Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved. -- Saint John of the Cross
In 2000, I read the above and noted out to the side: "Must find a new meaning for 'love.'"
In 2001: "Love equals One."
In 2002: "That needs refinement."
In 2003: "Respect"
In 2004: "Denial of self"
In 2007, I double underlined "in having great detachment."
In 2010, I underlined "in suffering."
In 2012, I underlined, in red, "for the Beloved."
In 2014, I got a blinding flash of the obvious: Love cannot be defined once and for all. From that BFO, I got a glimmer, then I got lost in my thoughts: Love, like God...no, love is God. Which words mean absolutely nothing. No wonder love can't be defined once and for all.
And there's where my reasoning mind throws in the towel, and my need for spiritual growth continues to seek...we've come to the fork in the road. We kiss our logical mind good-bye, and continue our quest to find a new meaning for love...in the Silence.
Thank you.
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