How does inner abundance (Love of God?) feel for you?
I often wonder how it feels for othersor.... for me, the feeling of inner abundance — or the love of God — has always been something very real and very physical, especially in difficult moments. The first time I experienced it consciously was when my mother was diagnosed when I was 10 and died when I was 17. Instead of collapsing — which I actually expected — I felt a deep inner peace, a gentle heaviness in my chest that opened rather than closed. It was a quiet knowing that everything was somehow okay, even in the middle of loss. A warmth arose that made everything else feel irrelevant except that inner peace. The feeling surprised me, but I was deeply grateful for it. That moment changed me. Since then, I’ve become convinced that the deepest pain can give birth to the greatest love within us and makes us stronger than ever. In my eyes, that is the purpose of suffering: it breaks us open so that something larger can come through. This feeling has carried me through every difficult moment in my life. Even today, certain harmonies — especially in classical music — awaken this exact feeling instantly. I’m very sensitive to sound and music, and some harmonies seem to touch the core of my being, like a reminder of what I truly am: perfect harmony. That inner fullness feels like being held, supported, and completely accepted — a sense that all is well as it is. Sometimes this feeling is so strong that it feels as if my mind falls to its knees inside my head — not out of weakness, but out of reverence, awe, holiness and the sense of being in the presence of something big and vast. Inner abundance, to me, doesn’t mean “I have everything I want on the outside — the house, the money, the job, the friends, the family.” It means I can feel that I am everything I could ever need, and everything else loses its importance. And to be honest, I often wonder how it feels for others. Since I was a child, I sometimes felt like an alien because I didn’t know if anyone else experienced this kind of depth. Have you ever felt something like the love of God — the love we are made from? And is this what you would call inner abundance?