Love cannot come through fear, its basis is freedom.

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Then, and then alone we understand what love is. Love cannot come through fear, its basis is freedom. When we really begin to love the world, then we understand what is meant by brotherhood or mankind, and not before.

Source Vivekananda, Practical Vedanta and other lectures, Practical Vedanta: Part II, §16 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Swami Vivekananda, true love cannot be born of fear: its basis is freedom, and it is when we truly love the world that we understand what brotherhood is. Today, notice one gesture you make out of fear, of being judged or of displeasing, and replace it with a gesture freely chosen, out of love.

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