Love is not a condition (short)
What if everything you’ve been taught about love is wrong? In this short talk, Barry Long challenges the common belief that love and joy are emotions, revealing instead that they are inner states of being—always present, unconditional, and free from attachment. In a world that confuses love with emotional attachment, this talk invites you to see beyond conditioning and experience love and joy as they truly are.
LANGUAGE: English
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DURATION: 6 minutes
EPISODE NOTES
Extracts from this episode:
'I want to make it clear that joy is not an emotion because the world thinks that joy, beauty and love are emotions – and they are not.'
'Emotion is always out – "e" meaning out, "motion" meaning movement – emotion is always trying to go out. It tries to make a point; it tries to hit back. "You're mine," it says. "You're no good," it says. "I resent what you've done to me," it says. "You must understand me," it says. This is all emotion.'
'Love is a state – like joy is a state – like sweetness is a state – like beauty is a state – and this state is within. And it's just there.'
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