Loveworks!
The Rodan Foundation’s Publication for The Love Awakening
May 2026
The Love Awakening (TLA) is the service arm of The Rodan Foundation. The TLA offers self-empowerment tools and courses designed to help you awaken and reclaim your personal power through positive living. We live the power of love through volunteer efforts supporting the people and the environment in our local and extended communities.
Our mission is to assist humanity in awakening to the power of love. Our intention is to help others awaken to who they truly are and use that awakening for the greater good. Our vision is the collective awakening of humanity, bringing forth harmony and unity for all. Join us as we learn and grow in the ways of living love and loving life!
THE HEART AWAKENING:
FALLING IN LOVE WITH EVERYBODY
In earlier blog posts, I’ve talked about how to connect to your heart. The work to do this always starts with you, and then it spreads out to others. Ultimately, there is no other, and we are all one. At the start of the spiritual path, this seems like an absurdity spouted off by non-dualists and other people trying to be profound and impressive. You may poke a friend and say, “You feel very different from me,” proving your point that you end at your fingertips. That’s essentially where we all start out within the confines of the ego, but as the ego dissolves, so too do those boundaries. And when the heart awakens, a whole new world unfolds.
I AM Love!
I believe that when the heart awakens, you’ll never see the world the same. Overnight, you become an unwavering advocate for all life–from the tiniest ant to the foulest dictator. All the ways where separateness ruled your life, those melt away. It’s an incredibly powerful awakening, although I don’t consider it the only one. When body, heart, and mind all awaken, the soul comes into its full embodied awakening. The heart is an amazing piece of this journey, and if you’ve come to this place, it may be hard to stop smiling. You are love. How could you not smile?
Appreciating the Pain of Others
Standing in the space of your heart–in the space of boundless and unconditional love–is extraordinary. But others aren’t there. In this space, this last sentence is an absurdity. I know that if you’re reading this from a heart awakening, then my suggestion that anyone who is not also in this space makes no sense. Because you get it. You see the ultimate truth of interconnection, and you see the threads of love running throughout everything. Your energy may even be drawing out this love from all those around you, sending their unconsciousness and pain into remission. In yet others, the pain may come forth more vehemently, trying to be acknowledged and healed by you. And truly, you can do it. But it’s not yours to heal.
The deeper loving awareness tempered by an awakened mind is able to see and appreciate the pain that others live in without trying to change it. Ultimately, there is nothing to change, and in this world, it is important to appreciate the suffering that others have chosen. Just as you will have seen how virtually all of your suffering has been created by you, now you must learn to love and appreciate others and their suffering.
Others’ Suffering Doesn’t Mean You Have to Suffer Too
Your heart energy is now immense. A part of you wants to save the world. A part of you wants to wipe out and end suffering all at once because you know that it can be done. You know that all suffering can end in one singular instant because you no longer believe in the ego and its games of time and separation. You are right. It can happen this way. The entire world can wake up in this one moment, but just as you had to follow your path to such profound love, so too do others. With that said, you no longer need to suffer with others while they get there. You will certainly be able to aid and assist those who are ready to heal, but no one can ever be carried into awakening. No one can have their suffering removed from them (except from time to time, God’s grace gets offered in some situations–but no one can influence that intervention).
So I urge you not to suffer needlessly again. I know you want to share your heart with everyone, but it’s not yet time to do so. Those with awakened hearts still need to respect the limitations of their energy and body. True heart awakening knows that the awakened self, while illusory, still needs to be nurtured and protected as much as all those others. And I know that this still may be hard to understand if you’re so completely awakened that other/self is a dual concept that no longer makes sense. But rest assured, much like you have to feed the body with food (which is a physical version of duality), you have to feed and care for your heart as a separate entity, too.
The Beauty of an Awakened Heart
This is a profoundly beautiful time for you. You will see the best in everyone. No problem can’t be overcome. No wound can’t be healed. This is the truth. This is the ultimate reality. But you will also have to learn to respect the duality that most people live in this world. And most of the world isn’t ready to live in such a high-energy space. When survival is the primary mode of existence, that’s what must be addressed first. But we are all headed in this awakened direction, and with a lot of patience and love, pretty soon, many people’s hearts will wake up and fall in love with everybody.
Spiritualawakeningprocess.com
The "I Love Me" MeditationTM
The "I Love Me" Meditation is a simple and profound heart-centered practice of generating your personal frequency of love. It will teach you how to activate your natural capacity to generate and experience love through conscious awareness and conscious choice. This practice helps us to awaken. It encourages personal empower-ment, greater self-esteem and self-discovery as we learn practical means of replacing fear and negative frequency with the most powerful force in the universe: Love!
The “I Love Me” meditation series and the “Embrace of Acceptance” series are available on the free Insight Timer App. To listen, download the app or visit https://insig.ht/jErOcnXnjub
Upcoming Service Activities and Volunteer Events
NO MAY SING & SHARE!
Stay tuned for June's Sing & Share!
Join with us as we delight and inspire the elders of our community with lively company, silly joke time, and a fun, oldies-but-goodies sing-along with musical accompaniment. Don't sing well? Don't worry! All you need is a heart full of goodness and a smile. Please come live your love with us! Adults and children of all ages are welcome!
The Embrace of LoveTM
The Embrace of LoveTM is a guided meditation series which uses profound philosophy and gentle guidance to deepen your healing relationship with yourself as you are connected with the empowering presence of acceptance. Listen to a free recording on The Love Awakening's website and discover more about our organization and activities: theloveawakening.org
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FALLING IN LOVE WITH MOTHER EARTH
WE AND THE EARTH ARE ONE
When you realise the Earth is so much more than simply your environment, you’ll be moved to protect her in the same way as you would yourself. This is the kind of awareness, the kind of awakening that we need, and the future of the planet depends on whether we’re able to cultivate this insight or not. The Earth and all species on Earth are in real danger. Yet if we can develop a deep relationship with the Earth, we’ll have enough love, strength and awakening in order to change our way of life.
Falling in Love - We can all experience a feeling of deep admiration and love when we see the great harmony, elegance and beauty of the Earth. A simple branch of a cherry blossom, the shell of a snail or the wing of a bat–all bear witness to the Earth’s masterful creativity. Every advance in our scientific understanding deepens our admiration and love for this wondrous planet. When we can truly see and understand the Earth, love is born in our hearts. We feel connected. That is the meaning of love: To be at one.
Thich Nyat Hanh