[Faith-talk] Don't Love; Be Love

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I like a lot of this Brandon. Let me ask you this, are you leaving out the
things that God hates as you quote from the Bible? Never the less, I like
much of what you are saying, even though I feel that it is not complete.
Also when I take into account nature, science, relationships and millions
upon millions of other things that surround us each second of the day, they
all have conditions and those aren't things that have to be bad, or take
away from love, they can allow us to be safe, wise, productive and maintain
healthy relationships, ethics, safety standards and more. Yet, the Bible
does say that it is love that will "cover a multitude of sins," I think that
you do have the Spirit of love here. Here is another thing, the height of
love is forgiveness according to the Bible, IE, the work on the Cross. This
forgiveness has the elements, of justice, hate, love and mercy all entwined
and when those concepts are left out, I think that love can become more warm
and fluffy in some way, and not what the Savior brought to Calvary. 


From: Faith-talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brandon
Olivares via Faith-talk
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 10:11 AM
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Subject: [Faith-talk] Don't Love; Be Love

Dear all,

I have some thoughts on love that I would like to post. I would appreciate
open discussion on the matter.

What is Love?

Love is the force that holds all creation together. Without Love, the
universe would fly apart.

We experience this in daily life. When you love someone, you want to be
around them. You want to be with them in every way possible.

But this love is not sufficient, because it has conditions. When you get
angry or upset at a person you love, you are showing the conditions of your
love. It means they aren't truly free to be who they may be, because human
love has conditions.

We all hear that we should love. Love seems to be a doing- something we have
to strive for. We make an effort to love everyone.

But it's impossible. Love is not a doing. It is not something you add to
yourself and suddenly you have the quality of love. It is not something you
can develop.

Instead, you must realize that you are Love. Love is your very nature. It is
simply clouded over by your egoic judgments- your attempt to do. Instead it
is an act of undoing. It is an act of letting go of everything that is not
Love. Once all things are undone, Love will remain, and you will live out
Love perfectly in the world. It is more correct to say that you will be
lived by Love in the world. There is nothing to fight; there is nothing to
resist.

Then you will love perfectly, without condition. No one could possibly do
anything to make you love them more or less, because your love does not
depend on them. It depends on living out your own nature. This Love is
all-embracing, all-consuming. It changes lover and loved alike.

In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul says that the most important attribute is Love,
and that it will never fail. John says God is Love. It will never fail
because it is what we are.

Paul also says in verse 12 of the same chapter, "For now we see only a
reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face." Ah, how true. We
see a reflection now because ego is in the way. All we can see in the world
are projections of ego, which actually block out Love. When those
projections are healed, then we will see "face-to-face," the actual reality
of things, as it were. And the actual reality of things is perfect Love.

--
Brandon

www.EscapeTheDream.org: Put an End to Suffering and Return to Joy

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