From Teachings on Love by Thich Nhat Hahn
* Love with intention but without understanding is not true love.
* To love with understanding, we must look deeply to see and understand the needs, aspirations, and sufferings of one another.
* To live and love with compassion, we must have deep concern, listen and look deeply at one another, be in deep communication and communion with one another, so that we can grasp each other's pain, and offer some relief.
* Happiness relates to mind and body; Joy relates to the mind. Joy offers peace and contentment.
* Dwell in mindfulness...
* Equanimity = nonattachement, nondiscrimination, evenmindedness, "letting go"
* there is no "self," there is no "other"
* Freedom is preserved in true love. True love does not use another to fulfull the self.
* Interbeing nature of Immeasureable Minds -- True love is filled with compassion, joy, and equanimity. True compassion is filled with joy, love, and equanimity. True joy is filled with love, equanimity, and compassion. True equanimity is filled with love, joy and compassion.
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