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The stylized heart symbol is a traditional European icon representing love.
Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection[1] and attachment. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure (”I loved that meal”) to intense interpersonal attraction (”I love my boyfriend”). This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.
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 True love emanates from the Divine. It is the act of self-giving through creation, the impartation of the Divine through the human. Love is a complete unity with life, and only as the soul becomes conscious of its ONENESS with all that lives, can it express genuine love. When we realize that God and humanity are One, then we shall love humanity as an expression of God, and God as the Life Principle in all ceation.
The nature of true love is to give and to bless, as the sun gives its light and the flowers their fragrance. it does not demand or require anything in return. False love centers on itself. it is selfish, binding, and exacting. Since it is not genuine, it is narrow, shallow, temporary. To the degree that it is influenced by the attending evils of criticism, condemnation, and jealousy, it will ultimately turn to hatred. False love gives only with the thought of getting something in return. It lives for itself and its own gratifications.
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