What do I mean when I say 'really love'? I mean that just being in the presence of the other you feel suddenly happy, just being together you feel ecstatic, just the very presence of the other fulfills something deep in your heart... something starts singing in your heart, you fall into harmony. Just the very presence of the other helps you to be together; you become more individual, more centered, more grounded. Then it is love.
Love is not a passion, love is not an emotion. Love is a very deep understanding that somebody somehow completes you. Somebody makes you a full circle. The presence of the other enhances your presence. Love gives freedom to be yourself; it is not possessiveness.
(Osho) The discipline of Transcendence
Preeti (Love) is of two type.. Para and Apara. Apara is impure of this world, it is of three types Shraddha (love for elders and learned), Prem (love for equals)and Sneha (love for young ones, children).
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Love is also of Karma, Gyana and Bhakti.
Karma is love for name, fame, money etc. Its is gross love of ego (sthula preeti). Gyana is subtle love Ego for knowledge (sukhshma Preeti) but Bhakti is love without Ego (para preeti)