[:love:] • rationally intangible, although one can try to define, and definition can help • Profound, genuine care for the inner essence of an entity • Treating an entity as you would like to be treated it you were in its position (empathy) • The feeling of sunlight and a flower making love • Many typically-desirable qualities are just facets/parts/consequences of love: willpower, creative intelligence, devotion, discerning sensitivity... • • "We can only offer the amount of [...] love that we're willing to accept ourselves" - Patrick • May or may not be true literally, but certainly has something to it. • Related idea, paraphrase from Scott: when we learn to care for everything, only then can we best care for ourselves • • "all these ego constructs (e.g. identifying as X/Y) which promise a great experience are vying for a love which is already within oneselves"