~`+`~CONNECTING SOULS IN DIVINE LOVE~`+`~
...`Divine Love and Wisdom`...
So what is Spiritual Love and why is it so vital to a healthy spirit?
Mother Theresa cared for the ‘untouchables' in Calcutta
for most of her life. She identified with their need and always claimed
to be doing this work as an expression of God's love.
The love that lies in the centre of every human soul is from God
and according to Swedenborg this ‘Divine Love' has three characteristic goals:
...`to love others
...`to have a freely returned relationship with others
...`to take delight in another person's happiness.
The essence of God is pure love and this ‘Divine Love'
is behind God's act of creation.
This love is always true and constant in its purposes.
So God is never angry with people, and never rejects or punishes them.
Swedenborg explains that although the Bible attributes anger to God
this is an appearance of the truth because in reality the anger
resides with those who turn away from God.love rings
We are all aware of feeling different sorts of love in our lives.
For example, the love we feel for our partner may be different
to the love we feel for our child which is different again from
the love we may feel for a friend. love triangle
Each love is defined by its goal or purpose.
When any love achieves its purpose joy is experienced
e.g. a love of beauty finds joy in a flower or landscape.
Some loves however, such as love of material gain for its own sake,
bring short term happiness but do not bring lasting joy
and contentment to our spirits.
This can be explained through considering the four basic
human loves as pictured on the triangle opposite.
To be truly human, either of the top two must rule
and the latter two become subservient.
So 'Love of God' or 'Love of Others' should be on top,
or our first priority.
But from experience we know that we are born with a strong
tendency to choose one of the latter two to dominate our
attitudes and living.
Then our priority becomes 'Love of Self before Others'
or 'Love of Worldly Pleasures'.
When we do this we are turning the true hierarchy of loves
upside down and we do not find true joy within our spirits.
But get love in the right order and make love the be all
and end all of life and our lives
and those we touch will be transformed.
"…love one another just as I love you" Jesus in John's Gospel 15:12)
"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread"
Mother Teresa
"You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have
really lived, are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love.
Henry Drummond
"Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness"
Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Self love means grabbing pleasure from others and gathering it
only to yourself.
Worldly love is the desire to make another person's possessions your own.
Those in the midst of this sort of love may wish to share
their own enjoyment with others; but since the focus of that motive
is still themselves, they do not increase the enjoyment of others,
but instead reduce it." ...D T Suzuki
((Source:..Swedenborg's...
...Divine Love and Wisdom))
Never have I felt such tenderness
in my beating heart
As I feel your desires flowing
from the very start,
Knowing your thoughts are of
wanting my love so true
Even though miles apart leaves
us feeling blue ...
~*~♥~*~
Out in paradise garden under
our tree of heavenly love
A butterfly lands gently sent
from high above,
Fluttering new spun wings
like flutterings in my heart
Reminding me spiritual love
shall never depart...
~*~♥~*~
As I wonder what the tender touch
of your lips would bring
I think of words you have spun
like a butterfly wing,
Stirring my soul into a frenzied
flight of delirious desire
Dreaming of your touch sends
my soul flying higher...
~*~♥~*~
Our souls were created to connect
in spiritual divine love
Forever entwined in pure ecstasy
received from above,
There is no other love so pure
and satisfying to the soul
As Spiritual Love divinely created
to make us whole...
