Love at First Sight

November 21, 2023

Sometimes, when we see an object for the first time, it captivates us. Though the thing is not a person, place or experience, when we first see it and it attracts us, this is a type of love at first sight. If the love comes from our soul instead of our ego, then that object represents a quality deep within us.

Many objects have captivated my ego from the time I first saw them. For example, my first car was a white Ford Fairlane station wagon (with a wood panel down both sides). The interior was red vinyl and I can still smell its fragrance. I thought that car was the most beautiful possession I’d ever had. As a teen, I didn’t mind washing, polishing and vacuuming it just to be with it. It represented my ego’s need for control over my life and my ego’s image of myself.

There have been several other cars and many objects that my ego loved because they pleased my false self.

But other precious possessions of mine have no value to my ego. They represent qualities of my soul and I loved them from the first time I saw them. One such object is a photograph of me as my soul child. I remember having seen this photograph all my life, but I really saw it for the first time several years ago when studying the soul child. It used to hang on the wall in the house I grew up in. When I inherited it, however, I put it away, only to bring it out when I delved into soul child work. When I first really saw the photo, I perceived, for the first time, the innocence and purity of my soul.

Many other possessions bring me into the realm of my soul, like the pen and pencil set given to me by my French pen pal. Then there is the drawing of her Daddy that my daughter Lauren gave me when she was eight that hangs in my office today.

Then there is the CD of his favorite songs that my son Ben made for me as a teen. He gave it to me on my birthday one year; I keep it on my desk and see it daily. Sometimes, I pick it up and hold it next to my heart.

Then there are the first pieces of furniture Lark and I bought together as newlyweds. These pieces have no real value, but we wouldn’t part with them. They represent our souls’ hope for a home and a family.

I have hundreds of objects that, when looking at them or picking them up, touch my depths from the first time I ever laid eyes to them.

Inquiry: What are some of your soul’s objects?

Dear God,

They are only material things; one day, I will part from them. But in this physical realm, I prize them because they represent the things of my soul. Amen.

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