Posted on Sep 27, 2007

by Margaret Chen
27 September 2007

*“Love each other, or perish” W.H. Auden*

Love stirs. Love is passionate. How can love be zen?

Zen is moderation and contemplation, about “nothingness”, about absence of emotions and desires. Can love be zen?

On the surface, love seems to be about as opposite to zen as can be…

The state of zen comes from self awareness, and love that is wise and generous and positive must also come from self awareness, and the ability to be at peace with one’s self. Only then can a person hope to find a complementary person to share his/her life and love.

Love embraces and accepts, it is all that is positive. Acheiving self awareness is a first step towards finding love that lasts, in all of love’s manifestations.

..... Stop here Please click here to read: Life Lessons: “What is the True Definition of Love?” Part I...by Silent Sky, published on 22 July 2009 LOVE IS RESPECT: TEEN DATING ABUSE HELPLINE ANNOUNCES 'THE LOVE CAMPAIGN', by nycScribbler, 24 September 2008 September 2007 Editorial Theme: "L O V E" ... by Margaret Chen, Editor-in-Chief, Aug 29, 2007