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Learning The Meaning of Life Through Love
Love as a general expression of positive sentiment
Love is commonly contrasted with hate (or neutral apathy), but the opposite of love is not hate, it is fear.
Although the nature or essence of love is a subject of frequent debate, different aspects of the word can be clarified by determining what isn’t love (antonyms of “love”). Fear is not love, of this you can be assured.
All human suffering, whether necessary or self-created, is tied to obstacles that have meaning for us.
Such an obstacle may be associated with some physical or psychological discomfort, or spiritually speaking, from the “pain of longing” — the seeking of something deeper than the world of form. Who can say what it might be?
Transcending obstacles define much of what goes on in life. Think about it. It is likely that you function day to day on “automatic pilot,” then suddenly you experience a usually unexpected obstacle. Now, this obstacle might be walking up the steps of a non-functioning escalator, or waiting in a long line at the post office. It may be something equally annoying like a sudden red light that causes you to hit the brakes on your car. These types of challenges are what get your…
