Love and Barbarism

Love is a deep caring for the welfare of another human being.
Love is empathy at full volume.
Love is an incredible emotion.
Love is like a gasp of air when we are drowning in a frigid sea of destructive emotions.
Love is the key to self-mastery which enables us to permanently wrest control from the barbarian mind.
Love is the means by which humanity will finally elevate itself out of the ice age of barbarism.

Love versus Fear:
Love can make you totally fearless.
When you are in love you care so deeply for that other person that you would gladly sacrifice your life before allowing any harm to come to them.
More so it turns on your natural empathy for all human beings and other living creatures.

Love versus Anger:
With enough love in your heart you cannot be angered by attacks from others.
Your natural empathy for other human beings will lead you to see and focus on the fear and pain behind their aggression and to have compassion for them.

Love versus Self-Pity:
Love enables us to avoid and escape the cruel and endless destructive cycle of self-absorption and victimhood that keeps us trapped in the barbarian mind states.
All non-physical pain is entirely self-inflicted.
Love teaches us to stop hurting ourselves.
Loving others and being loved in return enables us to love ourselves.
Love vanquishes pain!

There is not enough love in this world.

The more love that each of us has in our hearts the better able we are to control our negative emotions and the more beautiful the world becomes for us. And through our actions in reciprocity the more beautiful we make it for others. The world really is what we make of it. The more people in this world who are consumed by love the less conflict and suffering there will be.
This is how barbarism dies.

Why aren’t we there already? Why is there so much pain and suffering in this world and so little love? Why are we STILL so deep in the age of barbarism?

I believe that the ancient moral codes by which we live are the main impediment. These codes are the product of the age of barbarism and need to be re-examined. These moral codes are largely based on “fear”.

We live in a world of overflowing abundance but our fear blinds us to this. The scarcity mindset pre-dominates in the age of barbarism. But scarcity is an illusion. “Fear of lack” is unjustified but it drives the moral codes of the barbarians. Above all we fear that we will be without love.

When we search for our one true love or soul-mate we are succumbing to the destructive illusion of scarcity. When we find love and then fear losing it we are succumbing to the destructive illusion of scarcity. When we eventually do lose it – through death or decision – and allow ourselves to be overcome with feelings of loss we are succumbing to the destructive illusion of scarcity.

Fear is the path to barbarism. To overcome fear is to choose not to walk this path. And that which we fear above all else is a lack of love. I believe that facing and overcoming this fear is not only the key to enduring personal happiness; it is the also the key to ending all variety of conflict in the world and elevating ourselves out of the age of barbarism once and for all.

“You know it’s love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.”n~Julia Robertsnn“Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls”n~Khalil Gibra

This is “love without attachment” and it is the only true form of love that exists.

So if the one that you love has love for another then this is a cause for joy not suffering.
And if they are no longer with you but they are happy then you too should feel great joy for them.

Your focus determines your reality.

Choose to treasure the joyous memories of the time that you were together, let go of the hurt and wish them well.

Choose to live with love in your heart at all times and encourage others to do the same. By this means we will build a better world for ourselves and our posterity.