For many people, Valentine’s Day and the period leading up to it represent a lonely time. The holiday can be a sad day filled with grief over lost love or disappointment over the lack of a romantic partner.
You don’t have to suffer if you aren’t in love on Valentine’s Day or if you don’t have anyone with whom to share the day. Focus on a more spiritual love—a love available to everyone all the time. We are all loved by Source, and this Higher Power offers us an unending love.
Some people are put off by the commercialism of holidays like Valentine’s Day. So-called Hallmark Holidays can seem empty. But you can fill the holiday with meaning and spirit—make it meaning-full and spirit-full.
A few years back I wanted to find a way to make Valentine’s Day more spiritual and meaningful, especially for anyone who felt alone. So I wrote a meditation about God’s love. My hope was that the guided visualization would help others connect with God’s love when they felt lonely—on February 14th or any time.
Listen to the recording below on Valentine’s Day if you want to get in touch with a higher type of love rather than a romantic love. Or listen to it on any day all year long if you want to feel loved.
And let me know what you think…I’d love to hear about your experience using the guided meditation.
The music on this meditation is provided by my friend Rabbi Eli Cohen. (More explanation about the melody and words comes at the end of the recording.
Photo courtesy of Lom.
