Contemplation

[elias]

Time to ponder.

 

-> what is love?

Giving? or Receiving? 

Passion for a human being?

love for each other?

 

love for oneself??

 

 

dedication and commitment ?

 

 

would be interested in your opinion.

[Arkandeus]

love is unconditional, it's an act of being.  
love is our true nature.  

how can you love unconditionally without love being your nature?if love is not your nature then you cannot give it unconditionally, you'd be trying to get something, to pretend 
deep down we are love, and that's why we imagine someone to be fully enlightened we imagined them to be beings of immense love.  

love is beyond the thinking mind.  it's beyond reasons, status, qualifications....

It's easier to understand love when we look at animal relationships. People love their pets...do they love their pets because of a specific reason? because the pets dress nice?because the pets wear the latest fashion, because the pets have nice muscles, because the pets are cool?because the pets have a lot money?  
no, they love them because they are there, period, no condition, as pets have no ego the relations we have with our pets are sometimes more pure then the ones we have with our fellow humans.  

you don't expect your pet to go to college and be disappointed if it doesn't, unlike some parents towards their children.  
love is about loved just for being there, just for existing, that is true love.  

someone is there, you love them simply for being there
there's a tree, you love the tree cause the tree is there.  
and why wouldn't you love the tree for being there?

if you love someone just for them existing, there's not a single condition placed upon them, they're entirely free to do what they want, you'll still love them.  
people will absolutely love you when you're able to make it to that stage and radiate such a pure love full of freedom and affection.    

this is absolutely not pretend ....it is possible to love people that much,purely,genuinely, where you feel completely grateful  and fulfilled to see a 'stranger' on the street.  To feel a deep instant connection to person you never saw before,as if that person was always part of your family.  

I'm certainly not at that stage fully but I'm getting the glimpses of it here and there, so I know it's possible.  

Edited April 1, 2017 by Arkandeus

[LRyan]

This is very well put and very beautiful!  Thanks for stating it under such a beautiful and powerful light.

This is our nature and once we are open to it and access it, we could all spread it around like wildfire!  I am working on noticing a deep level of love for myself right now, because as said above, you can't give away what you don't realize in yourself.  I am a student of self love but I have learned things; that we are all  truly deserving of knowing how whole and perfect we are.  Once we realize that then we can pass that love on.  I believe love is blind so anyone or anything in our reality can be easily loved. <3