Love
In my short span of 17 years of life, I have only seen and known two sorts of love of which you speak of, Athos and Agape Love. Sincerely, I have never heard of their formal names, but know of them like alphabets at the back of my palm.
You�ve described Athos love as brotherly love, sibling love, and basically love that can be formed between close bonds to people whom one can relate their everyday lives to. I think I relate Athos love as a love of understanding. A love started through an event that bonds two different people together.
Anyways, how come you always say what I want to say? Hrrrmph� no fair��
On to Agape love. Perfect love, huh? A love to acquire peace� it is not impossible, and it�s certainly not elusive. The path to this perfect love that you speak of is simple. Yes, easier said than done, I agree� but think of it this way, haven�t you heard of the old dreary saying �Love thyself before loving others�? I think that�s the first step to Agape love. I mean, you don�t have to be 100% in love with yourself to start on Agape love. Just be 90% satisfied with yourself, you do need a bit of negativity to persuade yourself to be upgraded with the skills you thought you knew after all. No one being is perfect. Being satisfied, in the terms of personality and charisma, character and poise. Not physical beauty. I�m sure you�d have figured that out by now. I think I�ve passed that test, the one on loving my enemies. For I�ve yet to find myself hating anyone as of yet. Sure, lots of people get on my nerves all the time, but I just can�t seem to bring myself to hate the source of dispute. I suppose reason being that they just looked like they could use some love themselves. And whilst after learning to love an enemy (yes, I really have learnt how to love thy enemy�), the struggle to attain agape love will prove to be difficult, but eventually not impossible. Like you�ve pointed out, Mother Theresa is one figure of which we can look up to as an example of agape love. And I�m sure if you keep in mind on being satisfied with your well-being, and continue to persevere a sense of compassion for others, you just might attain that perfect love you seek for.
And then to the love called Eros. Bleh� never being one to dwell in such pettiness of such a love that requires much deep commitment and attention to another person besides my family, I haven�t got much to say in this love. In fact, I haven�t any say in this matter! However, this love proves to be the only way people care for each other, on the consideration that they are not related by blood. Often, this love is more of a life-vow. A ceremony is often needed to complete the vows of two totally different individuals to remind each other of this love. Often misleading, most people fall into the traps of this mischievous and often wonderful love. (as what I�ve heard from most) Whilst being misled most of the times, often few are seen to have achieved this love. And with this love attained, these people learn to appreciate their lives more than before.
Compassion
To me, compassion comes like a second nature. Often described by most as mercy mixed with love, as how you�ve described it yourself, I feel that compassion is rather more of consideration and sympathy for another. Love itself is a package. But compassion is the bigger package that�s got love in it, I suppose. Within compassion, you�d find little appreciative things like love, consideration, of course sympathy� and most definitely, a lot of goodwill.
And while compassion is one package, it is packed into that other package called mercy, along side with that other term called leniency.
In other words, one would feel a deep awareness and sympathy for another�s sufferings and you wish to alleviate that suffering. This is often found in Agape love. (who said agape love is impossible? =p it�s just not sustained long enough)
Compassion is not hard to find within the scrapped tops of many�s icebergs. If you get what I mean.. Anyways, I was trying to say that everyone has compassion, be it big or small. I know I�ve been told that I�ve got a big-heart. But, I can be contradictive to that statement sometimes.
But, yes, true to your words, you do get what you deserve all the time. In my religion, we believe in karma and all that. While it all sounds highly annoying and preachy and ridiculous, its words are often true, you get what you truly deserve. As of which, when you show great love for others, you will receive what you give in bountiful amounts in the end, no matter how late these rewards come to you. ( I am straying off topic!!! Aack!!)
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Today...
was an utterly boring day. Well, having to deal with a friggin' headache, the only way to ignore it totally was to immerse myself in that storybook I snipped from Gary. It worked! I am nearing half that novel now.. at 208 pages so far.. it's 681 pages thick. But i'll manage it, I think... once I finish that piece of chem hm/wk jeremy's given me, then, I can delve into that book like how a hungry wolf would to it's freshly slaughted prey. well, will post more later... another response to jeremy's topic today..
posted by anj @ 21:44
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