2007-02-10 16:53:42 · 8 answers · asked by maconsolviaa 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
what does it takes to be an aristocrat of love?Is it possible for us to love without expecting in return?
2007-02-10 16:55:29 · update #1
A long time ago I thought that love was something that you reserved for some special set of people that you had judged worthy of it.
After a while I got to thinking about what Jesus had said about turning the other cheek and loving our neighbor I put the two together and realized that he had made no exceptions in these statements. It became obvious to me that he intended that we exclude no one from the love that we are supposed to be giving. I started thinking about my idea of love and suddenly realized that I had not been loving anyone at all. I had simply been judging everyone and every thing.
Judging someone worthy of love is not love, it is only judgment. I actually started to cry when I realized this. I saw just how much of my life I had wasted being judgmental, thinking of myself as a Christian, when I was actually doing just the opposite of what Jesus had asked us to do.
I thought about the verse judge not lest ye be judged, and I understood it for the first time.
I realized that I have a lot of catching up to do. So many opportunities were wasted. I now try to apply the love that I have for the world in a universal way like Jesus asks us to do.
If I start to feel afraid and think that I see someone that I should not love because of something I have thought or heard I try to catch my mistake as soon as possible. I tell myself that I have forgot the truth and have fallen for the same old trick that had cost me so many opportunities to be loving in the past. The horror of this realization is often all that is necessary to bring me back to my senses and make me drop the judgmental nonsense I was thinking.
I still have a lot to learn about love, but at least I’m making progress.
Love and blessings
Your brother
don
2007-02-12 13:04:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love is an act more than it is a feeling. You can love someone in this sense even if you feel intense dislike for him or her. How? By DOING something kind for him or her and not desiring any thing in return. You may or may not get something in return.
Christians believe one should love ones enemies (they don't generally practice this) and should do good things even to those who persecute them. You can do this by willing yourself to act toward them kindly even as you fear them. It means mentally forgiving them and a squelching of the learned revenge acts. It is possible to love another as much as you love yourself by acting kindly even when you don't feel kindly toward them.
I hope this helps. Peace and love!
2007-02-11 01:55:36 · answer #2 · answered by Mad Mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really do not know much about Aristocrat of LOVE.
But love :- just be yourself (true nature as the mother nature)
just imagine all we do to mother nature, yet she gives us food shelter and love.!!! isn't it real love !!!
2007-02-11 01:23:32 · answer #3 · answered by mr.kotiankar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love doesn't expect anything in return. The one that expects is called business :-)
2007-02-11 01:17:42 · answer #4 · answered by Alex G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you truly love someone then you love them without expecting something in return. You can't control who to love, therefore, you can definitely love someone without them loving you.
2007-02-11 01:06:28 · answer #5 · answered by lysistrata411 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes a red rose in the green fields
the blue sky
the stream
and ofcourse
Love
I am such a lover
and this is what it took
;)
2007-02-11 01:07:15 · answer #6 · answered by zentoccino 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unconditional love.
can a mother love it's crying baby?
2007-02-11 01:12:44 · answer #7 · answered by tripppah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe you are now
I believe you can teach me
so please do
smile
good luck
2007-02-11 15:25:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋