We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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It is the deep urge to be one with the whole, the deep urge to dissolve I and thou into one unity. Love is that because we are separated from our own source, out of that separation the desire arises to fall back into the whole, to become one with it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses the deep longing for unity and connection with others, stemming from our sense of separation.
This quote reflects the profound human desire to transcend individuality and merge with a greater whole. It suggests that love arises from a fundamental separation from our source, creating a yearning to reconnect and experience unity with others, highlighting the transformative power of love in bridging this gap.
Themes
LoveUnityConnectionSeparationDesire
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared during a wedding ceremony to emphasize the nature of love as unity.
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