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three hierarchical levels of love
Harv-the-LOVER sees love as a hierarchical activity on three levels: (1) on the respect level, he can respect all 108 billion humans on that base level; (2) he only has 24 hours, seven days a week to encourage those he has contact with on the encouragement level, beginning with a smile of respect, and attention. That attention references his 'spirit commands/principles'; (3) he 'walks' away from others / things at the challenge level, leaving his respect and encouragement to challenge others to independent operation. He cannot provide their joy, love, freeing operation via co-dependence -- they must take responsibility to independent operation for joy, love, freeing - away from sad, hate, fear. Freed from co-dependency, Harv is free to attain his joyful, loving, freeing independence AND co-operation with other partial/full independent operators.
John Powell, S.J. many paperback books
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