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What does it mean?
Love is described as a mystery that elevates the lover but is meaningless to those who do not love.
In plain terms
Love lifts you up but is useless to those who do not feel it.
What can you take from it?
Accept that love is a mystery that cannot be explained to everyone.

Where it applies

  • romantic relationships
  • spiritual contemplation

Putting it to work

  • expressing affection
  • accepting mystery

Questions to consider

  • What is unexplainable about your experience of love?
  • How do you share love with others?

Another view

It dismisses the perspective of those who do not experience romantic love.

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