The Nature of Love...
Oct. 25th, 2011 08:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
insilentmeditationWhat is the nature of Love? Is this not the crux of our spiritual pursuits? Not the question of having love or being loved in the popular way of romantic love, but Love itself? Is it something that overcomes even the thoughts that keep us focused on ourselves? That thought, upon awakening, that encourages us to curl back up and go back to sleep rather than drive to the food bank to volunteer? When we roll over once, then pop up and go, despite wanting to stay abed? Is that Love?
Is it Love to sit in conversation with the homeless man, who is really quite educated and rather intelligent, not just placating him, but really listening? Or is it Love when you sit in a group with four women who don't speak English, only understanding a few words here and there, but smiling when they do and hugging when you or they leave?
Is it Love to lie quietly, listening to my husband...listening to him breathe, and wondering?
Is it Love to sit in conversation with the homeless man, who is really quite educated and rather intelligent, not just placating him, but really listening? Or is it Love when you sit in a group with four women who don't speak English, only understanding a few words here and there, but smiling when they do and hugging when you or they leave?
Is it Love to lie quietly, listening to my husband...listening to him breathe, and wondering?
