If someone shows you a lot of love, how do you react? Often, you don’t know how to respond. You feel obliged and bound. You shrink or shy away. You may feel foolish and awkward, or try to reciprocate, even though it isn’t genuine. You may even doubt the love expressed or your own worthiness.

The ability to receive genuine love comes with the ability to give love. The more you are centered- and by experience know that you are love- the more you feel at home with any amount of love, a little or a lot. Deep inside, you will know, love isn’t an emotion; it is your very existence.

There are three types of love: the love that comes out of charm, that which comes out of comfort or familiarity, and Divine love. The love that comes out of charm doesn’t last long. It comes out of unfamiliarity or attraction. In this, you lose the attraction fast, and boredom sets in. This love may diminish, and bring fear, uncertainty, insecurity, and sadness along with it.

The love that comes out of comfort and familiarity grows. However, this love has........

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