LOVE
Love is another
quality frequently , we ascribed to God. This love is not to be confused with
what generally passes for love in our world, which, more often than not, has
its origins in the same materialist mindset that runs many other areas of our
lives. We believe that if only other people would think or behave as we want
them to, we would be happy. When they don’t, we may find ourselves feeling
upset, angry, frustrated, or some other less-than-loving emotion. When we meet
someone who we think will satisfy our deeper needs, someone who matches our
image of the perfect person — our hearts are filled with warm feelings towards
them. We say we love them. Such love is conditional.
We love a person
for their appearance, their manner, their intellect, their body, their talents,
their smell, their dress, their habits, their beliefs and values. We love
someone whom we feel is special; someone who matches our expectations, someone
who will satisfy our deeper needs, someone who will make our life complete.
Such love is also fragile. If the other person gains weight, develops some
annoying habit, or does not care for us as we think they should, our judgements
can flip from positive to negative, and the love vanish as quickly as it
came.
The love of which
the mystics speak is a very different form of love. It is an unconditional
love, a love that does not depend on another’s attributes or actions. It is not
based on our wants, needs, hopes, fears, or any other manifestation of the
ego’s thought system. Unconditional love is the love that springs forth when
the mind has fallen silent, and for once we are free....
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