What is Love?/ Ahavah /אַהֲבָה

First written in Sept. 1989

Revised: June 25th 2026

Trigger Warning : Parental Discretion is advised

 What is Love/ Ahavah?

Some say “Love” is unconditional

Some say being in love is a form of “Slavery”

Some say Love is “Bondage”

If  that “Love” is only coming from a  place of

 “Ego” and “I” and “Want”

Some say “Love” is a form of Freedom

“Love” and  to become

Can Love be unconditional in certain circumstances?

I love so I feel good and bad and every emotion in between

I love so I can be human

What is it to truly be alive?

Is it Freedom from all ailments?

Or  is it the strength to be able to overcome them

And share your experience and strength and hope with others ?

In hopes to make meaning out of your own suffering and turn it into light?

This way your own darkness and burdens can be used to elevate and support others

so that their burdens can be lifted and healed to.

Or is  “love” the vices we choose because we our human?

And because that “person”, “place” ,or “thing”,  professes their “love” to us?

And in our darkest hours

And at the times of our most profound struggles and pain

both individually  and collectively

Sometimes, but not always

This type of “Love” or illusion will whisper to us late at night

or early in the morning

Slowly and Seductively

And if we are not anchored in the “Truth”

And our own personal truth

This fantasy will catch us off guard

And in those moments of despair

This false belief will have the power to overcome and control us

Even if we are loved and have a whole life filled with love

It will not be enough to fill that hole or emptiness

Not in such rare and extreme cases

This Phantom and mirage will have the power to penetrate so deep within our hearts, minds, and souls

That........

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