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An Obstacle to Love

TYPES OF LOVE

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There are two kinds of love:

• Horizontal Love

• Vertical Love

Nithyananda animated illustration
A deity/ascetic figure in traditional attire with rudraksha beads

Horizontal love is like a horizontal line, flat. It is related to time: it starts and ends. Anything that starts must end. If it takes more time to end, don’t think it is permanent. Anything that starts must end. It may take a few years or a few months, but it ends. It is impermanent and time bound. This is horizontal love.

Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam
Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam with ornamentation

Vertical love is related to

consciousness. Vertical love

neither starts nor ends. It does not

discriminate. It is our very quality.

It flows.

Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam deity