What is Love?
March 31, 2013
(left, yahrzeit candle)The candle symbolizes life. The flame burns for a set time and afterward, only a lifeless shell remains. What is that flame? Surely, it is love.
by Henry Makow Ph.D.
(This substantially revises a previous article)
Recently I lit a yahrzeit candle to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of my mother's death. This is the only Jewish observance I keep. The candle burned for about 36 hours and then the little jar sat dark and empty.
It seemed to symbolize her life, indeed life itself. The flame burns for a limited time and after, only a lifeless shell remains.
I think of what my mother's spirit meant to me. Her selfless devotion to her family makes me tear up.
I am swamped with negativity daily; it's hard to express love for my fellow man, let alone my immediate family.
I feel so helpless in the face of the satanic conspiracy that I forget I still have power over my personal life. I use the world as distraction and excuse.
The battle with the forces of evil isn't only taking place "out there." It's taking place in the home. Satan isn't content with owning and controlling the planet; he wants our souls too.
WHO DO WE LOVE?
The word love is subject to many interpretations. Often we "love" the things we want, or the people who have them.
Love is self sacrifice. I love my mother because she sacrificed herself for me. She set the example. That's what women can do as wives and mothers. Get the ball rolling.
At a primitive level, we are cavemen around a fire roasting a wild boar. We love the person who carves off a choice portion and gives it to us.
We love people who meet us half-way. People who will sign on, just for a bit. People who accept some of our truth, who have faith and interest in us, who give us the benefit of the doubt. Who cut us some slack, forgive our shortcomings and even our sins.
These acts of self sacrifice inspire us to reciprocate in kind.
That's why I prefer to use the words "trust" and "understanding" instead of love. I know you. I trust you. I am there for you. You are there for me.
Someone said the real measure of love is how much we sacrifice for a loved one.
Of course, this is not the whole story. My dog Raffi, who died March 26, taught me about love. We loved him and he loved us. He would wait patiently for his walk, even when I was delayed. He didn't insist or hold a grudge. He was cooperative and willing.
We also loved him for his animal dignity. When we were finished petting, he would get up and leave. He didn't beg for more. We loved his handsome visage and thick black coat. His happiness made us happy.
ADDICTIONS SUBSTITUTE FOR LOVE
Love is the currency of the real world. We are rich in proportion to the people and animals we love, and who love us.
Our obsession with Gold and currency as wealth is misplaced. What if every day we set out to increase our store of love instead?
Remember what Jesus said to the rich man? Give all your money away and follow me.
Jesus was so filled with God's Love that nothing else mattered. God is Love. God is Reality. He is our Father, what we all crave. Inversely, most of us are so far away from this reality, we seek love in money, sex, status and various other addictions.
A reader from Australia, Malcolm, tells a parable of a good wolf and an evil wolf fighting in our souls.
Which will win? The answer: the one we feed.
We seem to have a good voice and and evil voice in our heads competing for our soul.
Is this the best way to handle the evil voice? Starve him to death? Go cold turkey?
Sometimes I feed the evil wolf so he doesn't bother me so much. Sometimes it works. I eventually see that these temptations are boring, after all.
A friend said, "My addictions have become my friends." But they are not friends. Often, cold turkey is the fastest way to freedom.
I have been starving the good wolf. I need to kick start my inner life instead of depending on external support. Focus on God. Enjoying mySelf.
The key is to avoid negative thoughts. The mind is an altar. Every thought an offering to God. I used to listen to a Jazz radio station. The DJ always signed off with the words, "Think nice thoughts."
SELFISH/NEEDY/MISERABLE
Society has been under satanic dominion for a long time. This hasn't prevented special people from shining the light.
Some of us may graduate to universal love, the kind that isn't part of the prism of our own needs. Self-less ness is next to God-liness. Let the ego die and be born again!
Apparently, there are as many stars as grains of sand on the earth's beaches. Who do you think will ultimately prevail? God or this pathetic Illuminati freak-show?
Doug said (April 3, 2013):
Love is a contract and this is the problem today. The PTB want people to remain as children so they can be managed rather than attain freedom on their own through their ability to contract. Marriage love is to forsake all others and to obey terms of marriage contract. A parents
love is to raise their children to be the best they can be, the contract is reciprocated when the parent gets old, the child then cares for the parent.
Love in friendship is simply trust and support. No man stands alone for long. A dogs love for its master is in respect of its master as the leader
of the pack. Love of God is to obey the contract - the ten commandments.
We lose our own natural right - it doesn't get taken from us. Our parents and society do not fulfill the contract of love to us as children so we never learn and do not fulfill our obligation to society nor parents, they no longer learn. We play and watch TV. Even the satanists cannot disobey law - it puts them in peril. Law is always necessary and law is based on
contract. Law is law and its as immutable as the law of gravity and it is far from synonymous with "legal". Legal is the house rules we must obey as
children.
We all have a contract with society - to preserve it in its original purpose - protection us from barbarians and ease of economic load. We are
not doing this and therefore do not receive the benefits of society.
Its a word used to distort the reality of adulthood, love is simply ongoing trust.