One with the Universe and Unconditional Love 02/07/2010
I am inspired to write a new post about a recent comment I received from Loris (thank you, Loris!) Loris says: "your approach to the subject is note worthy,but has been written about for centries. if one were to believe that we are to become emotionless,explain the theroy of being one with the universe,to love all things unconditionly requires an emotion" These are very important concepts; first, let me break this down into the points raised. 1. Love certainly has been written about for centuries, and yet I believe it remains a topic of great and abiding interest, and often frustration and confusion. In fact, I believe we are prone to rarely explore the topic of love until we have lost it. The ancient Greeks had at least four words for love. I just read about a Sumarian love poem from 4,000 years ago. 1st Corinthians 13 is perhaps the most well known description of love in the Western world. However, we still seek to understand how love works, why it sometimes doesn't, and how to make it last. 2. I don't believe we should ever consider becoming emotionless, far from it! Emotions are for many of us our primary language. The emotions I refer to are the reactions we have to our own judgments or assumptions. My primary method of communication is through my emotions. Others feel more comfortable 'in their heads'. Either way, to become emotionless would be akin to losing one of my senses. But not all emotions have equal value. Fear, jealousy, resentment, shame; these and other negative emotions have kept me from loving unconditionally as I desire to do. My thoughts often lead me down a path of incorrect assumptions that, unless I challenge them, can cause my negative feelings to thrive. I want love to thrive instead. 3. I can't explain the theory of being one with the universe. I believe we just are. : ) Comments Your comment will be posted after it is approved. Leave a Reply |
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