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shining example of divine love in action.
    Norman, a curly haired cockapoo with
    weak knees, sports a different brightly colored scarf around his neck each day.
    He is a caregiver at a south Minneapolis nursing home. An odd occupation for a
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    dog? Not really, if you think about it.
    He’s good at what he does. Residents
    look forward to his arrival every day. He arrives in the morning with the activities director. He moves from lap to lap, day after day, giving selfless love and bringing joy to his patients.
    Divine Love Needs
    No Words to Communicate
    One patient in particular, who suffered a stroke, is especially appreciative of Norman’s attention. She always welcomes him with a big smile and outstretched
    arms. They often set off for an adventurous ride in her wheelchair. The stroke took away her ability to speak, so she can’t communicate with him verbally, but she scratches him on the head. Neither needs words to express the love they share.
    Why does Norman take his job so se-
    riously? Why does he do it so well and willingly? Because of the love he’s been given.
    When Norman was a pup many years
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    ago, he was abandoned on a doorstep. A loving Soul, his former master, rescued him. When it was discovered that he had leukemia, she invested over two thousand dollars of her own money to save
    him and nursed him back to health. It
    was then he began his career as pet
    therapist.
    His master was associate director for
    a nursery and early childhood center.
    Many of the children were developmen-
    tally disabled. Norman’s owner saw a
    bright future for him as a caregiver. He charmed and inspired the children until his master died. That could have spelled the end of his career, but Divine Spirit and his master’s sister saw more need for his gift of love. She started taking him to the nursing home where she worked,
    to continue his mission.
    What Can We Learn
    from Norman about Divine Love?
    The love given Norman by his master
    transcended the love most people give
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    an animal. The love she gave was given with no thought of return. It was love given straight from the heart. Totally selfless.
    This type of love keeps on giving,
    building on itself. Speaking of divine love, The Shariyat says, “One does not see and grasp it at first glance but it grows within him like the acorn of the oak in the earth.
    Gradually it opens the consciousness of the receiver and flows through to the
    world, changing all about it.”
    Further, it says, “The wise man is one who stores up the ECK within himself
    and at the same time distributes the spiritual love which is within himself. He is not one who gives his compassion to a
    few but to all, whether or not many understand this. He is able to live among the wretched, the thieves, the unhappy, robbers and fools, for he accepts life for whatever it is and gives love to all. He is the wise one who is able to give all that he has to his fellowman. He finds love for those who greedily accept what he gives, 68
    and they shall be blessed a thousand
    times for his love.”
    Life in the lower worlds is made pos-
    sible by the interaction of two powerful forces: the ECK force and the Kal force.
    Positive and negative. Love and power.
    The ECK force descends from the pure
    positive worlds of God, giving love and life to all that exists in the worlds below.
    Love Is Simple
    In Cloak of Consciousness , Harold Klemp says, “It is no secret that the power of love is stronger than the power of the mind. The mind enjoys little games and psychic adventures, such as the use of crystal power. Someone who wants the
    God Consciousness no longer cares for
    these things. We care about the Light
    and Sound of God. For this one must
    have the Golden Heart, which means a
    heart filled with love.
    “Someone told me about how well his
    young daughter took to having a new
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    baby in the family. Whenever the baby
    wants the rattle or needs the bottle back in its mouth, the little girl simply helps the