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and then something happens the
very next morning and all that
feeling of love and romance of
the previous day just takes up
wings and hate suddenly sets in.
This reality begs the question; is
it possible to have both love and
hate in the same heart?
Well, the answer is YES but with
a caveat. Here is what I mean.
Love is not just what you give
to someone to make them feel
good about you nor what you
say to make you appear romantic
and cool, love is who you are.
Everything else; the gifts, the
cool words, all come out of that
which you are. Love is a person.
They called February the month
of love but that is nothing but a
limitation on love, for love is not
what you bring out from your
wardrobe and put on like clothes
on a particular day nor is it the
best restaurant in town that you
could afford on Valentine’s Day.
It is who you are day in and day
out.
We live in a world that has
erroneously turned love into
feelings, gifts, and selfish
tendencies towards one another.
This is the generation with the
most usage of the word “love”
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but also the most cruel, wicked,
selfish, hateful, and destructive.
But why is that? The reason
is the ignorance of what love
means.
Love, from the dimension of
humanity, is the understanding
of Divinity, the logical mastery
of the concept of right and
wrong, and how both interplay
in our lives.
The reality of two trees
As conscious humans with the
ability to think logically, there
are two trees or systems of
knowledge in each one of us.
And this is not religious talk.
In each of us is the Tree of Life
and the Tree of the knowledge of
good and evil.
The Tree of Life is a system
of knowing the Divine and
how each one of us is a divine
channel through which the fruit
of Divinity is manifested in our
world as love. The tree of the
knowledge of good and evil
speaks of the system of knowing
through logical reasoning and
how we interact with the world
around us using our five senses.
The latter is mostly expressed
through the channel of self and
selfishness and both systems of
knowledge are spiritual.
But how does the same heart or
mind that professes love today
bring forth hate the next day?
The fruit of which tree we
manifest in our daily lives is
determined by which of the
trees within us that we give
attention to. It’s like a farmer
who has several fruit trees in his
garden (the mind is a garden).
It is the tree to which he gives
more manure and care that will
flourish with fruits.
How does a man nurture the trees
within him? By the power of
his thoughts. This is the reason
why you can feel love towards
one person in the room and feel
disdain for another person in
the same room. Your thoughts
created the difference between
the two people.
This means that whatever
thought energy you create within
you will determine which of the
trees you are giving strength
to and that will also determine
which fruit you will bring forth
on the outside.
Love and hate have a very
delicate balance in our world. So,
let us all give critical attention to
our thoughts and just maybe we
will be able to tilt the balance
towards true love again.
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