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Love is WHO you are

Glenda Green | February 2006 (Vol. XIX, No. 2)

Love is your immortal name, the essence of true beingness. Love is not something you do or don't do, give or don't give, receive or don't receive. In other words it is not a commodity, not a derivative substance. Love is not something that is subject to the laws of abundance or scarcity. Love is WHO you are.

~ from LOVE WITHOUT END by Glenda Green

The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love

Dalai Lama | February 2006 (Vol. XIX, No. 2)

I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease.

~ the Dalai Lama

The Sun never says to the earth, You owe me

Hafiz | February 2006 (Vol. XIX, No. 2)

Even
After
All this time
The Sun never says to the earth,
"You owe
Me. "
Look
What happens
With love like that,
It lights the
Whole
Sky.

~ Hafiz

How tenderly You dwell in my heart with love

St. John of the Cross | February 2006 (Vol. XIX, No. 2)

How gently and lovingly
You wake in my heart,
where in secret You dwell alone;
and in your sweet breathing,
filled with good and glory
how tenderly You dwell in my heart
with love.

~ THE LIVING FLAME OF LOVE by St. John of the Cross

Love. Compassion. I must practice.

Connie Bickman | February 2006 (Vol. XIX, No. 2)

The little orphan and I walked down the mountain to the city to buy shoes. She slipped out of her small rubber sandals into a new pair, carefully counted 45 rupees (less than one US dollar) into the shopkeeper's hand, and walked away.

"Wait! " I called, as I reached for the discarded shoes. "You've forgotten your old sandals. "

She glanced back at me, "No, leave them," she firmly replied. "I only need one pair. Leave them for someone who has none. "

Love. Compassion.

I must practice.

~ from TRIBE OF WOMEN by Connie Bickman

Our lives become the sum of all whom we have loved

George E. Vaillant | February 2006 (Vol. XIX, No. 2)

When we're old, our lives become the sum of all whom we have loved. It is important not to waste anyone. One task of living out the last half of life is excavating and recovering all of those whom we loved the first half. Thus, the recovery of lost loves becomes an important way in which the past affects the present.

~ from AGING WELL by George E. Vaillant in "Spirituality & Health" - Fall 2001

Love must lower itself even unto nothingness

Therese of Lisieux | February 2006 (Vol. XIX, No. 2)

For Love to be fully satisfied,
it must lower itself even unto nothingness,
and transform this nothingness into Fire.

~ Therese of Lisieux

We cannot learn unconditional love

Jerry Thomas | February 2006 (Vol. XIX, No. 2)

Love is the principle of action, not a quality of behavior. We cannot learn unconditional love. To love unconditionally, we must become Love. And love is the natural outcome of union with the Inner Self or Soul.

~ from BODY OF TIME, SOUL OF ETERNITY by Jerry Thomas

Allow love to guide

Anonymous | February 2006 (Vol. XIX, No. 2)

Allow Love to guide your actions

~ Anonymous
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