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Originally Posted by Honza
Christ's teachings go beyond self love, as does that of the Old Testament. The complete Bible does not teach that self love is the answer; which is what the Hindus and New Age would have us believe.
Self love really is the dark side of love. It is love but it is very self absorbed and not necessarily virtuous or ethical. The Bible is mainly about whole love which Christ summed up as love of self, others and God. NOT just the flaming self.
Get over yourselves! So what you are God, but are not we all. God is God too.
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Honza, I think you may be confusing self love with selfishness. They are two entirely different qualities. Actually, Christ DID go around teaching self love because he said in the New Testament, "Love your neighbor AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF." Therefore, the Hindus and New Age people are saying EXACTLY THE SAME THING that Jesus said.
Your own self craves love as much as everyone else does, so it is essential to give love to oneself as well as to other people. Besides, it is impossible to love others sufficiently if love for one's self is lacking.
It's true what you say that the Bible is about whole love, in other words, a balance of self love, love of others and love of God. Therefore, I do not understand why you call self love "the dark side of love." It is only dark when it becomes selfishness, where love for God and others is absent, creating an unbalanced person.
