Seth on The Language of Love It is almost commonplace to say that those who are in love can converse without words. Dramas and stories of all kinds have been written about the inner kind of communication that seems to take place between mother and children, sister and brother,or lover and beloved. Love itself seems to quicken the physical senses, so that even the most minute gestures attain additional significance and meaning. Myths and tales are formed in which those who love communicate, though one is dead while the other lives. The experience of love also deepens the joy of the moment, even while it seems to emphasize the briefness of mortality. Though loves expression brilliantly illuminates its instant, at the same time that momentary brilliance contains within it an intensity that defies time, and is somehow eternal. In your world you identify as yourself only, and yet love can expand that identification to such an extent that the intimate awareness of another individual is often a significant portion of your own consciousness. You look outward at the world not only through your eyes, but also, to some extent at least, through the eyes of another. It is true to say, then, that a portion of you figuratively walks with this other person as he or she goes about separate from you in space. All of this also applies to the animals to varying degrees. Even in animal groups, individuals are not only concerned with personal survival, but with the survival of family members. Each individual in an animal group is aware of the others situations. The expression of love is not confirmed to your own species, therefore, nor is tenderness, loyalty, or concern. Love indeed does have its own language--a basic nonverbal one with deep biological connotations. It is the initial basic language from which all others spring, for all languages purposes rise from those qualities natural to loves expression-the desire to communicate, create, explore, and to join with the beloved. Seth (Jane Roberts), The Nature of The Psyche, Chapter 6. (Thanks to Asuman Altan)
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