Romantic love is a falling into an attraction due to emotional and electro-chemical triggers. Passion carries you beyond reason, smitten to feel the presence of that person resonating within every vibre of your being. This feeling is often temporary.
To love a parter is a conscious decision of seeing the value and uniqueness of that person and to commit yourselves to be a trustworthy witness that honours and protect the other person. A reasoned commitment to act in there best interest without sacrificing self and without expectation for anything in return. This choice to love is often lasting and can weather the storms of a life time.
Love for others is a realisation of the unity that binds humanity together. A realisation that gives us a shared experience in both the joy and suffering of other human beings. We reach out in fellow-kindness and acknowledge our awareness of our shared nature and connectivity. This love is in constant ebb and flow.
Love of God, the Divine or a higher level of Being is an acknowledgement of the Source of our own being. The appreciation of being sustained by something much more powerful, intelligent and embracing. It is an acceptance that there is a universal Love that embrace us ever for an eternity, independent of time and space.
Namaste
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