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What is the opposite of Love?
Some say hate.
Some say indifference.
Some say fear.
Love vs. Hate. Both are intense emotions but are different sides of the same coin. I don’t think they are true opposites.
Love vs. Indifference. This sounds more like true opposites. Love is an intense emotion that includes caring and concern. Where as indifference is an emotion (or lack of emotion) where you don’t care what happens to the other person. I have seen this in people about to divorce. They have given up on the other person and on the relationship. There is no emotion anymore. There might have been hate earlier because the person was intense on either getting their way in the relationship or trying to get the other person to see things as they saw them and not being successful. Even with hate there is hope but with indifference there is no hope, it is like depression, not worth fighting for anymore.
Love vs. Fear. In my meditation I discovered the opposite of fear is not love but security, safety. What is fear? Fear is future based. “I may die from this”, “I don’t know what tomorrow will bring”, “I don’t know what to expect for next year”, “I am afraid for my child”; all are future based. Love is in the moment. Feeling secure and safe pushes fear out. Confidence, security and feeling safe all push fear aside.
Therefore I believe the opposite of Love is indifference and the opposite of Fear is Confidence in your own safety. What are your thoughts?
Posted by: Ann
June 27th, 2009 >> God, Life, Physical/Material, Relationship, Sacrifice, Spirituality, Truth
Do the Enlightened Sacrifice?
This one is deep and I am not sure you will grasp what I am saying but here goes.
I have been reading “A Course in Miracle” which is a 1-year course and I am on year 4 (yes, I am slow). I was just reading some of my old notes and wanted to post this one. Lesson 100: 7.3 reads “Then realize your part is to be happy.” and 7.6-7 continues with “You have indeed been wrong in your belief that sacrifice is asked. You but receive according to God’s plan, and never lose or sacrifice or die.”
As I thought about what this said it dawned on me that the word “sacrifice” is mans attempt to put in words a spiritual idea but failing miserably at it. Materialistic man is trying to explain what they see you do when you are spiritual or enlightened, however when you are far enough along the spiritual road, you realize there is no such thing as sacrifice. To give others what you have is no sacrifice because you know more will be coming to you.
The way common man uses the word sacrifice implies scarcity but there is no scarcity for the spiritually enlightened. The idea of scarcity is keeping many people of the world poor materially and spiritually. God, (Higher power, Infinite Being or however you want to describe it, but I will use God for simplicity) is a God of abundance. All things are His and so all things are yours as a child of God.
The idea of suffering and sacrifice is a forcing of a higher spirituality on those who are not yet ready for it. It is trying to get people to behave in a more spiritual manner. It is like little children who have never been to school, playing teacher. They go through the motions and think they know what is going on but they don’t really grasp the whole concept. The spiritually enlightened appear to be sacrificing for others but they are really living out of abundance, out of a knowing that there is plenty more out there.
No I am not there yet.