Into the Depths of Love What is Love
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even at that, my understanding is very limited due to the limitations of the mind.
By Dr. Candice Staniek
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you think of Love, what are some of the first images, thoughts, feelings that come to mind? For some of us it will be a person, some it will be an experience and others it will be a sense. My personal experience of Love is a feeling with the presence of certain people in my life.
What is love, really? I have contemplated this very question for many years! Starting at a very young a g e , i t h a s t a ke n o v e r 3 d e c a d e s t o begin to understand what it means and
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Into the Depths of Love
At some point in childhood, it seemed weird to me when someone like a parent said “I love you.” The weirdness was because I d i d n’ t fe e l e n c l o s e d i n Love . M u c h of the time there was an und e rl yi ng ex pectation or vague attachm e nt to something that I couldn’t describe at the time. As a child, the words landed flatly. Somehow the words, “I love you” were empty of any energy and for a long time were nearly meaningless for me.
“Without realizing it, I started questioning the concept of Love.” By looking into the depths of Love, we begin to search for qualities of Love. I have learned and experienced that Love encompasses a quality of acceptance. “I accept what is in the present moment.” The acceptance allows for the energy of the Divine to remain in movement due to an absence of conflict. When I first heard this concept, I remember “thinking”
