Where, you might ask, does the love of God or Spirit fit in? It doesn’t. Love for the transcendent doesn’t fit in with the others, as one item in the list. Instead, it is inherent in the desire that we experience in the other three desires. Divine love is the nest in which the other desires are nurtured, and it is inherent in all other loves. What I’m suggesting recalls the words in 1 John 4, that “God is love.” When we desire the good of the planet, the good of all people, and our own good, we are participating in a love that is bigger than us. As a Christian, I would say we are joining God
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