[Nikkkola]

Hello Element,

Thank you for your answer.

imo, no. apart from 'inner-love', which drives the path for individual liberation, 'love' is primarily a social state of mind. it follows it cannot be understood through silence (& non action) because love is defined in how it expresses itself in relationship with others Actually i am only interested in the "inner - love". The other love which you described as "a social state of mind" is no love in my opinion! and if i want to go one step further i would describe it as a complete disaster.

As we are talking about silence, this reminds me of the way Ajhan Chah used to describe meditation as " the training of the heart". Its quite interesting that he chose to use the word "heart" instead of "mind" . Please allow me to share this small paragraph from Ajhan Chah with you and others:

Listening to your own heart is really very interesting. This untrained heart races around following its own untrained habits. It jumps about excitedly, randomly, because it has never been trained. Therefore train your heart! Buddhist meditation is about the heart; to develop the heart or mind, to develop your own heart. This is very, very important. This training of the heart is the main emphasis. Buddhism is the religion of the heart. Only this! One who practices to develop the heart is one who practices Buddhism. I could not agree more with Ajhan Chah. Buddhism is the religion of heart, the religion of real spiritual love. And in my opinion, we come to experience this true love by negating the other plastic stuff.

Regards,
Bundokji