Tag: Necessity of Love
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Know Thyself – 4: Relational Beings: Love, Recognition, and the Eternal Other
“Where two or three are gathered in my name…”– not merely a number, but a revelation of Being-in-relation. If the modern self is imagined as a solitary project, the eternal self is not.We do not exist alone. We never have. The idea of relation is not an optional feature of human life, nor a later…
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Contemplative Seeing and the Unshakable Center – 6
The Unclouded Sun – The Ground of Joy and Love In moments of deep presence, there is often a subtle yet undeniable sense of joy and love—not the shifting emotions we commonly associate with these words, but something deeper, quieter, and more fundamental. This is not an experience added to reality but the natural fragrance…
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Mind & Heart – 8: The Essence of Divine Love: The Metaphysical Foundation of Love in NDEs, Contemplation, and Being
Love Beyond Human Experience Throughout history, divine love has been described as the highest and purest form of love, one that surpasses human limitations and reveals the fundamental nature of reality. Those who have undergone near-death experiences (NDEs) often describe encountering an overwhelming, unconditional love that transcends all earthly conceptions. Similarly, in deep contemplation, mystics…
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Mind & Heart – 7: Love Beyond Need: The Eternal Nature of Relationship
Love and the Recognition of the Other If love is not the pursuit of what is missing, but the recognition of what is, then how does this understanding shape the way love appears in human relationships? Love, in its essence, is not something that begins, grows, or fades—it is the eternal necessity of being itself.…
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Mind & Heart – 6: Love and the Illusion of Lack
The Traditional View of Love as Fulfillment of Absence For centuries, love has been understood as the pursuit of what is missing. From Plato’s Symposium to modern romantic ideals, love is often framed as a longing for something absent, an attempt to complete oneself through the other. This idea, deeply embedded in Western thought, has…
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Mind & Heart – 4: Love, Relationships, and the Crisis of Connection
The Breakdown of Community and Mental Well-Being Mental health is inseparable from relationships and community. Feelings of isolation, loss, and alienation often lie at the heart of psychological suffering. In recent decades, the erosion of traditional social structures—families, close-knit communities, and shared values—has left many feeling unmoored in an increasingly fragmented world. This weakening of…
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Understanding the Structure of Being – 9
The Fear of Necessity: Is Suffering Eternal? The recognition of necessity—the understanding that all that is must be eternally—brings with it a question that has haunted human thought for millennia: if nothing can cease to be, does this mean that suffering, too, is eternal? This fear has been a major obstacle to embracing the eternal…
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Post 41 – Love and Providence: The Experience of the Eternal Within Time
From the perspective of the eternal, all that is has always been and will always be. There is no becoming, no contingency, no arbitrary will. The structure of being is necessity itself—an immutable relation where nothing is lost, and nothing truly changes. Yet, within time, we live as though choices are ours to make, as…
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Necessity – A Necessary Clarification
The words necessity, necessary, and necessarily appear frequently in the posts on this site, primarily in reference to the Structure of Being, rather than in their common everyday usage. Typically, necessity is understood as something required by circumstances, causes, or logical conditions—something that must happen due to external constraints. This interpretation remains bound to the…
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