LOVE

LOVE  is a gift to give and a gift to receive.  It expresses as understanding, kindness,  mindfulness and compassion. It is universal and it carries its own reward.

L'IMPORTANT C'EST LA ROSE  (song)

              LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR MIND, HEART AND SOUL; LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.  ( Dt.. 6:5  O.T.)
I HAVE LOVED YOU WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE... Jr 31:3
HIS LOVE ENDURES FOR ALL GENERATIONS.   Ps 103
              LOVE ONE ANOTHER. THEN I WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES; LOVE EVEN YOUR ENEMY AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HATE YOU...( Jesus, N.T.)
GOD LOVED US FIRST.   1 Jn 4:19
GOD IS LOVE  1 Jn 4:8   see also the greatest gift: 1 Cor 13:1-13
WHY DO YOU LOOK AT THE SPECK IN YOUR BROTHER'S EYE BUT DO NOT PERCEIVE THE LOG IN YOUR OWN EYE...  Jn 6:41

               LOVE IS A GIFT OF ONE'S INNER MOST SOUL TO ANOTHER SO BOTH CAN BE WHOLE.  (Buddha )

              WHEN A PERSON RESPONDS TO THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF OTHERS AS IF THEY WERE HIS OWN, HE HAS OBTAINED THE HIGHEST STATE OF SPIRITUAL UNION. (Krishna)

GOD DOES NOT ASK US TO DO GREAT THINGS; GOD ASKS US TO DO SMALL THINGS WITH GREAT LOVE.   Mother Teresa

GENUINE COMPASSION...CAN BE EXTENDED TO ONE'S ENEMIES...Dalai Lama

How do we love the enemy or those we dislike ? ...by sending silently blessings of compassion, peace and forgiveness, what we all need to restore our broken world. It is called AGAPE love which is other-directed and freeing.
And it manifests by our awareness of the True Self/Spirit Self/Divine Self in everyone.

Everything good comes from God/ the Ultimate Reality.   Jas 1:17


LOVE

COMPASSION

KINDNESS
AGAPE LOVE

"Divine love is the energy that brought the universe into being and binds it together."  T. de Chardin 

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