Love and Evil

When Love Nourishes Evil and Hate: Contemporary Terrorisms and Political and Religious Persecutions 
Love is the supreme good.

There is only one happiness in life: to love and be lovedGeorge Sand, 1804-1876, French writer, Letter to Lina Calamatta

Only the soul that loves is happyJ. W. Goethe, 1749-1831, German writer, Egmont

We human beings are animals dependant on loveHumberto Maturama, quoted in Morin Método V

Even hate can be defeated by love:

For hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love. This is an eternal law.Pali Tripitaka Budhist sacred texts

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.Martin Luther King, Jr.

And yet, capriciously, love may also be a source of hate. The defrauded love is jealous and dangerous. «The frustrated love turns itself easily in hate » – wrote Morin. Defrauded love is a cause of thousands of violent crimes:

Love is an adventure that risks to be mere illusion and falsehood, and to finish in tragedy. Edgar Morin, Method V

Eros is a jealous god. He who loves wants to possess his beloved and keep her for himself alone. If she is happy with someone else, you would rather see her dead. If he is happy with someone else, you would rather have him unhappy with you.
André Comte-Sponville, French philosopher, A short Treatise on the Great Virtues

At another level, some sorts of religious and political love are equally a source of many crimes and hatred. In the Middle Ages, the love of God, nourished many religious persecutions, and much slaughter. Millions of men dyed in fratricidal wars, or at the Inquisition stake.

But that's not just a past issue. On the contrary: it's a very present question. We shouldn't forget: present day terrorism and many aggressive political movements – with all the love of projects and ideas they involve – are a tremendous illustration of how love can be a source of evil and hate...

Yes. It's true... Love nourishes hate. It has done it in the past. It is doing it in the present. 

The importance of love

    
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The importance of love


J. W. Goethe
There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved.
Only the soul that loves is happy.J. W. Goethe, 1749-1831, German writer, Egmont

CorinthiansEven if I speak all the languages of men and of angels, if I don't have love, life became sounding brass, and a clanging cymbal.Bible, Corinthians  

MaturamaWe human beings are animals dependant on love.Humberto Maturama, in E. Morin Method V

E. MorinThe poetry of life, with the love it contains and that contains it, is the only response to death.
Love makes us tolerate destiny, and makes us love life.
Love is the great poetry in the prosaic modern world.E. Morin, French philosopher and sociologist, Method V

Stanislas-Xavier TouchetThe two wings of our souls, immune to any gust of wind, are true love and faith.Attributed to Stanislas-Xavier Touchet, 1848-1926, French religious

Saint AugustinI loved not yet, yet I loved to love… I sought what I might love, loving to love.
Saint Augustin, 354-430, Theologian, Confessions
 

Irving BerlinThere may be trouble ahead,

But while there’s moonlight and music and love and romance,

Let’s face the music and dance.

Irving Berlin, 1888-1989, American songwriter, Follow the Fleet   

William CongreveSay what you will, ‘tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

William Congreve, 1670-1729, English writer, The way of the world

Bertrand RusselTo fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.Bertrand Russel, 1872-1970, English philosopher and mathematician,Marriage and Morals 

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.Bertrand Russel, 1872-1970, English philosopher and mathematician,Mysticism and Logic

Love is Nothing? Love is All?

Richard Dawkins, an outstanding biologist, said about our lives and its biological essence: «Life is just bytes and bytes and bytes of digital information».

In the same line, wouldn’t it possible to reduce love to bytes, bytes, and more bytes, or to any other measure rather close to nothing?

Think of romantic love, for instance. We may see it as mere illusions of our mind, as a mechanism induced by genes, driving lovers to see enchanted princes and princesses in banal beings, before they sink again into reality.

And concerning our other loves, aren’t they basically private islands, things that genes feed and death extinguishes and takes with it? And as to our collective lives, isn’t it true that they are mainly ruled by competition and egoisms, or by the law of profit, and not exactly by love?

Yes. It’s possible to diminish love into insignificant unities. Or, if we want, to reduce it to bytes, bytes and more bytes.

But there is another view: without love, what would our lives be? Which would be their meaning? Without friendship, love experiences, would it be worthwhile to live?

We may not always note it, but love is peeping into many of our daily acts and into multiple recesses of our private life. Without love we wouldn’t be humans. Without the feelings linked to love – brotherly acts, generosity, sympathy – society would be an uninhabitable jungle, and man would be simple machines.

After all, love is much. It’s not all, but it’s impossible to reduce it to just bytes, bytes and more bytes.

FALL IN LOVE WITH YOURSELF

"To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness." - Robert Morely

Love is one of the most powerful energies on the planet. We are born with love in our hearts, and it lives within us all. But some of us put so much focus on finding love and approval "out there" that we never get a chance to truly develop it within ourselves. We look for it in the external world--from parents, partners, friends, bosses, new people we meet, people we admire. If any one of them disappoints, devastation follows.

How many times have you been hurt because of someone else's opinion of you? When we experience self-esteem only through the eyes of others, one unkind word or a bad mood in another can shatter our sense of self.

Love(Values of Self Love)

Love is the great mystery. Love is pure and simple as an infant's smile. Love is vast and unfathomable as the far reaches of the universe. Love is the force that connects us and that breathes life into all things. Love is the silent invisible tidal wave washing through the consciousness of humanity, awakening us to who we are and why we are here. We were love at birth and love is who we are becoming. Love lives in the magnificent house of wisdom and truth. So, love your enemies. Do not condone their actions; simply invite them into the house of truth and wisdom, offering healing to their souls. Embrace and ride the tidal.Love is the most powerful force in the Universe. It takes great courage to be loving and to work for a win-win outcome. Be brave, open your heart and take the most compassionate route. It could be the key to realizing your dream

Something that keeps people from embracing the idea of self-love.You can't really love someone else unless you really love yourself first.when we love ourselves, we have a reserve of love inside that allows us to give love to others with greater freedom. When we do not love ourselves, our inner resources are shallow, even dry, so that extending our love to others makes us feel drained, resentful, even angry.Your ability to love others lies in direct proportion to your ability to love yourself.

Practice giving yourself a break from your inner critic. Most of us have inner critics that are harsher and meaner than any critic that exists out there in the real world! Chances are you do not need to beat yourself up as badly as you routinely do. Make a commitment to stop the criticism you level on yourself. Catch yourself about to do it or in the middle of it and instead say, "I love you. I love you, anyway!" Feel the relief, the appreciation for taking a break from your inner critic and allow your love to flow more freely to you.

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