"We seek it here, we seek it there, we look for love everywhere! We
expect it to come to us, usually through another person. All our
conditioning says it is something that happens to us. The mythology of
our fables, legends and modern day entertainment industries say it is
something we 'fall into'. And yet...and yet real love cannot be
acquired, possessed or accumulated. It cannot be known when we think it
comes from outside ourselves. The ultimate paradox is we are it. We are
love. Each one of us is a source of love that has forgotten that 'love
is what I am'. Say it now "I am love". Doesn't feel right does it?
That's because its been so long since we knew and experienced ourselves
in this true way. And yet we all know that the deepest trust and the
purest love is known and experienced only when we give it, not take it.
As we give love in whatever way is appropriate, we are the ones to
experience it first, on the way out. Falling in love is impossible. It
is only infatuation, obsession with an external object which appears to
fill a gap in ourselves. As soon as the object or person is remembered
when they are not present and when they do not need to be remembered, it
is simply attachment which, if sustained, will become a dependency. And
attachment and dependency are not love. But you already know
that...don't you?" ~Thought for Today-UK
"Non Degener Addam" (I add without loss)
