On Love

In both ancient and modern Greek there are three distinctive words for love: έρως,φιλία,αγάπη=eros,filia,agapi.

The following extracts are from  Martin Luther King, Jr’s teaching on love:

“Eros..a romantic love for your mate. It’s inevitably a little selfish. You love your lover because there is something about your lover that moves you. It may be the way he talks or the way he walks or the personality or the physical beauty or the intellectual power– but it’s always based on that there’s something that attracts you.”

“Philia…intimate affection between personal friends. These are people you like. It’s reciprocal love. You love because you are loved. You love the people that you like. People that you like to sit down at the table and eat dinner with. People you dial the phone and talk to. People you go out with. This is friendship.”


“Agape…is more than romantic love… more than friendship…it’s understanding. It is creative and redeeming good will toward all men. It is the love of God operating in the human heart. It is the overflowing love which seeks nothing in return. And when you rise to love on this level, you love people who don’t move you. You love those that you don’t like. You love those whose ways are distasteful to you. You love every man because God loves him.”

For me there are only two kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you—of kindness and consideration and respect—not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.

If you are in love glory in it  and be very glad and grateful for it. That’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.



                                                        Try to live up to it.

                                                                      Love ,peace and light
                                                                                   Eirini

God's answer to all your prayers

All prayers are answered.Each and every prayer/desire/wish you have is automatically filed and immediately starts going through the manifestation process.No exeptions.

Even the ''I have something better in mind '' answer is in line with the essence of your said prayer/desire/wish.

Because God is You.And you are God.And whatever you pray/wish/desire,God desires too.Your deepest desires are God's deepest desires.And God works along with you for the fulfillment of those prayers/desires.

For the sheer enjoyment and expansion that comes with it.

Love,peace and prayers answered

Eirini

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