I've been around the block religion wise, and I don't let go of things when the label changes. At the moment, I would be an agnostic, but you'll hear me use "we" when talking about Jewish, Mormon, Protestant, and Atheist ideas. This isn't a post about any particular religion or set of beliefs (but if you want to share yours, my pms are open) but about something that every one of the religions I've practiced and nearly every one I've studied shared.
For the intents of when I say love here, I'm referring to the act of including someone else in your definition of self and being selfish on their behalf, to selfishly want them to gain what they want. True Service is loving someone else. Great Service comes from treating them as a complete person, just as you are, to the best of your ability, to love them.
I think I'm over romance. My divorce took it out of me, at least for the time being. But love. I do love the experience of successfully loving someone. To successfully incorporate their personhood into my world and seek for them what they seek for themselves with the passion of what I seek for myself, even if it's only for a time.
This may sound all hippie silly whatever, and that's ok if you laughed, laugh! I'm a funky looking dude with some wackjob ideas.
Does anyone else crave this though? It's like a drug to me. Any great or small experiences with this to share?
Mods if this is inappropriate, my apologies ahead of time, first post and all.