Do you know love like I know love?

The love that I feel is word-less
Nothing can truly explain how powerful of an experience it is
It runs deep in the earth like a bottomless well
For those fortunate enough to find it – from it they drink
Filling their life force with love nourishment
Charging their emotions energizing their soul

I found this well

Before - my love was sufficient, it at least lead me to the well
But until I drank from the depths of true loving existence
I knew not just how little I loved

Before my love made me not
Not do wrong – Not say this – Not be kind – Not understand
Not remember that I was to not do that this time
But now that I have drank from the well of true love
I know a different love
A love that knows more than - not

Now my love makes me do
Without knowing I act in a way that creates our happiness
My love now makes me see
Not even hesitating to focus I see the path to our goals
This love gives me strength
Without the conjuring of its presence I find the brawn to conquer conflict

Yes it is true - before - my love was sufficient

It made me smile and rejoice in the times void of pain
It was even at times strong enough to give me joy through the pain
While still good, sometimes it was the source of my pain

But after I drank, my love was changed.
Do you know love like I know love?
If you know love at all then it can show you how to get to the well
All wells pour from the same cup – the same ancient source of life
The love in my well is not foreign to the love you will find from yours
You need only to want more from your love to see the path to its discovery

Without disrespecting the love you were blessed to find thus far
Ask your love, are you the same kind of love that they know?
Those fortunate enough to find a love deeper then the one you find by chance
The love you find from discovery and journey not from bed or bar
Those common things might make love find you – make love stop for you to see it
But are you strong enough to find love where it lives?

Are you strong enough to seek the well at its source?

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Why are we as American’s having such problems stamping out the international threat of terror?

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Could it be true that the reason why we as the offense in this battle are having such problems stamping out the international threat of terror is because offensive tactics on an unsuspecting populace result in defensive actions to protect the perception of innocence?

When a big brother takes an unsolicited swipe at his younger sister, in reflex she hits back. Regardless of how swift or how reciprocal her action is, there will be retaliation. So goeth the nature of man.
Likewise when the sister seeks her revenge on her brother, if it is sweet and effective he will have no choice, but to either accept his defeat and re-evaluate how he treats his sister or find another method of attach for which she will have no ability to defend.

The problem is – in relation to the Middle East – the true offensive and defensive forces aren't clearly defined to all involved and those same positions change depending on your perception. Many think that we reacted to the 9-11 attacks when we chose the current course of action in that region. Others think that the 9-11 attacks themselves were retaliation to a past assertion of our power in a region that didn’t solicit it.

Regardless of which came first the chicken or the war I think the root of the issue behind why we as the “American Forces” cannot find unilateral support internationally on our efforts to liberate the oppressed in the Arab Middle East isn’t because of exit strategies, or civil war determinates, or anything politically relevant in the media. I think the root is in the perception of who is in the right. . . the person that is hitting now or the person who got hit first.

***Food for Though: If the general conception of the American public is that “we are not being made aware of everything” how do you think absolute awareness would benefit the situation?
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Would it be right to say, that historically religion is more rooted in society than philosophy?

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If the World's oldest religions began between 4500 and 3000 years B.C.E. But Philosophy came into the world only after 650 B.C.E. would it be right to say, that historically religion is more rooted in society than philosophy? Why?

This might sound a little weird coming from a believer in Christ but I do think that religion as we know it – ancient as it may be – is man made. Though the Creator exists and did create the world in His image the organized religions on the planet of today that follow the man made scripted cannons of late are just that . . . man. These individualistic religious creations in turn produce followers to reorganized truths orchestrated in a way that furthers the religions agendas not the Creators. Though I believe that the emotional connection one has with the Creator is real and pure, as well as one’s personal understanding of how the Creator created life, love, and faith is paramount to true clear religious perception – I think that as people began to see the true nature of the organized religious machine philosophy was then created to explain the developing discontent with society.

Being that religion was so rooted in the structure of life, as people choose to disconnect themselves with the group explanations of creation and salvation – the human model was investigated – and schools of philosophical thoughts emerged. Just as religious foundations exploded all over the world at different speeds and from different pools of culture so did philosophy. As different philosophers tackled different cultural rifts and human tendencies different philosophical models emerged.

Personally I think that as people become secure in their own religious beliefs they see the cohesiveness of self study and communal acceptance versus the modern characteristic of religion that attracts those seeking self acceptance and communal study.

***Food for Thought – Is your philosophy on life based on your experiences in society or your religious preference?
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