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Love.

Posted on Aug 16th, 2009 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

Love is very much glorified, but remember this; there is love of self (selfish love), selagrandisement, love of money, position, power and so many more unethical and immoral things. Love is a thing of this... More »

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Love - and that other.

Posted on Feb 6th, 2009 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

There is love, the emotion, and there is that which is commonly termed love but which is actually an expression of selflessness manifesting as what appears to be love. Emotional love has degrees of self,... More »

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Love.

Posted on Jul 9th, 2008 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

Love is the means to the end not the end in itself. Love, true love, is part of the duality of which selfishness, the “I”, is the other part. Thus, love, when cultivated as the... More »

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What is that essential which we call 'love'?

Posted on Sep 3rd, 2007 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

That essential which we call love, unlike so many other kinds of love we experience, is like compassion and empathy, sympathy even - an expression of our affiliation, of our inherent awareness of our oneness with the... More »

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Without Emotion.

Posted on Dec 18th, 2006 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

Emotion is a creation of the mind, and the mind is not a reality; however: Without the emotion of compassion One can be compassionate. Without the emotion of love One can be loving. Without the... More »

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On Loving God.

Posted on Nov 17th, 2006 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

On television tonight I was watching individuals with various religious and philosophical beliefs talking about God and trying to define God when they started talking about loving God. At this point I found myself saying, "But you cannot... More »

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Love - The Three Kinds.

Posted on Jun 20th, 2006 by Ian Gardner : Mystic Ian Gardner

 One kind of love is affection - normally considered to be love in a less intense form. Affection is variable according to the factors influencing it - it is a 'worldly' phenomenon and impermanent. The... More »

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