Bring Me a Higher Love: The Power of Divine Love to Grow Your Soul

Love rules.

Yes, I am a romantic at heart.

I have always believed in the power of love to be a healing force in this world.

But now I know there is something even greater.

My first book was on romantic love and I remember how for inspiration

I would record “mixed tapes” of songs that represented the kind of love my soul longed for.

One of those artists was Stevie Winwood’s Bring Me a Higher Love.

When I hear it today, ten years later, I still love it.

Ever since then I have been on a quest to grow my understanding of what True Love really is. Allow me to share my findings.  

During my twenty plus years of reading and researching this topic, I have discovered that there are four kinds of human love.

Fantasy:
Fantasy love is the erotic style and based on infatuation of the physical kind. Fantasy relationships are high in intensity but fleeting, and often end in disaster.

False:
False love is the pragmatic style and based on a business arrangement of the mental kind. False relationships are high in security and last as long as both parties are in agreement.

Romantic:
Romantic love is a blend of erotic and pragmatic with a dash of emotional and based on the human arrangement of the survival kind. Romantic relationships are high on the priority list of modern human beings and last, again, as long as both parties are in agreement.

Divine:
Divine Love is the spiritual style and based on divine order of the souls involved. Divine relationships are an expression of purity and require surrendering to a higher purpose. Divine Love is ever-lasting.

New Thoughts on True Love
The first three kinds of love are limiting because they are formed from the personality of two human beings instead of their divinity. As such, duality reigns supreme: highs and lows, love and hate, togetherness and separateness.  These relationships are much like a roller coaster ride, which both thrills and chills.

Love is not about “he or she is so smart and gorgeous” “we love the same things,” “we think the same way,” “we have so much in common,” or “we like the same foods.”