1)If God is love, love is God, for mathematically if A=B then B=A, unless A is a subset of B, but can God be a subset of something, I thought he was the all of it?
2) How can God be a release of chemicals from the brain. Whether love comes from the soul (which science disagrees but many believe that), or from the brain, it is a process, not a thing, because love is created, even if it does come from the soul. Can God be a process?
3) Does it mean God is loving? If so, it is a bit confusing to say X is Y, if X is doing Y. You must say it as "God is loving" because just because I am walking, doesn't mean I'm walk.
I think this is the topic I write about most often on RF
My eastern understanding of Love, based on Vedic teachings, is as follows:
Love and
love are different.
love is derived from
Love, but it is not complete or it is only a small reflection.
When we say that God is
Love, we are not referring to the chemical reaction in the brain that makes you feel overwhelmed with affection or attachment or obsession.
Love, put simply, is Unity. On a spiritual platform, we believe that all things are part of the One. Each individual is one piece of a great puzzle, so to speak. In reality, there is no actual duality and what we see to be duality is classified as Maya (illusion).
An aspect of Realisation/Enlightenment is understanding and perceiving this Oneness with all things. We are not at that stage of spiritual development now, but our every experience brings us closer. Every time we have an experience or come into contact with something/someone, we form a perceived connection. The more we have experience and contact with that same thing, the more it becomes sensed as a part of our own self. Therefore in life our love is ever expanding.
Love then is the growing awareness of the existence of something else and the awareness in itself is the growing perception that this something else is a part of you. When we
love someone or something, it is a reflection that this person or thing has a close connection with your self. The closest connection feels so much that the individual is part of you that if they left you, it can feel that you are no longer 'whole'.
When one reaches true Realisation, a complete perception of reality, there is the same deepest sense of connection with all things and therefore, you live in Love. There can never be a sense of loss or disconnection because on a spiritual platform you are eternally connected. Separation is only an illusion that can exist while we live in ignorance.
Love is the goal. Love is Unity. Love is Reality. And Love is God, as God is the Whole.
I hope that made some sense.
