LOVE VS TRUTH: How the truth shall make you free
“What the world needs now, is love sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” These words from a song popularized by Jackie DeShannon in 1965 and subsequently recorded by many well-known vocalists, are still repeated by those wishing for a better world than the conflict-filled and corruption-ridden world we presently live in. If there was just more love, wars would come to an end, crime rates would go down, poverty would decrease and virtually all of humankind’s problems would begin to be solved.
At the risk of offending all such idealists I would offer a resounding NO to this notion. No, what the world needs now is not love, sweet love. What it needs is truth, sharp truth, or we could say the truth of love. Granted, love is what makes the world go ‘round. I believe this was first affirmed by Aristotle. Love is the elemental force that drives all creation, not only on Earth but throughout the whole universe. Every living thing is powered by love: plants, trees, insects, animals and human beings. In view of this, there is plenty of love on Earth, and when it comes to human beings, since there are more of us on Earth than ever in recorded history, there is more love moving through human beings than ever before.
Every Day is Earth Day
2012-11-17 11:44:59
Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2012/11/love-vs-truth-how-truth-shall-make-you.html
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