Unless We Are Connected to Impersonal Love, We Will Make All Love Personal

Unless we are connected
to impersonal love, we will make
all love personal.

The most generous thing
we can do is love through people to Eros. When love flows this way the pressure
of being everything
to one another is lifted. Then the other person
is no longer responsible for meeting
our needs.

To love this way
we must see someone clearly—with no need
for them to be
anything other than exactly
who they are. From there
curiosity becomes possible.

And when the connection shifts we can turn
on a dime. Because love
is not located in one person. It is accessible
everywhere. Then something unexpected happens: We can truly love them because
we do not need them.

Sometimes love means
walking together. Sometimes love means parting ways. Following that call
can itself be
an act of love.

There is a presence in us that seeks
the same presence
in another. Where that meeting occurs, light enters. That light
is Eros.