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“Love is the opposite of fear” ?

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | November 10th, 2008

What is love?”
“The total absence of fear,” said the Master.
“What is it we fear?”
“Love,” said the Master. (Anthony de Mello)
Do you all agree? Is Love is the opposite of fear?
Dozens of blogs and articles online say this. Personally I don’t think it’s that simple though. I think various emotions can exist inside us at the [...]

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Spiritual Growth and Sunyata

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | September 4th, 2008

I explained the difference and convergence of Sunyata and Nirvana yesterday. Today I want to go into what that means for every day spirituality. This is where the Buddhist tradition offers a variety of responses. There are those who feel that one first has to practice virtue, live up to the ideals of the many [...]

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