Let us think deeply on the meaning of love. The “how” of it…
I read something beautiful the other day, something that resonated with me, deeply.
“Real love focuses on the will. It involves choices: I can live without you, but I make a choice not to. It says “Life is richer with you”. It is the greatest feeling in the world and a true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”
I thought about all the ways we compromise in our search for love. Perhaps “search” is too strong a word. In actuality, whether we are actively searching or not, seeking love is something we are all programmed to do. We cluster in our tribal groups (families) where, hopefully, we share love with our parents and our siblings. As we grow older, that quest for love shifts, until, for most of us, what we seek is of a romantic variety.
But immature love does not build the soul or fill the heart. Immature love is jealous, co-dependent and filled with blame. It seeks to possess and for so many, possession is the way we show our love, declaring it to the world for all to see. In that way, immature love seeks validation, perhaps because, subconsciously, it lacks confidence in itself.
When we free ourselves from co-dependence, from attachment, from the idea of possession, what we are left with is something pure. It is love based on mutual respect. It is a love between equals. It is supportive, it is uplifting. It is freedom in the highest because it is known from within. It is not ephemeral, it is not fleeting. It is lasting. It is wholesome.
It is peace.
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