Gnostic Question of the Week

Based on this chapter of our magazine (The Marriage of Figaro), what can we say about love between couples?

Answer from the V.M. Samael Aun Weor.

What happens is that people haven't understood what love is, and they confuse all fear, all psychological slavery, all passion, etc., with what is called LOVE.

People don't know how to LOVE. If people knew how to love, life would truly be a paradise.

Those in LOVE believe they are in love, and many would even swear with blood that they are in love. But they are only PASSIONATE. Once PASSION is satisfied, the house of cards collapses.

PASSION often deceives the MIND and the HEART. Every PASSIONATE person believes they are IN LOVE.

It is very rare in life to find a couple who is truly in love. There are plenty of PASSIONATE couples, but it is extremely difficult to find a couple who are IN LOVE.

All artists sing about LOVE, but they don't know what LOVE is and they confuse PASSION with LOVE.

If there's one thing that's very difficult in this life, it's NOT confusing PASSION with LOVE.

PASSION is the most delicious and subtle poison imaginable; it always triumphs at the price of blood.

PASSION is one hundred percent SEXUAL; PASSION is brutal, but sometimes it's also very refined and subtle. It's always confused with LOVE.

Samael Aun Weor. Excerpt from the book: Fundamental Education.

Answer from the magazine "The The wisdom of the Being.".

"The Marriage of Figaro," which begins with an exquisite overture, is a monumental work that all engaged couples should watch with scrutinizing eyes to extract the magnificent message it conveys.

In it, we see that a man and a woman of beautiful feelings and attitudes, who are fortunate enough to emerge as lovers, thanks to the sacred fire of love, represented by the white dove of the Holy Spirit, in order to strengthen themselves in courtship—a fundamental foundation for a strong, stoic, and invincible marriage—must realize that true love must face all kinds of dangers: the temptation to explore each other's bodies before marriage, intrigue, machinations, ill will, deceitful attitudes, etc.

Important psychological factors, both their own and those of their peers, can always be overcome by lovers of awakened conscience, despite the moments of carelessness they may experience.

In the end, love triumphs over pretense, deception, and intrigue; love is the best source of guidance.

"Love is the best religion available." Samael Aun Weor.

The Magazine "The Wisdom of Being" 106: "The Marriage of Figaro."