Lessons On Love - There's Two!

There’s a moment in the journey where you realize that not all love is the same — that there are two kinds of love moving through this world. One is the love of the ego mind. The other is the love of the soul.

The love of the ego is the one we’re most familiar with. It’s the love we were taught. The love that says, I love you because... or as long as... It comes with rules, roles, fears, and desires. It clings, it demands, it negotiates. It can be warm and passionate, but underneath, it's tied to identity and survival, and separateness. This kind of love is more about what we get from someone — validation, safety, approval — than who we truly are with them.

Then there is another kind of love. A quieter, deeper kind. Soul-level love. This love doesn’t depend on what someone does, says, or becomes. It doesn’t need anything back. It just is. It exists as a state of being — a current that flows from and through everything. In this space, you love everything equally — the tree, the stranger, the friend, the one who broke your heart — not because they did anything to earn it, but because they are. This is the love that frees you and others at the same time. It doesn’t bind — it expands. It doesn’t chase — it allows.

It takes time to learn the difference. Often, we don’t know we’re in ego-love until it starts to hurt. Until we feel that tightness, that push-pull, that fear of losing or not being enough. But the more we touch that deeper love — even in quiet moments — the more we recognize it as the truth. The soul doesn’t love for a reason. It just loves, and in that, there’s peace.