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October 2008 
The Highest Refinement of Love is Compassion
Posted on Dec 7th, 2006
by 
Angel
Angel
What we call love is really a whole spectrum of relating, reaching from the earth
to the sky. At the most earthy level, love is sexual attraction. Many of us
remain stuck there, because our conditioning has burdened our
sexuality with all kinds of expectations & repressions.
Actually, the biggest 'problem' with sexual love is
that it never lasts. Only if we accept this fact
can we than really celebrate it for what it is
~ welcome its happening, & say good
-bye with gratitude when
it's not. Then as we
mature, we can
begin to
experience
the love that exists
beyond sexuality & honour
the unique individuality of the other.
We begin to understand that our partner often functions as a mirror, reflecting
unseen aspects of our deeper self & supporting us to become whole. This
love is based in freedom, not expectation or need. Its wings take us
higher & higher towards the universal love that experiences all
as one. These three things are to be taken note of ~ the
lowest love is sex ~ it is physical ~ & the highest
refinement of love is compassion. Sex is
below love, compassion is above
love; love is exactly in the
middle.
Very few people know what love is. Ninety-nine percent of people, unfortunately,
think sexuality is love ~ it is not. Sexuality is very animal; it certainly has the
potential of growing into love, but it is not actual love, only a potential...
If you become aware & alert, meditative, then sex can be
transformed into love. And if your meditativeness
becomes total, absolute,
love can
be
~transformed into compassion~
Sex is the seed,
love is the flower, and
compassion is the fragrance.
to the sky. At the most earthy level, love is sexual attraction. Many of us
remain stuck there, because our conditioning has burdened our
sexuality with all kinds of expectations & repressions.
Actually, the biggest 'problem' with sexual love is
that it never lasts. Only if we accept this fact
can we than really celebrate it for what it is
~ welcome its happening, & say good
-bye with gratitude when
it's not. Then as we
mature, we can
begin to
experience
the love that exists
beyond sexuality & honour
the unique individuality of the other.
We begin to understand that our partner often functions as a mirror, reflecting
unseen aspects of our deeper self & supporting us to become whole. This
love is based in freedom, not expectation or need. Its wings take us
higher & higher towards the universal love that experiences all
as one. These three things are to be taken note of ~ the
lowest love is sex ~ it is physical ~ & the highest
refinement of love is compassion. Sex is
below love, compassion is above
love; love is exactly in the
middle.
Very few people know what love is. Ninety-nine percent of people, unfortunately,
think sexuality is love ~ it is not. Sexuality is very animal; it certainly has the
potential of growing into love, but it is not actual love, only a potential...
If you become aware & alert, meditative, then sex can be
transformed into love. And if your meditativeness
becomes total, absolute,
love can
be
~transformed into compassion~
Sex is the seed,
love is the flower, and
compassion is the fragrance.
Buddha has defined compassion as
'love plus meditation'. When your love is not just
a desire for the other, when your love is not only a need,
when your love is a sharing, when your love is not that of a beggar
but an emperor, when your love is not asking for something in return but is
ready only to give ~ to give for the sheer joy of giving ~ then add meditation to it & the
pure fragrance is released. That is compassion; compassion is the highest phenomenon.
osho
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Amen to that!
You've seen the free hugs video at the bottom of Brian's blog, right? =) Cool stuff.
Keep on rockin the free world. ;)
Hi Angel,
I teach 11th grade English at a Catholic high school (though not Catholic myself), and I try to talk to my kids about sex in the most honest way I can. I never preach abstinence, nor do I really preach about anything. But what I try to get across to them is that the sexual force is nothing to play with! Had a wonderful discussion with them recently about how the culture promotes this misconceived fantasy of sexual bliss with no emotional attachment whatsoever, when in truth, what humans ultimately crave is the emotional/spiritual connection beneath the sex. I don't know at that age if they get it, but hopefully I've sown a seed!
Thanks for your thoughts. I may share them with a select few students who will get it!
jc
Peace Meme
Hi Ninja
I havn't seen the free hugs video at the bottom of Brian's blog… Will check it out!
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+ trillions, zillions & gazillions of intra galactic 'free hugs' to U
Hi Shakerjc
Fantastic & inspirational… Jesus said ''be a light unto yourself ''
hence as a teacher… a conscious guide/light for the next generation!
Yes!!! The seeds are sown…. now they just need lots of 'light' & water and tender loving care :)