Love Has Already Won. "The Inner Landscape of Beauty" with the onBEING Project

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“Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.” 

~ T.S. Eliot

 We have strayed so far from love; and yet, love is the essence of who we are, and how we are called to treat one another. 

Love even for enemies is the key to the solution of the problems of our world. Jesus is not an impractical idealist; he is the practical realist. —Martin Luther King, Jr. 

When we live out of the truth of love, instead of the lie and human emotion of fear, we will at last begin to live.

Embracing a love ethic means that we utilize all the dimensions of love—“care, commitment, trust, responsibility, respect, and knowledge”—in our everyday lives. —bell hooks

“Revolutionary love” is the choice to enter into wonder and labor for others, for our opponents, and for ourselves in order to transform the world around us. —Valarie Kaur 

Love is our foundation and our destiny. It is where we come from and where we’re headed.

 Published on 23 Sept 2019

No conversation we’ve ever done has been more beloved than this one. This Irish poet, theologian, and philosopher insisted on beauty as a human calling. He had a lifelong fascination with the inner landscape of our lives and with what he called “the invisible world” that is constantly intertwining what we can know and see. This was one of the last interviews he gave before his unexpected death in 2008. But John O’Donohue’s voice and writings continue to bring ancient mystical wisdom to modern confusions and longings. (Original Air Date: February 28, 2005) About the Guest: John O’Donohue was a poet, theologian, and philosopher. He authored several books, including “Anam Ċara,” ”Beauty,” and “To Bless the Space Between Us,” a collection of blessings published posthumously. More recently a new book of conversation with him has been published in the U.K., “Walking on the Pastures of Wonder.” He died on January 4, 2008. Visit our website to read the transcript, download the episode, or listen to the unedited interview: https://onbeing.org/programs/john-odo... Visit our On Being Classics Library, where this episode is featured: https://onbeing.org/libraries/classics/