Love, compassion and forgiveness are the three most beneficial things to a person.
The popular form of love isn't really love at all, but just a form of pride that leads to hate.
Anger and dependency are also aspects of this "love."
Mainly, it is addictive sentimentality, not love.
The love that is quoted in I Corinthians 13 is unconditional.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated,
5 it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
6 it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails... - http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians13.htm
Even when you abandon it as "too religious" or "unrealistic", it never abandons you.
In the common vernacular it is called "good vibes", comradeship, peace of mind, Buddha-nature, the Christ within, etc.
It is this deeper love that is often called Love, to emphasize its deeper meaning as a liberating power.
Please never be afraid of Love, because it is empowering and embraces all of us who reflect deeply on it.
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