I got this inspirational e-mail today and wanted to share. Only because this is a question that I pondered myself with no decisive answer. Happily I can say that I feel I am on the path to becoming Love. It's a major triumph.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-8 says, "Love is patient love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."
To come upon Love, one must first deny, in oneself, all that is not Love. Love is not jealousy, anger, pleasure, desire, thought, feeling, or sensation. So what is Love? Can one say what Love is, or can we come upon it through negation? For Love to be, there must be Freedom. Freedom from ones personal travail is necessary for one to come upon Love. Where there is ambition, manipulation, jealousy, greed, anger or other negatively charged emotions, Love is not. Love can only exist when there no conflict.
One may say there are many kinds of Love. The Love which heals all sorrows is not emotional, sentimental, or full of desire. The Love which heals all sorrow is only when everything else isn't. Understand in truth that love is not a feeling, but a state of being. You do not fall in love, you become love. And once love, you find that you cannot fall.
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