{"id":1264,"date":"2016-03-21T18:42:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T18:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2016-03-21T18:42:23","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T18:42:23","slug":"love-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/2016\/03\/21\/love-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Love in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was walking the path to the temple in the middle of the winter. The old barn, painted deep red, was now a warm meditation center. After I arrived to the meditation hall, I approached the Zen teacher and I asked the question that had been bothering me for years. \u201cWhat is love?\u201d I whispered. He looked at me straight in the eye. \u201cWhat are you doing right now?\u201d he said with a smile. I wasn\u2019t sure what he meant. I swallowed. \u201cIs that it?\u201d I tried again. \u201cKeep a heart clear and open like the sky,\u201d he kindly insisted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/files\/2014\/03\/fey-y-alegria.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-998\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-998\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/files\/2014\/03\/fey-y-alegria.jpg\" alt=\"fey y alegria\" width=\"1200\" height=\"809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/files\/2014\/03\/fey-y-alegria.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/files\/2014\/03\/fey-y-alegria-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/files\/2014\/03\/fey-y-alegria-1024x690.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>I realized, years later, that love is not that complicated. It is not a touchy feeling either. There is love everywhere, and it manifests, moment by moment, through every one of your actions. The road of mindfulness allows you to see the open space within your heart as you embrace every moment. By paying attention, you learn to become intimate with all things, you can manifest that love. And the more you remove your prejudice, the more your heart will resemble the clear and open sky.<\/p>\n<p>Take a moment to reflect:<\/p>\n<p><em>Moment by moment love is action.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Moment by moment the heart opens<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>to all things and becomes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>the clear and open sky<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Juan Velasco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was walking the path to the temple in the middle of the winter. The old barn, painted deep red, was now a warm meditation center. 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