[Redbook6:261][19890914:1148]{Love}[14th
September 1989]
19890914.1148
It
is relatively easy – if you are that kind of person – to love all
people in a generalised way, from a distance: as I did in my late
teens and early twenties.* It is quite common, as you pass round the
outer circle and get to know people moderately well by their
attributes in relation to your own, to grow to like and dislike
people on that basis. What we have to do as we get to know and
understand individuals better still is to grow to love all people for
what they are. In perfect communication is perfect Love – it is
only imperfect communication which, even as it improves, may for a
while reduce one’s liking for some {individuals}.
A
similar progress may occur in a love affair: first, being in love
with the ‘dream ideal’ identified in the other; then, like or
dislike on the basis of everyday attributes; and after this, real
Love for the real Spirit which is the Life inspiring the Soul of the
other.
*[[Redbook3:58-59][19870329:1210g](DEVELOPMENT
[continued(4)])[29th
March 1987]]
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