Life & Living

(Love)

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LOVE, because SOMEONE came here looking for this... here ya go. And keep in mind, this is my own definition and way of seeing it. Tell you what, let's give you the dictionary's definition first, and I'll go after that.

DICTIONARY DEFINITION

Love - (noun) - pronounced: ˈləv

1 : (a) : (1): strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties. (maternal love for a child). (2): attraction based on sexual desire : affection and tenderness felt by lovers. (After all these years, they are still very much in love.). (3): affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests. (love for his old schoolmates). (b): an assurance of affection. (give her my love).

2 : warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion. (love of the sea).

3 : (a): the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration. (baseball was his first love). (b) : (1) : a beloved person : darling —often used as a term of endearment. (2) British —used as an informal term of address.

4 : (a) : unselfish loyal and benevolent (see benevolent sense 1a) concern for the good of another: such as (1) : the fatherly concern of God for humankind. (2) : brotherly concern for others. (b) : a person's adoration of God

5 : a god (such as Cupid or Eros) or personification of love

6 : an amorous episode : love affair

7 : the sexual embrace : copulation

8 : a score of zero (as in tennis)

9 capitalized Christian Science : god

Love - (verb) - Loved; Loving (transitive verb)

1 : to hold dear : cherish

2 : (a) : to feel a lover's passion, devotion, or tenderness for. (b) : (1) : caress. (2) : to fondle amorously. (3) : to copulate with

3 : to like or desire actively : take pleasure in. (loved to play the violin).

4 : to thrive in (the rose loves sunlight).

That's a lot of definitions... all from just one dictionary. I didn't even use a BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY to see what it says about everything. Meh. Ok, here's my take on it.

MY OWN DEFINITION

Love - (verb)

1 : the act or action of openly, individually, personally, honestly and truthfully, fully and completely (all levels and ways of one's being: body, mind, soul, spirit) accepting that which you understand, even to the point of knowing, as it’s self, by that which you understand is your self, even to the point of know your self as that, as you both are, nothing more, nothing less.

Love - (noun)

1 : the open, individual, personal, honest and true, full and complete (all levels and ways of one's being: body, mind, soul, spirit) acceptance of that which you understand, even to the point of knowing, as it’s self, by that which you understand is your self, even to the point of know your self as that, as you both are, nothing more, nothing less.

Love is not “like”. Know the word. Love is love. Like is like. You don’t have to, and won’t always like what or who you love-- nor will it you. You may not agree with what or who you love, but you accept that “it is what it is, nothing more, nothing less.” There is no judgement of it other than an honest and true, personal recognition and acceptance of there it is. In the purest sense, the view may become “There I am” but you have to get to that way of thinking, understanding, and knowing by taking your time and mind (and resources)-- not making them. They're already there in abundance. TAKE THEM and APPLY YOUR SELF TO BEING... IN THE DIVINITY... OF YOUR TIME, MIND, AND RESOURCES (ENERGY/SPIRIT) NOW. But other than that, you could also say it's complete, honest, and full acceptance of that which you understanding to the point of knowing a (a way of) BEING. It may not be the FULL COMPLETE way of being, but the divinity in and of the moment is understood, and accepted, honestly, completely, body, mind, soul, and spirit. It is one way of being completely honestly accepting another. Even if you see it, and accept it, "Yup, that's a bird." and you move on and never see or speak of it again, it's that acceptance, and seeing it for what it is, non judgmentally in a glorifying or condemning way that resonates with being. Now, yes, true, and even honest in some ways and individual points, it also resonates when one DOES pass judgment in a way of condemning or glorifying a thing... and making it out to be something more or less than what it is. This allows unclean spirits and ways of being to be. ALL THINGS EXIST. Even things you do not like, or want to take part in knowingly or otherwise. C'est la vie, la guerre, et le jeu. What is that to you? BE HONEST. ALL WAYS, ALWAYS. And WALK YOUR WALK.

I'll add this here, too, as a reference.

Mark 12:28-34 (King James Version)...

28 - And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 - And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 - And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 - And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 33 - And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34 - And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOVE

But Agape, and Philia, and blah blah blah wah wah wah wah... So, people who "study" this stuff get into different types which are usually based on the GREEK 4 TYPES: EROS - Passionate, romantic, or sexual love. Where "erotic" comes from. PHILIA - Deep, affectionate love for friends, a form of platonic love. Like Philadelphia (City of Brotherly Love). AGAPE - Selfless, unconditional, or divine love, given without expectation of return. That one is usually called The Love of God, or Godly Love. And STORGE - Natural affection and the love shared between family members... Those are usually the a base, and then others get added on. Others? I've heard it expanded to 8 (from the 4): MANIA - Obsessive or possessive love that can border on madness, often a mix of Eros and Ludus. LUDUS - Playful, flirtatious love, often seen in the early stages of a relationship. PRAGMA - Practical, long-lasting love that is committed and enduring. PHILAUTIA - is self-love. All of those 8, to me, fall under the definition I have. There are different levels of emotion and want attached to those, so they're altered versions, while the definition I have for myself is like a cleaner, streamlined thing. But everything exists, and everything is something to do, even exploring how many other different individual specific uniquely fine tuned one of a kind types of love can be expressed, and in what combinations and moments. C'est la vie, la guerre, et le jeu.

Still, when it comes to love, just love, purely, honestly, and openly. You might not want it, or believe in it, you might not be thinking it is what it is, or even see all of it, but what you see, SEE, understand, and accept. And yes, you can just accept something and have nothing to do with it, meaning you can accept something and have no connection to it. There is an awareness of it, even if you are not conscious of it, and that awareness of it's BEING, that recognition is enough for the energy between the two of you. When you go hiking on a trail, you do not get emotional about every piece of gravel you step on as you walk a mile, but you are aware of it, and you accept it. You do not condemn it, or glorify it-- you just accept it as gravel-- it is what it is, nothing more, nothing less, and it's a part of your walk, serving it's purpose, and you're serving yours. There's a balance between you that doesn't need to be spoken. You are not necessarily closed off, but you're not immersing your self in it. You have your being. it has it's being. All's good. Remember, love openly. Accept it openly, fully, individually. To be closed off in a way would cheat you and it out of an experience that may prove to be one of the most monumental steps in your being.. or it's being-- you oblivious to your impact on it, and it oblivious to it's impact on you. Still the impact is there. Your self sees that thing’s self, and your self accepts it because your honest pure true self accepts it. You see and know your self in it which helps to accept it. Again, you don’t have to like it, but by experiencing it from it’s perspective as your self you can accept it and figure out what to do from there. This allows the next part…

So, there's this picture below, which is the 3 SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIPS which may help you. To save you some time (until you go and read that) the quick breakdown is-- there is YOU (a conscious BEING/Black dot) who is (1) WITH a Spirit, (2) HAVING a Spirit, or (3) IN a Spirit. That produces a type of Being (expression/manifestation) of YOU + The Spirit. You stay you. The spirit stays the spirit. But a new MINDSET is produced. You both influence each other. It is expressed to the best of your ability, and you are you to within the space of that Spirit. So when doing things IN the spirit (or name) of Love, it would be better if you first have to HAVE Love, and if you could Be WITH Love, that would be nice too-- but to each their own. Each relationship gives a different understanding and knowing of self and the spirit, and the product of the two. ALSO, since it's a relationship which is the knowing between two points-- there's the relationship, or vibration, or knowing (the space between two dots) of the Spirit of Love and You, not just you and the spirit. It goes both ways. You can be with love but have no love in you.

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BEING... IN LOVE... Look at that last bottom dot. That's you... IN Love. IT (LOVE) also has to reflect. IT HAS TO BE WITH YOU, HAVE YOU, and/or BE IN YOU. Because you say "I AM" and then summon the spirit, it's at least WITH you, but it may not be IN you, or be having you. How does a spirit have you? Detailed version... check it out. BEING is the most honest way of KNOWING, both a spirit and your self, so it would have to mirror your being. When you are BEING WITH someone you get to know them. If you are BEING IN (someone's shoes or situation, or mindset, or even spirits... even sex is this, and there's even a 3 to that as well) someone (or a relationship with someone) then you get to know them. If you are HAVING a person, in whatever way, as a guest, as a relative, as an example, as a roll model, as an enemy or adversary, as an opponent, as competition... whichever way you're HAVING THEM, you get to know them. You also get to know your self because of them. Your reactions to what they provide, and what you project on them (what you think or want them to provide) also shows you your self, if you pay attention. BEING... IN LOVE is a tricky thing. You might miss a lot of that, because you're IN Love. That means you're less you, and are giving more and more of your mind and being over to the spirit. Those who are "head over heels" are like being up-side-down in an ocean. They have no control. There are people in abusive relationships because what they're seeing is the person... but through the veil or lens of LOVE, so they're filtering out a lot of reality. It all depends on how deep you get into a spirit-- or love, in this case.

IN THE NAME OF... LOVE, is a thing we can talk about as well, but understand in talking about this, what we are talking about is more honestly "in the spirit of", "in the energy of", or even "in the power, or way of" and then the name of the spirit. In this case, the spirit is love, so it is In the Spirit Of Love. That's THE WHOLE Spirit, but people like to pick and choose their pieces of love to see which ones serve them best. Everything's something to do, but because of that, the whole full divine nature and spirit of love gets a bad rep. In fact, I'd offer that doing ANYTHING in the name of ANY SPIRIT would require a great deal of respect and understanding, even knowing of the full actual spirit, because it could turn a lot of people off-- but folks aren't taught or even told these things-- so, here's this conversation. I only bring this up because people speak a lot about the name of Jesus (while ignoring completely the name Yeshua) and then tack on Christ as if it was his last name. "Of course it wasn't. Of Nazareth is his last name." Power in the name, huh? Who even knows "Jesus'" full name? Still, when you speak of doing things in the name of something, you are speaking of doing it in the energy or way of something. It is a way of BEING from that perspective. What people are usually referring to is doing things in the spirit of CHRIST, but thy say Jesus because that version of Yeshua has been so marketed and fashioned by "churches" and teachers or whatever, that that brand seems something they can put stock in. Not faith. Not even work. Just stock. It's like kids now wearing Jordans and they've never even seen Mike play, or even know who he is. Most of them have never even seen Space Jam. When speaking of spirits, and claiming to toss yourself INTO THEM, or just having them, or being with them, you should know something about what you're talking about-- not just what tv and people programmed by it tell you. There are those who only do things one sided. They speak of doing things in a name, but only HAVE that name in their mouth, or as a tool of their own objectives and condemnations or glorifications. You may be making an unclean spirit, which then people will be introduced to, uncleanly, by way of you, even if done unintentionally. It was never With you. It was never IN you. It never HAD you. You just wanted it to get what you wanted from it. That's where you get into things like (Matthew 7:21-23 - English Standard Version) "21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’" I was with you, but you were never with me. You just dragged my name around without knowing me, using my name for clout, trying to put me in situations you put yourself in after I told you not to. You never had me, just what you made up to get your way-- condemning people I actually love, just like you, and you don't even know ME to LOVE... ME. I tried to have you, even tried to use the "me" you made up to connect, but you kept running. I was in you since before birth, but you were never in me, you were in your self, and only in it for your self. You didn't want to know me, just what I could do for you, where I could get you access to. You used me, and you don't reflect me in any way. And now you want me to let you into my house so you can do whatever you want? You didn't pray to, or even with, or IN me... just your own head or the made up genie slave bodyguard brand name clown you made up and wear around your neck. Who are you? To me... who are you? To YOU, who are you? Find yourself and come back. I love YOU. Not who you think you are. Not who you're trying to be. Not who you want to be tomorrow. I love you now. Now is all there is. Go find yourself and come back. I'm still down to help, but you have to mean it. And I'll HELP... not do it for you. Yeah. So... THE 3 SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIPS. There you go. SPIRITS ARE NON CONSCIOUS WAYS OF BEING. It takes a Conscious Being to express them, so understand when people come claiming to be spirits too-- someone wants something, or else there would be no relationship with that spirit, but if they're using that spirit to get to you, even the spirit of Love-- what do they want? Why did they pick that spirit (love in this case) to come at you "as," and claim to be it thinking you would go for it. Sometimes it's a tricky thing to learn spirits by trial and error, but... c'est la vie, la guerre, et le jeu. BE HONEST. All ways, always.

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When it comes to those pesky wacky 3 Spiritual Relationships (short version link there) with LOVE, if you're doing all three, that is the most powerful way. If you do lose yourselves, the you you find, I'd bet, is pretty amazing. The BEING IN part is where most lose themselves. There are many things done in the name of love, but being IN it and losing your self means you might not love your SELF as much as you thought. Love is in the relationship with YOU also. So LET IT BE IN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AS WELL. Love your self, yes, but allow it to be reciprocated. That black dot isn't producing a new mindset and way of being on it's own. The spirit's there for a reason. There is no spiritual relationship without some type of bond. Speaking of which, your understanding of that full complete acceptance of the individual DOES have to do with simply accepting THEM... period. HOWEVER, since all things are spiritual, then spirits come into play, and love can become a thing that I've seen/noticed largely, where people are accepting the spirits that another person is [having/being with/or are being in], because they're IN LOVE with the person they THINK they're with-- or the parts they want as opposed to the full complete person. Because of that, you get the WHOLE PERSON, and everything that come with them, which you might not have wanted. Like Jafar in Aladdin, when he got EVERYTHING that comes with being a genie. Hey, its the first thing I thought of. I'm tired and it's late. Whatever-- Another way to put that is, instead of loving an individual [way of] BEING, there is a love of what an individual way of being has, is with, or is in... love for, or of the spirits associated with them. You might love how a person treats you, but not the person. You might love how dedicated, or wild, or talented a person is, and be "in love" with them-- but are you really in love with them, or what they do, or have, or what you want? Musicians and artists know all too well how people can fall... meaning they were higher in their own vibration, and then lowered their self... for what you do. Then when they get with you, they want you to change. They want that part for their self, but that's not how YOU work. Understand, the nature of the relationship (Have/With/In). LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOUR SELF? You'd have to love your whole self, and your whole neighbor.

TO LOVE SOMEONE people always think is an emotional thing first, or a physical act having something to do with either sexual, or some type of romantic gesture(s)... things related to procreation in some way or another. It can be that, but don't limit it to that. If so, childhood family gatherings might be extremely traumatic. Others equate loving someone to THINGS, either done (to, for, with), or things purchased or given, such as gifts. Those are nice, and those can be a part of expressing it... in fact, cough-cough-STORE-cough they might like a t-shirt or a card game or something, but that's not all there is to it. There's also hat-- I mean--Loving someone has little to do with holding hands, hugging or kissing them, or even telling them "I love you." It does have something to do with it, but again, just a little, as I said. Those things CAN BE a part of it, but that's not the defining thing. If it is, then someone there is easy to manipulate, for whatever reason, and the other has their reason for manipulating. You love people for a reason. True, all WHY's are the same when it comes to conscious beings doing things. SEE what it is you love, and WHY. SEE it until you understand it. Understand it until you know it. Walk in it's shoes. Breathe it's air. Take it's lumps and laugh it's laugh, for it's reasons. See your self from it's shoes loving it-- not just from your perspective. Accept all of that, physically, emotionally, logically, spiritually, and throughout your soul until you are one, and then allow your selves to be your selves. Keep those 3 things in mind (HAVING, being WITH, and being IN), and... well... love. Ok, I'll shut up now. There's some cool videos there. have fun with those.