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"We have spent large parts of our writing effort trying to clear up the confusions that Man has in regard to love. He thinks love means the infatuated longing or excitement that comes with a brand-new love affair; or He equates love with the physical desires of the body; or He calls love that which is merely duty or loyalty or a bargain."
"Love, in the true sense of the word, is none of these. Love is, literally, the glue which holds The Universe together. For love -- the love that Christ knew -- is the whole reason for the manifestation of Worlds, Planes, and Realms within Creation. It was for love that God made all that is, and it is with this same Supreme Love that He regards each of his creatures. When Man learns to allow this 'heavenly' love to fill his being, He will have succeeded in his primary mission, namely to manifest The Love of God at the level of Man."
"And the first step in acquiring this loving facility is to learn to control the love-facet of his being to such an extent that it can be directed at will to any other entity, whether human or otherwise. Have you ever tried to love a tree? Do you have any inkling of the benefit which the tree derives from even 2 seconds of being flooded with loved from the heart of a human? This matter is so profound that We are concerned that We will not be able, through this channel, to find the right words to make it clear. Yet it is of such great importance that no effort should be spared in the attempt. So, let Us try another tack."
"Christ told his listeners once that they should love their enemies. Do you imagine that those upon whose ears his words fell could understand the importance of the ability to love one's enemies? Only one present grasped the significance, and he attempted to explain it, in turn, to others but without success."
"The importance is this. If once you can learn to open your heart to a person whom you had formerly considered your enemy and to allow God's Love to flood through to that person, you will have found the very key to escaping from the round of rebirth and the cycle of return to The Earth Plane. For by controlling love, by being able at will to fill your being with the Love of God, you ensure that none of the other negative emotions will live in your heart."
"It is impossible for hate or envy or fear or resentment to coexist with love. Yet it is precisely those factors of negative emotion which tie Man to The Earth Plane and condemn Him to repeat and repeat his incarnations until He has learned to be free of them. Can you see how overarchingly important is this question of love?"
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