Great post. I used to be a little wary of eros in spirituality but I've had a change of heart over the last couple of years. I can't help wondering about eros and God. If God has given me the gift of life because God is so good and purely giving, that's nice of God. But if God did it partly because God really wants me, desires me, desires that I be part of God community of love, that's way better (to me, to my feeling loved) that just God being nice and full of agape. To think that God actually wants me - wow! That makes all the difference.
Beautifully written. My takeaway is to listen to my desires because what they are on the surface is not necessarily what they are about on a deeper level.
Thanks for this! I've never thought of these two as part of a spectrum, and I'm really intrigued to reflect on them in this way. And this is the second time today that I've seen Presence (with a capital P) indicating something sacred. I plan to settle with that in my heart for a bit.
Great post. I used to be a little wary of eros in spirituality but I've had a change of heart over the last couple of years. I can't help wondering about eros and God. If God has given me the gift of life because God is so good and purely giving, that's nice of God. But if God did it partly because God really wants me, desires me, desires that I be part of God community of love, that's way better (to me, to my feeling loved) that just God being nice and full of agape. To think that God actually wants me - wow! That makes all the difference.
Beautifully written. My takeaway is to listen to my desires because what they are on the surface is not necessarily what they are about on a deeper level.
Thought-provoking and beautifully said.
Thanks for this! I've never thought of these two as part of a spectrum, and I'm really intrigued to reflect on them in this way. And this is the second time today that I've seen Presence (with a capital P) indicating something sacred. I plan to settle with that in my heart for a bit.