I read this quote about Love the other day and can't stop thinking about how great Love is:
"Love as depicted in the mass media is not what this level is
about. What the world generally refers to as love is an intense emotional
condition, combining physical attraction, possessiveness, control, addiction,
eroticism, and novelty. It’s usually fragile and fluctuating, waxing and waning
with varying conditions. When frustrated, this emotion often reveals an
underlying anger and dependency that it had masked. That love can turn to hate
is a common perception, but here, an addictive sentimentality is likely what’s
being spoken about, rather than Love; there probably never was actual love in
such a relationship, for Hate stems from Pride, not Love.
[Pure Love] is unconditional, unchanging, and permanent. It
doesn’t fluctuate—its source isn’t dependent on external factors. Loving is a
state of being. It’s a forgiving, nurturing, and supportive way of relating to
the world. Love isn’t intellectual and doesn’t proceed from the mind; Love
emanates from the heart. It has the capacity to lift others and accomplish
great feats because of its purity of motive."
-David R. Hawkins Power
vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior

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