Love to me is a way of Being. Love is what love is. It is not feeling, thinking or doing. Oftentimes when we say, "I love you," the ego gets very involved, whether it is attached to needing someone, desiring to feel secure, or even afraid of being unloved. The ego clings to many things (whether situations, people or emotions) so that it has a sense of identity. However, we need to realize that we are not our thoughts, feelings and perceptions (have a read at my favourite Ekhart Tolle quotes-he says this perfectly).
The word love is used so much in our lives. Sometimes it is a habit people have formed and other times it is the ego needing reassurance. Some people worry that if they say it too much, it will lose its meaning. But my question is, what meaning does the phrase, "I love you" actually have? They are only three words. They do not hold the Truth of love but merely point towards the Truth of love itself. LOVE holds the meaning.
And so if love is a way of Being, or rather what our true selves are, then is it perhaps possible to love everyone? We do not have to say, "I love you" to everyone or think we need to love everyone (needs and wants are always attached to the ego and not the true self), but the best way that we can love others is to be ourselves... the best we that we can be. Therefore, is it not possible that in just being, or rather expressing our true selves (which is ultimately peace, love and truth, not attached to emotions, feelings and thoughts), that we can love everyone? Our presence is love, in and of itself, especially when our true self shines forth. When our true self radiates forth from our being, all of our actions and words are filled with love. But remember, it is not in the doing and speaking that we love but in the being.
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