The Misconceptions of Love

If we must heed the call to spread love, we should be careful about the way in which we go about it so we don’t get too caught up with our own superficiality. For some of us, it might be beyond the scope of our wildest dreams. We may tend to doctor it, change the scope of its parameters and adapt own concepts in lieu of its significance. Our minds might also become warped in a way as to expect linearity from everyone but ourselves. To achieve resounding success, the ratio of the love we share to what we receive should be invariably balanced, the type that would have a positive integer with great reciprocity and a scale that tips in everyone’s favor.

The world isn’t balanced though, and people’s behavior is a lot more eccentric than we think. Besides, everyone may not be on the same page as far as solidifying equitable and sustainable support for love. Some might tend to add imbalance to the scale, thus offsetting the epicenter causing it to crumble like a building without a firm foundation. The mere thought that we can find rationality in one another to bring balance is a positive one, but human error wouldn’t allow it. In fact, our innate weakness is so dominant, our overwhelming misconceptions would massively disrupt the dynamics of the scale.

Why then would we be so raring to go with great insight but fundamentally shallow and unstable in our base? Maybe we possess the energy that can keep us afloat for a little while and the where-with-all to master some of the challenges we would come across in life, but most of us are still clad in our fountain of youth and the limited knowledge we can boast of does not afford us the experience to venture out on our own. Also preparedness is the key to achieving success and if we are not equipped with the tools required for the job then failure will ensue.

So realistically we might not be ready to take on such a challenge, and to add insult to injury, our unrealistic expectations may give too much credibility to a false sense of hope, causing us to sometimes expect gain without investments, hoping it will bring results. Oftentimes we become too absorbed with our own personal issues that we forget about the basic principles of life. Truth, honesty and devotion. This is probably the most powerful three dimensional force forming an unbreakable and formidable alliance towards the sustenance of love. They are spiritually inseparable and fundamentally required to stabilize the base while helping us achieve balance. This alliance is exactly what the world needs if we should integrate more sustainable harmony among ourselves.

Trust can also be added as another component to this great dimension. We know for a fact that there is no love without trust. Love would perish, the same way spirituality without faith cannot survive the trials of time. So when we try to spread love, we must consider the moral value of trust, and take into account the value of its spiritual purpose, so its true relevance isn't undermined. The interrelation between faith and trust cannot be overstated. We need them like we need a dose of medicine in our waking life. Unfortunately, we do not have the bragging rights to say that we are blessed with the inclusion of these fundamental qualities in our lives. Faith, the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not yet seen is far from our world of reality, while trust requires the intrusion of the time factor, a quality that could hypothetically take forever to build.

The acquisition of trust can be accomplished through patience, the most virtuous gift given to mankind, but the virtue of acquiring patience cannot be inherited. It is by the process of adaptation through self-discipline. In order to avert the collision course on misconception, it would be critical for us to nurture our spiritual gratification for trust, while inviting faith to replace our insecurity. Moreover, taking on a more pragmatic approach would help bring us to a greater level of understanding.

So evidently, there is a lot more to love than meet the eyes. It is much deeper than the human imagination can fathom and to put it into perspective, it embodies the epitome of truth, honesty and devotion. The absence of any of these vital components can be downright destructive, creating discord in its due constructive process and in effect can be the cause of the many misconceptions we have today about love.

We can break barriers and help change this corrupt society and the unscrupulousness of the people where we live, but we have to continue working tirelessly to first change our attitude and beliefs, defy the odds working against us, give impetus to the spirit, and say no to those lustful desires weighing us down. For if we continue to revel in our folly, perpetually denying our inner spiritual urges, in actuality we are opening up the doors to immorality and iniquity, inadvertently allowing our weaknesses to control our destiny. Therefore, we cannot reap the fruits of the spirit, and consequently, truth, honesty and devotion cannot be fully effective in the absence of the spirit.

So in reality, if we remove the cynicism that besets true love and treat it with the honor and respect it deserves, make it a part of our daily lives, give unto others in the same manner as we want others give unto us , then we can negate all the prejudices and misconceptions in our minds about it. Without bias, we would share it the way it was meant to be shared and that should bring about the eternal bliss and lasting change we are looking for. Nothing should stop us from going out on a limb to resuscitate the mission for change, because while this mission is not impossible, adjournment should not be an option.