Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Love Your Friend As Yourself

What does "love your friend as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18) mean?
  1. Self-Love:
    • Does it mean you have to love yourself before you can love others?
      • No, it doesn't mean this.
    • Does it mean that the same way you love yourself is the same way you should love others?
      • This is still focused on self-love because you're still thinking about yourself.
  2. Perception Of Reality:
    • Does it mean that others are you, that when you love others you actually love yourself  - because of The Mirror Effect (what's outside of us is a reflection of what's inside of us)?
  3. Love Of Friends:
    • Does it mean you have to love others instead of yourself?
      • This is changing from self-love (selfishness) to love of friends (bestowal).
      • When you love others it doesn't mean you hate yourself, not at all. It simply means you give all your love to others and have nothing left for yourself.
    • Does it mean that when you seek to benefit others, you adopt their desires as your own, you become them?
      • When you adopt your friend's desires as your own, you become them.
    • Does it mean to love The Creator within your own quality of reception, to be in a state called receiving to bestow?
      • There are only two forces in Nature, the force of giving (The Creator) and the force of receiving (The Creature). When we receive, we're ourselves, it's who we are; however, when we receive in a degree called LOVE, we receive not for our sake, but for the sake of The Creator, to bring contentment to The Creator.
    • Does it mean being connected with others as one?
      • Being connected in mutual bestowal.
    • Does it mean being connected with The Creator as one?
      • Being connected through equivalence of form.
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