’s identity or being “swallowed up” by another person creates a barrier to deep connection. In reality, love is not a quicksand that we fall into, nor is it a lurking place where we are destined to be hurt. To love is to acknowledge the truth of the heart and to honor the presence of the Divine within ourselves and others. When we love without attachment or the need for possession, it becomes our saving grace. It does not cost us anything to love, because love is its own investment. It is the natural medium of life, as essential and available as the air we breathe.

We must also confront the societal habit of feeling embarrassment or shame regarding the depth of our feelings. We often ask ourselves who should declare love first or whether our feelings should remain silent. Yet, love is never truly silent; it makes itself known through our energy and our actions, even when we try to hide it. There is no lack of love in the universe, only a lack of acknowledgment of its constant presence. When we recognize that all love is an extension of a higher, divine source, we realize that we are merely conduits for this energy. We do not “own” love, and therefore we cannot lose it. We are the benefactors of a boundless resource that we are meant to share freely.

Ultimately, love is a sense of Oneness that transcends the ego’s need to win or lose. When we express love, we are not losing a piece of ourselves; we are simply giving back what we have been leased by the Creator. It is like a handshake that acknowledges a pre-existing connection or a bouquet tossed into the world to land where it may. By letting go of the need for specific outcomes and embracing the simple act of being a “sounder” of love, we align ourselves with the true rhythm of life. We come to the same universal table, savoring the connection that binds all beings together, and in doing so, we find the greatest freedom of all.

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The Givingness of Love | Heavenletters

Oct 28 2026

God said:

When you eat an apple, you want to go to the core of it. But in life, often you avoid the core. You fear the core of relationships. You dare go only so far, as if you would lose yourself in the gift of love. And so you temper truth. Love is not to be tampered with.

You shape it, or you put it on the shelf. You are afraid of it, and you back away until another time. Yet what do you wait for in the field of love? A guarantee of equal return? Giving does not wait for return. Holding does that.

Face the truth. You do love much. You do love many. So be it. Why do you deny it? Why do you skulk around love and try to pretend it away?

We are talking about love without obligation. We are talking about love just as it is.

Love is not a whimper in your heart. It is not a beleaguered thing. It is a strong clarion call. It is an elephant’s trumpet that must be sounded. And you are not a whimperer of love. You are a sounder of it.

Have you thought love a quicksand that you could fall into? Have you thought that love abides in a lurking place where you will be a*******d? Or are you afraid that your love is nothingness, only a fading thought that you can put no stock in.

Giving love is not giving yourself away. It is making a statement that love exists, and therefore so do you, and so do I, the Father of love.

Either you love where you love or you abandon the truth of your heart. Of what embarrassment is it to you should your heart engage with another’s?

But who should love first, you say. Who should declare it? And to whom? Is love a subject to be discussed, or must it be silent. But love is never silent. It makes itself known, even if you hide it. Love without attachment is your saving grace. You are the one who has to know about it.

Know the love that resides in your heart. Honor it. Welcome it. Do not be afraid of it. It costs you nothing.

Love is its own investment. It is not an enterprise. It is a sense of Oneness, that is what love is. Love is not losing. It is not winning. It is a statement of fact.

Declare love to yourself.

Love does not encroach. It does not steal.

It is an offering to Me.

All love is an extension of Myself. It is a golden ladder of Myself. Other Human hearts climb the ladder with you, and yet you are all bystanders to My love. You give it. You enter it. You swim in it. But it is always My love.

You have never thought that you gave yourself away with a handshake. A handshake merely acknowledges. And so a clasp of love from your heart acknowledges what already is.

Do not be ashamed to love. Do not worry that it will fall upon deaf ears. And do not make too much of it either, for love is the medium of life.

Our love connects, and My love connects you to all. You savor the same love that I give to all in the world. You come to the same table.

Love is not something you clutch to yourself. There is no lack of it. Only lack of acknowledgement.

Consider My love the Maypole, and that you bob up to it.

You are not a stranger to love. It is the only thing you know. There is nothing else to know. You are the benefactor of love. Throw it like a bouquet. It falls where it falls. You do not need it. You have it, therefore, you give it. By whatever avenue, you give it back to Me. You have leased love in My name, and you give it out. You give away nothing. You give back.

Heavenletter #407 Published on December 4, 2001

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