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19 | link: ouroboros_memory | 19 | link: ouroboros_memory |
20 | ... | 20 | ... |
21 | 21 | ||
22 | [God is love][], they say, but there [is][] \ | 22 | | [God is love][], they say, but there [is][] |
23 | no god. Therefore, how can there be love? \ | 23 | | no god. Therefore, how can there be love? |
24 | And if there is no love, how can there be God? \ | 24 | | And if there is no love, how can there be God? |
25 | There are things in life, I suppose, \ | 25 | | There are things in life, I suppose, |
26 | that are simply unanswerable mysteries \ | 26 | | that are simply unanswerable mysteries |
27 | of existence. Maybe this God and love are one. | 27 | | of existence. Maybe this God and love are one. |
28 | 28 | ||
29 | Maybe there are many loves, instead of one. \ | 29 | | Maybe there are many loves, instead of one. |
30 | The difference between [what isn't][] and what is \ | 30 | | The difference between [what isn't][] and what is |
31 | could merely be one of scope. The mystery \ | 31 | | could merely be one of scope. The mystery |
32 | is how we speak only of one love--- \ | 32 | | is how we speak only of one love--- |
33 | to act as though we know we are supposed \ | 33 | | to act as though we know we are supposed |
34 | to love only one other, or that one other and God. | 34 | | to love only one other, or that one other and God. |
35 | 35 | ||
36 | But supposing that one other is God? \ | 36 | | But supposing that one other is God? |
37 | What then? Is the God-lover to walk alone, \ | 37 | | What then? Is the God-lover to walk alone, |
38 | supported by God only when He feels He is supposed \ | 38 | | supported by God only when He feels He is supposed |
39 | to support her? What kind of love is \ | 39 | | to support her? What kind of love is |
40 | this? I would argue in fact this isn't love, \ | 40 | | this? I would argue in fact this isn't love, |
41 | this [one-set-of-footprints-in-the-sand][] mystery. | 41 | | this [one-set-of-footprints-in-the-sand][] mystery. |
42 | 42 | ||
43 | How to define two loves as one is the mystery. \ | 43 | | How to define two loves as one is the mystery. |
44 | It's obvious to many there is a thing called God, \ | 44 | | It's obvious to many there is a thing called God, |
45 | and just as obvious that there is one called love. \ | 45 | | and just as obvious that there is one called love. |
46 | Maybe we fool ourselves, we who can't be alone; \ | 46 | | Maybe we fool ourselves, we who can't be alone; |
47 | maybe we don't know what either God or love is. \ | 47 | | maybe we don't know what either God or love is. |
48 | Maybe, and perhaps; but I for one propose | 48 | | Maybe, and perhaps; but I for one propose |
49 | 49 | ||
50 | that we as only humans are not supposed \ | 50 | | that we as only humans are not supposed |
51 | to know or understand capital-L Life, that mystery. \ | 51 | | to know or understand capital-L Life, that mystery. |
52 | Isn't it enough to know that God is \ | 52 | | Isn't it enough to know that God is |
53 | love, and love is God, \ | 53 | | love, and love is God, |
54 | no matter which one \ | 54 | | no matter which one |
55 | does or does not exist? What is life, if no love, | 55 | | does or does not exist? What is life, if no love, |
56 | 56 | ||
57 | if no God? [Maybe][Maybe1] this saying, "God is love," \ | 57 | | if no God? [Maybe][Maybe1] this saying, "God is love," |
58 | is less a definition of God what what love is supposed \ | 58 | | is less a definition of God what what love is supposed |
59 | to be. Of these two terms, [maybe2][] the one \ | 59 | | to be. Of these two terms, [maybe2][] the one |
60 | we should capitalize is Love, that great mystery \ | 60 | | we should capitalize is Love, that great mystery |
61 | of chemistry and longing. Maybe "Love is god" \ | 61 | | of chemistry and longing. Maybe "Love is god" |
62 | is a more fitting [epigraph][] for what life is | 62 | | is a more fitting [epigraph][] for what life is |
63 | 63 | ||
64 | [made of:][made of] Love, that most delicate, most misty \ | 64 | | [made of:][made of] Love, that most delicate, most misty |
65 | 65 | | of all emotions, is supposed to be their god, | |
66 | of all emotions, is supposed to be their god, \ | 66 | | as the one that binds us, that was, that will be, that is. |
67 | as the one that binds us, that was, that will be, that is. | ||
68 | 67 | ||
69 | [is]: i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.html | 68 | [is]: i-wanted-to-tell-you-something.html |
70 | [God is love]: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+4%3A8&version=NIV | 69 | [God is love]: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+4%3A8&version=NIV |