Path + Destination + Reality

 "Love is both a path and a destination,

a way of knowing and the 'object' that is known."

Sam Keen

To Love and Be Loved

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or - stated differently...

"Love is both the pathway to and the revelation of what is most real."

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Are you in living in reality?

 "Love reveals the ultimate truth about reality."

Sam Keen

To Love and Be Loved

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Are you in a state of wonder?

 "Love is the state of wonder at the mere existence of another."

Sam Keen

To Love and Be Loved

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Solitary Communion

"Love is solitary communion, being alone together."

Sam Keen

To Love and Be Loved

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Your Reason for Living

 "To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence for God is love."  

~Thomas Merton

What's left with you?

 "Love is what's left in a relationship after all the selfishness has been removed."

~Cullen Hightower

Separated Reunited -or - Separate Fused?

 Have you ever heard of Paul Tillich's definition of love?

"LOVE IS THE ONTOLOGICAL DRIVE TOWARD THE REUNION OF THE SEPARATED."

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To Love and Be Loved

Sam Keen

I had not.  What do you think?  Is it a bringing together of separated souls, or two souls coming together to forge a bond?

Interesting to ponder...