Photos by Connie Rawlings-Dritsas
Dr. Paul Kaye came to the Lloyd Center Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Portland, Oregon, on April 8, 2003, to share the Loving power and the Light of Momentum: Letting Love Lead, the new book that Paul co-authored with John-Roger. Apparently Paul delighted all those present, considering that most — if not all of the 25 people in attendance — purchased at least one book.
Our time together was short but sweet. Spirit was there ready to kiss all those who were ready to receive. Paul touched on the value of deeper loving in relationships, with “loving” being the ACTION of love; and MOMENTUM the “doing” aspect.
Paul adroitly spiced his sharing with quotes from some great poets, such as, Lao Tzu and Kabir and Walt Whitman. For me, the mention of those significant folks brought a deepening authenticity of the Light and Loving into my heart. The Light is always present I’ve heard, but when Paul spoke those names I became more present, alert and awake, like I would want to be when my most peace filled and loving friends came for a visit.
I sensed a timeless aspect regarding the Momentum book, with God or Spirit being the Master poet. The ancient poets brought the message of loving into their time; and now, Paul Kaye and John-Roger update this message for us in our time.
Paul spoke about the power of forgiveness, and that our judgments are absurd. He addressed how the whole idea of spiritual loving lines up perfectly with, “Don’t hurt yourself and don’t hurt others.” He introduced the idea that we are Spiritual beings having a human experience, and how judgments aren’t just absurd, but toxifying and dis-empowering. He brought forward the idea of loving ourselves for feeling unworthy.
Paul led us in a short “focus on our breathing” exercise while presenting the idea that this focus helps us to be present and more aware of our loving. It was a simple way to bring us together as we each did the exercise.
“Loving is risk free, and love will take us where love wants to go” was an excellent way to promote that the book is about unconditionally loving ourselves; demonstrating that focusing on our breathing, in these short but sweet exercises, cultivates our experience and awareness of Divine Loving.
“Don’t go faster than your breath,” Paul cautioned, and suggested that the three most popular words that promote and support unconditional loving are, I love this.
The message I took away from my time with Paul and friends who came especially to meet and hear Paul, and those future friends who joined in our fun, is to “Simply Love it all.”
