Ask The Master: 10 Nov 2007

Q. What is love?

Such a deceptively simple question, but watch how deep it takes you!
What is ordinarily known as love is no more than the mischief of hormones. It works on the push and pull of greed, fear, anger and jealousy. To love in this manner, to be a victim of the havoc wrought by our hormones and our minds, must be hell indeed!

But most of us can imagine nothing beyond the selfish little love we give and take all our lives. To understand the true meaning of love, we must first understand the nature of man.

Man is a ‘triple entity’ of sorts, composed of intellect, emotion and being. The innermost core, the atman or self, is beyond them all.

When the light of the atman floods the intellect, the intellect is showered with energy and is transformed into intelligence. When the atman works through emotion, emotion is purified and expressed as trust. When the atman touches the being, the being flowers in love. Love is the ultimate blossoming of consciousness. It is the ultimate possibility available to us.

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This excerpt has been taken from the book: Uncommon Answers to Common Questions