True loyalty doesnt exist.
Sure it does...if you've got a dog Wink
Guardian - So true. Dogs are amazing animals, and a gift to humans in my opinion.
I so agree. My own little pup, and all of my animal companions, have been a gift to me. My dogs, as 'predator animals' and my horses as 'prey animals', have taught me so much. It would take an entire thread to share those lessons. Or maybe my interpretations of those lessons.
It is great that I can take out the trash, or I can come home from a 12 hr shift, and my pup is just as happy to see me! That when I go to bed on a cold night there she is cuddling next to me under the covers, keeping me warm. When I cry, she is there to lick my tears. When I really could use a walk, she is there to nudge me to the door, and will just plop down in the grass, sunbathing, as if to say 'Mom just relax with me in the sunlight'. Or to watch her joy in chasing a lizard, or a squirrel up a tree, to watch it turn upside down at a safe distance, and say 'ha ha you can't jump this high'!!
They are great friends and companions. And I have no doubt that they truly love us in their own way. I also think that we have a responsibility to them, not only in the physical as caretakers, but also in the realm of the 'heart' to accept their expression of love and to reciprocate.
But I think that maybe, as we make our journey through the densities, the definition of 'love' expands. And it may include what we have been gifted to experience from our 2D animal companions , and it may also include so many other concepts that we may never truly understand it in it's entirety in this lifetime. And maybe that is why we have been fed so many lies, and fantasy definitions of 'love' over the course of of our lives. Because understanding 'what is love' may be pivotal to our spiritual evolution. IE: Romantic Love, Platonic Love, Compassionate Love, Maternal Love, Sexual Love (maybe Lust), Religious Love (which varies according to the religion), etc.
Personally, I really like the C's definition that 'Love is Light is Knowledge'. It seems so simple, but I have a hard time applying it simplistically in my everyday life. Maybe I just don't have enough knowledge yet. Maybe it is not as 'simple' as it sounds!! But, If I can accept, appreciate and give back the 'love' from my animal companions who appear to be so pure of heart, and even if I am not so certain of the professed love from fellow Humans, I may still be on my way to understanding Love. After all this Human Species appears to be quite complicated!
Love,!!!
Laurie!