https://choprafoundation.org/daily-inspiration/daily-inspiration-266/ Committed to Creating a Peaceful, Just, Sustainable, Healthy, and Joyful World. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:01:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://choprafoundation.org/daily-inspiration/daily-inspiration-266/#comment-803 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:01:55 +0000 http://deepakchopra.com/?p=13887#comment-803 I’ve always admired your gentle spirit Deepak. But, from my humble perspective, “non-love” is no illusion. It’s far too real, and its havoc-reeking evidence is all around us. Violence, child abuse, rape, deception, and countless other examples of human behavior that create very real pain and suffering, serve as poignant demonstrations of the reality of the human heart. I suppose that your point is that the true self is good, so, when people do, or think, or experience, bad things, or non-loving things, because these actions are counter to their true loving nature, they are illusionary. Again, I beg to differ. I believe that the true self is conflicted, not perfect, or perfectible on its own. We are broken vessels in need of repair, and pretending that everything but love is illusionary, covers up the deepest need that we all have. That need for the repair.

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