Where is the Love? When all the world looks mean and heartless, where can we turn?

It's February, 2025, and current events are chaotic.
Where can we turn for hope and inspiration? How can we find peace? I'll be sharing ideas from my new favorite book "A Course Of Love."
While we might want to engage in protest, activism, and to be agents of change; we must also take care of our mental, emotional health.What helps me most is staying grounded in Universal truth and love.
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[@astounded4546]

I wholeheartedly agree that faith in love is the only pragmatic solution. Intellectuals have little say in that matter because they are devoid of heart as a matter of habit.

[@susyporter9212]

Is that true? The idea of an "intellectual" simply means someone who thinks deeply, and uses their mind. While I emphasize the wisdom of the heart, as well as the importance of connecting the heart with the mind, I would not say intellectuals are devoid of heart as a matter of habit. Albert Einstein was a wholehearted intellectual, as was Jesus Christ, and countless other "intellectuals." Thank you for your comment. I don't want my remark about intellectuals to be misconstrued. I support deep thinking, and intellectualism. I support people using their minds to think critically. I encourage parents to teach their children to contemplate, and to question authority and social and cultural programming. Going into the future we need human beings who are aware and alive in their hearts and minds, free from the trauma, pain, brainwashing, and shame of our collective past. We need intellectuals. We just need them to be emotionally and spiritually healthy and alive. We need to make critical thinking a priority. The power of the mind is great, yet, the masses are easily manipulated, and will capitulate and cooperate in their own demise, out of fear and ignorance. By all means, be intelligent, thoughtful, smart, and diligent in thought; and while we are doing that, we invite our sensitive, caring, emotional hearts to join us so that we can create a new world that realizes and expresses the Unity, Oneness, and Wholeness that is our true nature. Being wholehearted and accessing the wisdom of the heart does not negate nor preclude using our brains to think deeply. The wisdom of the heart is it's own intelligence. The wisdom of the heart enlightens the awareness of our minds. We need not fear knowledge. We need to connect our minds and hearts, and allow for Universal Intelligence to enlighten and awaken our Divine nature. True wisdom is Love. Everything that is not love is a cry for love, or fear.

[@astounded4546]

@ You make a good point, but it depends. If the attention of an intellectual is habitually within the mental constructs of the mind then they aren’t very aware of their heart. One can’t worship more than one thing at a time (worship being whatever occupies the attention in any given moment). Many intellectuals can pontificate about spirituality very insightfully yet still not be living spiritually. However, it’s different if they are speaking or thinking from the heart. Then their attention is in a deeper place and not confined merely to the intellect.