For comparison to Padgett, this is what the UB teaches about love
(suggests difference in teaching style more than limited enlightenment).
From this perspective, the UB is indeed a bit "ïntellectual" and hints
that Padgett's perspective is good contrast, especially about love.
love See also: brotherhood (attitude)
ancients mistrusted l., sought tangible guarantee regarding marriage (83:3.1)
be purified through (182:1.5)
can turn into hate through disappointment, jealousy, resentment (177:4.11)
cannot be weighed in balance (196:3.18)
.divine love (2:5)
.. 4 reactions of fatherly love (140:5.15-23)
.. always looks for the best (140:5.12)
.. appears in mortal personality by ministry of Adjuster (117:6.10, 196:3.16)
.. circuit is from Father, through Sons to brothers, to Supreme (117:6.10)
.. credential of Jesus’ mission (137:6.5)
.. desire to do good to others (56:10.21)
.. divinity correlated in personality (0:1.17)
.. doubt not Father’s l. (143:2.7)
.. effect
... brings universal brotherhood into being (12:7.10)
... casts out all fear (48:6.8 )
... destroys hate and sin, all weakness resulting therefrom (188:5.2-3)
... he who dwells in l. dwells in God (3:1.5)
... infectious; more catching than hate (100:4.6, 188:5.1-2)
... operates directly in heart of individual (118:10.11)
... requires us to love as Jesus loves us (140:5.2,3, 181:2.30)
... saves the sinner (2:6.8 )
... triumph of l. in Lucifer rebellion (54:6)
.. essence of Jesus’ teaching (92:4.8 )
.. essence of religion; wellspring of civilization (102:6.3)
.. eternally creative (188:5.1-2)
.. evidence of spiritual rebirth (142:5.4, 143:2.3, 146:3.6, 196:3.7)
.. flows outward to creation through the Supreme (117:6.3)
.. follows us now and throughout eternal ages (2:5.9)
.. from God (117:6.10)
.. fruit of the Spirit (34:6.13)
.. fully perceived, is coincident with divine justice (10:6.18)
.. God is love (1:3.8, 2:5.1, 6:3, 8:4.2, 54:4.6, 56:10.20, 130:1.5, 134:4.1, 160:5.11)
.. God is love, but love is not God (2:5.10)
.. God loves not like a Father but as a father (2:6.4)
.. God’s greatest satisfaction is in loving, being loved (4:4.6)
.. grasping highest good of individual loved (180:5.10)
.. greatest of all spirit realities (56:10.20, 143:1.4, 143:6.4, 192:2.1, 196:3.29)
.. has severe disciplines (143:1.4)
.. intelligent and farseeing parental affection (2:5.9-10)
.. is source of parental love (21:0.2)
.. made real by loving each other (180:4.5)
.. mortals can feel undiminished impact of (3:4.6)
.. never self-seeking, cannot be self-bestowed (156:5.11)
.. not secondary to anything in God’s nature (188:4.8 )
.. not shortsighted affection which pampers, spoils (118:10.1)
.. outworking of divine urge of life (174:1.5)
.. portrays transcendent value of each personality (12:7.9)
.. seen in Father’s intrusting us with everything we might perform (32:4.10)
.. sum total of truth, beauty, and goodness (5:4.6, 56:10.17-21, 140:8.31)
.. true, holy, unlimited, eternal, and unique (40:10.13)
.. true guide to real insight (195:5.14)
.. volitional will of God (2:6.9)
domination by l. brought Adjuster prior to Spirit of Truth (108:2.9)
dove was symbol of (85:3.4)
experientially unify with divine law (42:11.1, 104:2.3, 111:6.6)
express in intelligent ministry (157:2.2)
fatherly l. transcends brotherly affection (140:5.5)
gives and craves affection (2:6.5)
immeasurable gulf between spiritual l. and thought (112:2.10)
l. with new and startling affection (191:6.2)
learning to love
.. by the grace of faith (191:4.3)
.. divine l. awakens l. in human heart (188:5.2)
.. each day learn to l. one more human being (100:4.6)
.. faith enhances (159:3.12)
.. freely give and receive l. (156:5.19)
.. greatest l. is to lay down life for friends (180:1.3, 188:5.7)
.. human l. is reciprocal (156:5.11)
... l. becomes real only when bestowed upon others (117:6.10)
... l. cannot be created, manufactured, or purchased; it must grow (100:3.7)
... l. is only born of thorough understanding of neighbor’s motives, sentiments (2:4.2, 100:4.4-6, 174:1.4-5)
.. learn to l. others by loving Father; becoming interested in others’ welfare (155:3.4, 181:2.5)
.. one cannot bring l. forth by act of will (100:4.6)
.. suspicion incompatible with l. (52:6.4)
.. the more we bestow ourselves upon our fellows, the more we l. them (129:0.2)
.. to share Master’s l., we must share his service (180:1.5)
.. very much a direct response to being loved (2:5.8, 56:8.3)
man’s nearest approach to God is through (3:4.7, 56:10.17)
man’s understanding of l. is only relatively true (115:1.2)
misconceptions of love
.. do not allow l. to become stumbling block (158:7.4)
.. human word symbol unfit (2:5.11)
.. illusory without truth, beauty, and goodness (196:3.21,29)
... l. for purpose of affectionate possession (127:6.1)
.. often dangerous, semiselfish trait in mortal parents (177:2.3)
.. selfish qualities of (100:2.4)
money cannot l. (127:2.8 )
mother l. is an adjutant mind-spirit instinct (84:1.6-7)
must dominate personality (100:4.3)
mutual regard of whole personalities; l. not the souls of men, but men themselves (112:2.7, 191:5.3)
not natural for man (16:9.7)
only a God-knowing person can l. others as himself (16:9.8 )
persons only l. and hate other persons (1:7.3, 2:6.8 )
prevents estrangements which necessitate repentance (174:1.2)
requires knowledge for human things; produces knowledge for divine things (102:1.1)
secret of beneficial association (12:9.2)
strengthens character, creates happiness (140:5.6)
subjective philosophic abstractions are devoid of (16:9.8 )
supplies soil for religious growth (100:0.2)
written examination cannot prove (103:8.3)
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