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Eye on the world: A deeper sense of love
In an article titled “Paris helps unlock true love” The Christian Science Monitor observes that Paris, in removing nearly a million “love locks” from the Pont des Arts bridge and taking steps to deter future locks, “did a big favor … for love itself …” by encouraging couples to “express their devotion in more enduring ways.” The Monitor notes that other ways of expressing affection “could at least suggest that love should be less earthbound .... It may demand more of a union of hearts, even qualities of character, than a physical object might.”
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Passages from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy:
“A pure affection, concentric, forgetting self, forgiving wrongs and forestalling them, should swell the lyre of human love” (Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896, p. 107 ).
“The substance of all devotion is the reflection and demonstration of divine Love, healing sickness and destroying sin” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 241 ).
“If the motives of human affection are right, the affections are enduring and achieving” (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 268 ).
Related articles from The Christian Science Journal:
In “Real Attraction”: “True affection between individuals ... rests upon the enduring spiritual qualities which are the strength and basis of right attraction; and spiritual strength is the substance of every right human relationship.” And, “As the false qualities of mortal sense are replaced in human thought with the true qualities of divine Love, our sense of human love is purified and exalted, friendships, marriage, and family relationships become more beautiful and enduring, and the real attraction of Spirit is increasingly demonstrated.”
In “From emotion to spiritual affection”: “Fellowship that rests on spiritual affection is both fulfilling and enduring. Spiritual affection reflects infinite Love, so it gives of its own amplitude. It’s lasting because Spirit, in which it has its source, never ends. It’s an aspect of our real being as Spirit’s expression.” And, “Replacing the errant pull of emotion with the constancy of spiritual affection brings deep blessings…. We find stronger relationships. And we increasingly feel ourselves sheltered within Love’s perfect care.”
The articles above and others dealing with this subject can be found on JSH-Online.com or on CSMonitor.com.