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Love: A Universal Language – Exploring Love Across Philosophical and Spiritual Traditions

Love, as ancient as humanity itself, transcends cultural, religious, and societal boundaries, uniting people across diverse backgrounds. This post will explore the multifaceted nature of love, examining its significance in various philosophical and spiritual traditions.

Love as a Universal Concept

Love: A force that connects all things, celebrated in countless traditions from agape in Greek philosophy to metta in Buddhism.

Love in Consciousness

  • Unity and Oneness: Love reflects the interconnectedness of all beings.
  • Compassion and Kindness: Love as compassion, aiming to alleviate suffering.
  • Conscious Awareness: Love as a higher state of consciousness.
  • Unconditional Love: Love without judgment or conditions.

Philosophical and Spiritual Perspectives on Love

  • Love as Brahman: The ultimate reality is love itself.
  • Maya and Illusion: Love reflects the true nature behind the illusion of the world.
  • Atman and Brahman: Love experienced is the love inherent in the universe.

Buddhism

  • Compassion (Karuna): A core ethic to alleviate suffering.
  • Loving-kindness (Metta): Cultivating benevolence for self and others.
  • Interdependence: Love as an expression of interconnectedness.
  • Emptiness (Shunyata): Love free from ego and attachment.

Christianity

Agape Love: Divine, selfless love.

Sacrifice and Redemption: Love exemplified through sacrifice.

Love as a Commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Fruit of the Spirit: Love as one of the signs of the Holy Spirit’s presence.

Sufism

Ishq: Mystical love between soul and God.

Fana (Annihilation): Surrendering the ego in divine love.

Baqa (Eternal Being): Unity with God through love.

Unity of Existence: Love as the binding force of all existence.

Taoism

  • Wuwei (Effortless Action): Love as a natural flow from harmony with the Tao.
  • Yin and Yang: Love as the balance of energies.
  • Spontaneity and Non-Attachment: Love free from expectation.

Love, across these traditions, is not merely an emotion but a profound force that shapes our understanding of existence, our relationships, and our spiritual journeys. Each tradition offers unique insights into how love can be a path to enlightenment, unity, and peace.

Reflect on your own understanding of love.

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Lord’s Prayer

(Aramaic translated to English.)

Abwûn O cosmic Birther, from whom the breath of life comes,

d’bwaschmâja who fills all realms of sound, light and vibration.

Nethkâdasch schmach May Your light be experienced in my utmost holiest.

Têtê malkuthach. Your Heavenly Domain approaches.

Nehwê tzevjânach aikâna d’bwaschmâja af b’arha. Let Your will come true in the universe (all that vibrates) just as on earth (that is material and dense).

Hawvlân lachma d’sûnkanân jaomâna. Give us wisdom (understanding, assistance) for our daily need,

Waschboklân chaubên wachtahên aikâna daf chnân schwoken l’chaijabên. detach the fetters of faults that bind us, (karma) like we let go the guilt of others.

Wela tachlân l’nesjuna Let us not be lost in superficial things (materialism, common temptations),

ela patzân min bischa. but let us be freed from that what keeps us off from our true purpose.

Metol dilachie malkutha wahaila wateschbuchta l’ahlâm almîn. From You comes the all-working will, the lively strength to act, the song that beautifies all and renews itself from age to age.

Amên. Sealed in trust, faith and truth. (I confirm with my entire being) Adonai

How to study the law of one

I read/ listened to the Law of One a series of 106 conversations, called sessions over 10 years ago. The material was channeled by L/L Research (Carla Rueckert, Don Elkins, and Jim McCarty) between 1981 and 1984, below was a message from RA which in my opinon is very important to our spirtual growth and understanding of our purpose here.

Exercise One:  This is the most nearly centered and useable within your illusion complex. The moment contains love. That is the lesson/goal of this illusion or density. The exercise is to consciously seek that love in awareness and understanding distortions. The first attempt is the cornerstone. Upon this choosing rests the remainder of the life-experience of an entity. The second seeking of love within the moment begins the addition. The third seeking powers the second, the fourth powering or doubling the third. As with the previous type of empowerment, there will be some loss of power due to flaws within the seeking in the distortion of insincerity. However, the conscious statement of self to self of the desire to seek love is so central an act of will that, as before, the loss of power due to this friction is inconsequential.

Exercise Two: The universe is one being. When a mind/body/spirit complex views another mind/body/spirit complex, see the Creator. This is an helpful exercise.

Exercise Three: Gaze within a mirror. See the Creator.

Exercise Four: Gaze at the creation which lies about the mind/body/spirit complex of each entity. See the Creator. The foundation or prerequisite of these exercises is a predilection towards what may be called meditation, contemplation, or prayer. With this attitude, these exercises can be processed. Without it, the data will not sink down into the roots of the tree of mind, thus enabling and ennobling the body and touching the spirit.