Esoteric Lesson
A second concept to meditate on is love. What the average person calls “love” is often nothing more than blatant selfishness. Even the love of a mother caring for her sick child is often only an expression of selfishness, trembling with the pain of losing the child. True love is always productive. That is why, as harsh as it may sound, almost only artists have any idea of love today, as they devote themselves entirely to their work. Thus, the gods created our earth out of love by devoting themselves entirely to their creation and, so to speak, sweating creation out of themselves.
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