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In discussing love, the first question which
arises is, “What
exactly do you mean by love?” for there are as many definitions
and interpretations of love as there are people. In the
creativity perspective, love is to give unconditionally a
sufficiently large, safe and secure space and the nourishment a
creation needs to freely grown and unfold true to its nature without
outside interference in any way. What this means is quite profound
and actually almost next to impossible to consciously do no matter
what we think otherwise. Yet, in striving to give this kind of love
to ourselves and another, we can get very, very close to what it
means. How this concept of love compares to other definitions and
interpretations of love is found in the discussion “What
do we mean by love?”
Probably the best example of what the concept of love presented here
means is what a mother’s body gives to the fetus it carries. The
fetus in the womb is given a sufficient large, safe and secure space
in which to grow and unfold true to itself. The fetus is free to
take all the nourishment it needs from the mother even to the point
of robbing the mother’s body. The space itself grows as the creation
grows. Of course there comes a time such that the space can no
longer grow to sufficient nurture the creation and the child is born
into the world. When that occur what it means to nourish that infant
and give it a safe and secure space to grow changes significantly.
Our problem in being unable to give this kind of love to a creation,
any creation including ourselves, is two fold. Both reasons arise
from the nature of mind even when we consciously desire to give this
type of life. The first reason is that any creation is a step into
the unknown. Mind only knows the past. So no matter what it thinks,
it will not know exactly what a creation needs to be nourished and
freely grow and unfold. But is not lost. So, it will become
essential to use
intuitive guidance to discern what must be done and then honor
that intuitive guidance. Although our intuitive guidance can be
inaccurate as discussed in the discussion on intuitive guidance, it
nevertheless, is much more accurate than mind.
The second problem is that each creation is unique. Even when mind
has seen a similar creation unfold and we think we know what will
happen, any one creation will be unique in its unfoldment.
Consequently there will be a facet of the unfoldment that will be
different. Here again, we need to rely on our intuitive guidance to
tell us what to do.
In any case, to give this kind of love, one cannot impose what their
mind thinks needs to be done. One must “step out” of mind. That is,
one must step out of what they think and believe and trust their
intuitive guidance and follow it. Often what we do does not
necessarily look like the correct thing to do. But if we honor our
intuitive guidance and follow its updates, we will create the
correct space to the best of our ability to create the type and kind
of love discussed here.
Related topics
What do we mean by love
The question of love
The love of the mystic
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