Project: Defining Love

What was originally a short means to reduce misunderstanding has become a larger project to define what love is and what it creates. Speaking of feelings, or anything relating to such, can be a difficult task. The topic holds diverse opinions and ideas, so going into enough detail to compensate for this can be a major undertaking. I am still working on this here and there, but I might as well post what I have so far.

Love as a Value:

Love as a value concept holds different forms, ranging from the finite, conditional and imperfect, to the perfect, unconditional, infinite and absolute. The values which are born from the value of love, much like the actions, thoughts and feelings created from love, hold similar levels of existence as well.

Love holds both quantitative and qualitative aspects. Love on the ultimate level is when love is quantitatively infinite and qualitatively absolute.

Love as a Creation:

The love of the Father is based in the love of the Son and for the Spirit, which is how love is used in infinity.

If you look at the brain, there is a place just above the cranium spot where the crown chakra appears.  Somewhere in that general area is the seat of personality bestowed at fertilization of the ovum. It is that bestowal that is the seat of the ability to love. It is not a neurological construction although it has neurons and other tissues connected through it, but it is supermaterial. It is supermaterial because it loses no effectiveness when crushed by rejection or by error of judgment. It is renewed constantly by the power of God to nurture personality God the Father bestows to the human mind.

We all love the Father more because of his nature than in recognition of his amazing attributes. Love leads to affection, which can create a reaction of affection from others when the mind is not blinded by negative feelings. We come to love what loves as well, thus we love based more on the use of attributes (nature) rather than the attributes themselves. The experience of loving is very much a direct response to the experience of being loved.

Knowing that God loves me, I should continue to love him supremely, even if He were divested of all his attributes of supremacy, ultimacy, and absoluteness. God loves us first and grants us the ability to love, so it is natural for us to love Him in return. Love is reciprocated. Finite love (creature perspective) can be seen as a reciprocation of infinite love (Creator perspective). All in all, loving God would certainly be a reciprocation if we love those who love us.

Love creates a connection between us and something or someone else. As God’s love is infinite, He can maintain infinite connections or bonds. In this sense, love’s usage has a quantitative aspect. And because God is the ultimate source of love, there is a qualitative essence to it – the fact that it is the most perfect example of love to be found. Thus we find that it is infinite in mass and absolute in meaning.

Love as an Experience:

Love is expressed primarily through three functions: action, thought and feeling.

Action – the expression of love through the developing of relationships, primarily through service.

Thought – thoughts of love usually come in the forms of forgiveness, appreciation, compassion, understanding or humility.

Feeling – the reaction of the heart in response to receiving and providing love or its various expressions.

 

Another way of looking at the experience of love is to divide it between three forms: physical, mental and spiritual.

Physical – the desire to be close to something or someone, or to engage in some form of bond. It is a thing of comfort and desire.

Mental – the approval or acceptance of ideas, things or beings. It is a thing of preference and belief.

Spiritual – the desire to devote oneself to another (or the self) in a fashion which reaps a positive result (likely following the Father's will). It is a thing of offering and respect, and includes selfless service and worship. 

Love as a Thing:

It is clear that human language cannot perfectly describe what love is, but we can at least try to ask the right questions. These are some of mine:

Where does love come from?

Does love exist as energy?

Does it exist as a field?

Does it create energy?

Is it a value hidden within an interaction?

Is it in you waiting for release?  
Is it received in a way so that you can store it for the day when you want to use it?