Hate desensitizes the conscience, leading to a state of confusion and disarray. When you give up hate, you become conscious again. When consumed by hate, you lose your true direction in life. It makes you believe that loving the person you hate is normal, blurring the lines between love and hate.

Hate gives you a false sense of direction. It causes you to rely on external forces to guide your decisions and actions. This seems common, but in reality, it is the opposite of being awake and conscious.

Once you let go of hate, a new level of awareness will emerge within yourself. You will start to see the disarray in your life more clearly. You will realize that it has always been there but was masked by feelings of hate. In this awakened state, you should not fall into the trap of love either.

True Love

It’s important not to love anything in the world because true love can’t coexist with worldly attachments. Loving something or someone in this world can hinder your ability to truly love God. You can’t love the world and love God at the same time. To find inner peace and happiness, give up love and hate.

Falling in love is often seen as a romantic ideal. However, it can lead us down a path of selfishness. It also leads to dependence. We become reliant on someone for our sense of worth. We depend on them for emotional support and fulfillment. The feeling of being loved by another person can give an ego boost. It creates a false sense of grandeur. This ultimately distances us from what real love truly means. This lulls our conscience into ignoring the anxieties. These anxieties arise when we are not being loved or appreciated as much as we wish.

Feeling-Based Love

Love can be addictive when someone tells us they love us and makes us feel like a god. It can be hard not to crave those feelings constantly. This feeling-based “love” only serves as an artificial source of validation rather than genuine affection. There are different kinds of love. Ultimately, these feelings can become distorted if they rely solely on emotions rather than true selflessness.

The concept of “feeling” love extends beyond romantic relationships; it includes familial connections as well as professional attachments. Attaching feelings like eroticism towards family members distorts genuine emotions. It can lead you down a dangerous path.

True warmth comes from God when we let go of artificial warmth from worldly sources. By freeing ourselves from reliance on others for affection or validation, only then can we truly give unselfish attention and care to those around us without corrupting them with our own desires. For example, a man may have sexual feelings towards his daughter and may have thoughts about violating her. A selfish person can give love only to what gives him feelings. Whatever gives him feelings, lies to him.

Mindful meditation allows us to see our feelings rise and disappear without clinging to them for validation or comfort. We can learn to detach ourselves from selfish desires. This detachment comes from practicing mindfulness techniques like meditation regularly. These desires are often rooted in emotional attachment.

Conclusion

• Letting go of hate opens up new levels of awareness.
• It’s important not to have attachments toward individuals and material things.
• We should strive towards living without “loving” anyone.
• The real meaning behind “falling out” of “falling in love.”
• By letting go of artificial sources of warmth one opens themselves up to real warmth.
• Meditation helps discern real emotions versus fabricated ones.

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