Love has no antonym.
There is no opposite to Love.
Dear Family,
Welcome to Agama’s Message — presented to you by Agama Shakti.
This edition is centered on one of the most sacred, pure and transformative concepts: LOVE.
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Love has no opposite
Now let’s leave the language aside for a moment, and talk about Love — the concept, the real essence of it.
See, Love has no opposite.
People often say hate is the opposite of love, but that’s not really true. Hate, in many ways, is the opposite of admiration. But Love? Love is beyond duality. It’s ever-pure. It doesn’t rise or fall with conditions. It just is. And in its truest form — Love is GOD.
Now don’t confuse love with lust — they are completely different things. Lust is fleeting, it’s rooted in desire and gratification. Love is eternal, selfless, and free from craving. Lust seeks to possess, love seeks to bless.
When real love arises in your being — and I mean spiritual love — something incredible happens:
Ego disappears.
Anger fades.
Lust dissolves.
All those heavy, uncharitable emotions — they vanish.
And what remains is light. Pure presence. Awareness. Compassion.
This kind of love, my dear one, is not for just one person, or a few people.
It is for everyone.
It is for eternity.
But here’s the thing — many times, we confuse love with other emotions. Sometimes it’s kindness, sometimes it’s sympathy, and sometimes it’s just our moral conditioning that creates a situation that feels like love. But those are shadows of the real thing — they imitate love, but they are not love.
So Vishal, you may ask —
“What is Love? And how do I know if Love has happened to me?”
And here’s my answer —
When you can look at a rose and its thorns,
love both equally,
without calling one beautiful and the other ugly or both beautiful or both ugly, without trying to change or fix either, just accepting them as they are, then that state of deep acceptance — that is Love.
Yes, that is Love.
Makes sense?
‘Respect’ a dirty word!
Harsh title, right?
I know, I know. I even paused while writing it, wondering whether I should just call this “Respect” and then explain my thoughts gently. But then I thought — no. I want to emphasize something here, something that often gets buried under social norms and politeness.
So why would I call respect a bad word?
Well… because in a deeper spiritual sense — it is.
Let me explain.
You see, no one should be respected — and no one should demand respect either. Of course, in general conversation, the word “respect” is fine. I’m not nitpicking casual usage. But on a personal and spiritual level, respect is a loaded concept. Let’s unpack it.
When we respect someone, we do so based on an image we’ve created in our minds — not because of who the person truly is.
And here’s the tricky part:
When we build someone up in our heads and call it “respect,” we also unconsciously give ourselves the authority to disrespect them the moment they fall short of that image.
(Most of the time the person is not even aware of the image you have formed in your brain about him/her)
It’s not real. It’s conditional.
And that creates unnecessary karma.
Also, when we expect respect from others, we create the fear of being disrespected. Expectation always comes bundled with the fear of its opposite. So, you start living in anxiety — constantly measuring, guarding, and reacting.
My simple suggestion?
Let’s drop the idea of respect.
Because respect leads to categorization:
He is respectable, she is not.
This title deserves respect, that one doesn't.
And if your goal is God-realisation, then categorisation, classification, and comparison — these are all roadblocks. They keep the mind busy in duality, in judgment, in separation. We even divide between religions, between forms of God, between people — and that’s not the path to oneness.
So what should we do instead?
Be simple.
Like children.
Children don’t respect — they relate, they respond, they live purely.
And no, I’m not asking you to be rude or careless. Quite the opposite.
If not respect, then what?
Let’s choose kindness.
Be kind — not because someone holds a position or status.
Be kind — not because it’s morally correct.
Be kind — because you are aware.
Because you are conscious.
Because kindness flows naturally from a still, present, and awakened being.
Status and position are a matter of time and luck — they don’t define a soul. So, rise above the urge to respect, and instead, just be kind, with your full awareness.
Simple. Real. Pure.
Pigeons
I recently came across a news story about how feeding pigeons is being banned in certain areas because of the health issues they supposedly cause.
And it got me thinking.
A little introspection reveals something quite telling about the human mind — we only seem to understand in terms of benefit and loss.
What’s in it for me? Will I gain or will I suffer?
It’s all binary. I often say —
“Our brain works in binary: reward and punishment.”
That’s the language it understands.
But here’s the thing —
If we look back, pigeons weren’t always seen as pests or problems. In older times, royals and commoners alike used pigeons as messengers. They were incredibly intelligent, reliable, and loyal. We trained them, tamed them, and depended on them.
And because of that deep-rooted relationship with humans, over generations, they’ve adapted to our world.
Today, you’ll rarely find a pigeon nesting in a tree.
Instead, they live in the concrete jungle — on high-rise buildings, in shaded corners, under ledges — still trying to belong, still surviving in a world we created.
And yet now, we call them a problem.
We work so hard to save endangered species — we donate, we protect, we protest.
And at the same time, we turn around and endanger the species that have lived alongside us, in our cities, in our daily lives.
Such is the human mind.
So here’s what I feel —
We need to go beyond the brain. (Dhyan - Meditation)
We need to quiet its calculations, its binary thinking, its logic-based decisions.
And in that quietness —
we create space for Love.
Because real love is not person-to-person.
Love isn’t something you give to a few and withhold from others.
Either you love the whole of existence —
from the rainbow to the mud,
from the dove to the crow,
from the saints to the so-called sinners —
or you love nothing at all.
Love cannot be, and will never be, selective.
That’s why we say:
God is Love. And Love is God.
Closing Remarks
Thank you for hearing me out.
My apologies if at times I come across as hard with my words — but my knowledge comes from experience and a lot of contemplation. I feel the need to put my point boldly and strongly, or else it’s easy to miss out on the essence.
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Thank you for your kindness.
With lots of love,
Yours, Vishal Rajput ❤️
