What Is Love?

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Normally people think love is between opposite genders. Some people think love is about sex. There are enough minds who don’t perceive any difference between this four-letter word and another four-letter English word. You know what I mean. Other people say I love shopping. There are some who say I love eating, sleeping, dancing.

People say they fall in love. Some others say they are crushed by love. There are some who feel cheated and robbed in love.

People say love is blind. There are people who feel love happens between equals. Some people say love can spoil you, so be cautious.

Some say love is Bhakti. Others say in love, we surrender completely. Some say love is unconditional. Business people say love is a transaction.

Life exists at multiple levels. Like onion has many layers And each layer is made of different color, size, smell, geometry All layers make that onion Remove all layers, there is no physical entity called onion.

Life exists at multiple levels. Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, and Energy Each layer is complex enough. Each layer has its own function and contribution to our existence. Which layer you experience more that depends on how deeper you could dive into the existential ocean called cosmos or life.

Love is a force of attraction. Love is a force of nature. When you see clouds dancing on the chest of a mountain they are in love. When you see Chataka bird does not drink water and wait for a drop of water from rain. She is in love. When a sunflower aligns herself toward the sun that is love.

When farmer sow some seed in the earth and nurture the earth with his love Then earth returns a plant That is the exchange of love. That is why the earth is called mother and Farmer is called father.

When you throw something above And it falls back to earth It is because of the attraction of earth called love.

When you behave appropriately with animals They become harmless for you That is the power of your love.

When you think you are giving more and other is giving less Your love is moving towards a transaction. When you say “I love you” then peep inside there are chances you are not feeling it. When you feel the loss of words but overflowing energy from within there is high chance you are in Love.

To love you don’t need love from others Love is your capacity and capability It doesn’t become less or more within you because of other person’s behavior When you are empty or have less feeling of love then, a miser is your guide, you want to give little by little only at those places from where you get it equal or more.

When you say I cannot live without you That is the crutch of dependence, not love. Some love this kind of crutch.

When some say I love only you And you both believe in that statement There are chances you both have not understood the meaning of that word as existential reality.

When you see a beautiful flower in someone’s garden Then given an opportunity what do you of that flower? You fall in love! After some time you pluck it from the branch. Keep in your pocket, Or offer at the feet of your God Or offer it to your sweetheart. Or keep it on your table. That is the way generally humans handle love.

Cut it, hold it, possesses it. Have sex, make it a slave of your desires. Either be mine or perish. This they call love, it is another name of cruelty and not love.

Let that flower be on the branch. Appreciate it there. Touch it and let it dry and fall it there. If you really love that flower then what is your business to pluck it? As if the flower is saying I want to give my life for your love. Cut me from the branch and finish me.

Matter, Energy, and Consciousness are three truths of our existence. You are a consciousness. In that consciousness you love. All feelings are energy And you feel that because you have matter called body.

Energy can remain subtle, constructive, or violent. Love is the energy of construction. Love is energy that empowers us to surrender and give. Love is energy emitting from silence Love is energy with which you feel liberation Love is energy in which you are not physical but a weightless balloon. Love is that emotion where you are emotions botched up You don’t know you are smiling or crying or numb without words.

You Pratibimba, this is what I experience about this overly used multi-loaded word, called love. What is your experience of love? Not what you think about love!

Hari Om Tat Sat Yours Truly Hari.