There are, however, rare instances in which we may notice love exhibiting itself even where there is no return of love.

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There are, however, rare instances in which we may notice love exhibiting itself even where there is no return of love. We may compare this kind of love, for purposes of illustration, to the love of the moth for the fire; the insect loves the fire, falls into it, and dies. It is indeed in the nature of this insect to love so. To love because it is the nature of love to love is undeniably the highest and the most unselfish manifestation of love that may be seen in the world.

Source Vivekananda, Para-Bhakti or Supreme Devotion, The Higher Knowledge and the Higher Love are One to the True Lover, §2 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Swami Vivekananda, the highest and most unselfish love is the one that loves even without return, simply because the nature of love is to love, like the moth irresistibly drawn to the flame. Today, love someone who will not be able to give it back to you, a stranger, an elderly person, an animal, through an entirely free gesture of care.

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