{"id":33,"date":"2010-09-20T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/2010\/09\/learn-about-love.html"},"modified":"2010-09-20T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T01:00:00","slug":"learn-about-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2010\/09\/learn-about-love.html","title":{"rendered":"Learn About Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Andalus\"><font size=\"4\">Love is not a commodity to be traded in exchange for security, comfort or companionship. The source of love is not another person. It is within you and from the One Source. Love heals. Love with abandon without fear of being abandoned. Love without limits begins with Self love. Love never dies, even if the person does. It is okay to love the person and dislike the behavior. The Beatles were only partly right when they said &#8220;All you need is love.&#8221;&#8230; love is indeed all we are&#8230;<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\" face=\"Andalus\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\" face=\"Andalus\">Deepak Chopra has said:&nbsp; &#8220;<font face=\"\">Love is not just a sentiment. Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.&#8221; <\/font><br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Andalus\"><font size=\"4\">What have you learned about love?<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Love is not a commodity to be traded in exchange for security, comfort or companionship. The source of love is not another person. It is within you and from the One Source. Love heals. Love with abandon without fear of being abandoned. Love without limits begins with Self love. 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