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**emexiagog** · 12-10-2011, 06:57 PM

I have had many epiphanies but this most recent one that I feel: I am without love - staggers me, I can recall no religion, no philosphy, no fiction where the absence of love is wholesome.

Ticktock, I've found it to be a bit misguided to become over preoccupied with "where we are", or how much love - or whatever - we may or may not have. Chuang Tzu speaks of the "hideous man" who continually looks to see who his own growing son is beginning to resemble -always hoping, hoping! It seems much is a by-product of wisdom, which itself relates to mindfulness and awareness, yet these non-judgemental. For me, leaning towards the Pure Land, the non-judgemental aspect is an aspect of "acceptance", that we are told to come just as we are, irrespective. Shinran, late in life, admitted to having very little compassion or love, yet still liked the idea of being a teacher of others and the acclaim involved - yet for Shinran this honesty towards himself only made him realise with greater depth that he was the recipient of Amida's Compassion.

12-10-2011, 06:57 PM	#15
emexiagog Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 526 Senior Member	I have had many epiphanies but this most recent one that I feel: I am without love - staggers me, I can recall no religion, no philosphy, no fiction where the absence of love is wholesome. Ticktock, I've found it to be a bit misguided to become over preoccupied with "where we are", or how much love - or whatever - we may or may not have. Chuang Tzu speaks of the "hideous man" who continually looks to see who his own growing son is beginning to resemble -always hoping, hoping! It seems much is a by-product of wisdom, which itself relates to mindfulness and awareness, yet these non-judgemental. For me, leaning towards the Pure Land, the non-judgemental aspect is an aspect of "acceptance", that we are told to come just as we are, irrespective. Shinran, late in life, admitted to having very little compassion or love, yet still liked the idea of being a teacher of others and the acclaim involved - yet for Shinran this honesty towards himself only made him realise with greater depth that he was the recipient of Amida's Compassion.
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