Love is a Self-Referral Phenomenon

<p>None of us can imagine a world without love, but how many of us actually know what love truly is? </p><p>Is it the romantic, idealized love that we see in story and song all around us, or is there something deeper, something ‘richer’ than what we’ve been ‘sold’ over the centuries.</p><p>As you would expect, the Vedic worldview holds that there is something deeper and richer to love than that which the vast majority of us experience.</p><p>Ironically, the thing that prevents us from experiencing true love for others, is the lack of Self love. Listen in as Thom explains the ‘mechanics’ of love and the Self-referral phenomenon that it is.</p><p><strong>Episode Highlights: </strong></p><p>[00:45] I Love Your Shoes</p><p>[01:54] Let's Take Love Seriously</p><p>[02:40] Existence is Made Relevant by Consciousness</p><p>[04:15] Is-ness and Am-ness</p><p>[06:07] A Response Proves Consciousness</p><p>[07:38] Why Does the One Become Many?</p><p>[09:35] Love is a Desirable State</p><p>[10:48] The Love of Self for Itself</p><p>[12:00] Sympathetic Vibration</p><p>[13:44] Resonance</p><p>[14:45] What Makes Love a Selective Phenomenon?</p><p>[16:21] Self Recognizing The Self</p><p>[17:39] I Love When You Are Like Me</p><p>[19:03] Under the Same Roof</p><p>[20:34] We Don't Want a Mirror Image of Ourself</p><p>[21:59] Love is a Product of Relatability</p><p>[23:42] State of Consciousness Explains Behaviors</p><p>[25:12] Empathy - Experience What Other Person is Experiencing</p><p>[26:19] I Reject the Person Because S/he is Unlike Me</p><p>[28:09] Our Capacity to See the Bigger Picture</p><p>[29:44] Have You Always Been Such a Gorgeous Being?</p><p>[31:05] All Things Are Love in Potential</p><p>[32:17] Transcendence Helps Us Discover Sympathetic Vibration</p><p>[34:04] Consciousness Experiencing Consciousness</p><p>[35:37] The State of Oneness</p><p>[37:23] Step Beyond the Incessant Tendency to Think</p><p>[38:49] The Reservoir of Infinite Creativity</p><p>[40:24] Your Social Responsibility</p><p>[41:55] A Disciplined Approach t