Love like an Elephant Part 2: True Love VS Desire Love

Have you ever felt your heart fill with pure, unconditional love at the drop of a hat? Maybe you’ve rescued a poor, helpless kitten on the side of the road, derailing your morning commute to get him to the shelter. That selflessness and kindness is true, altruistic elephant love.  In today’s episode of Sex, Love, and Elephants, you’ll hear part two of my Love Like an Elephant talk. Today is all about true love versus desire love and what that distinction can mean for you and your sweetheart.  Tune in and learn if you love from the typical place—desire love - which can be selfish and cause painful relationship issues—or if you love from true, unconditional elephant love. Don’t believe you can’t love like an elephant - you can. It takes work - and you need to think more about WE than ME.  In This Episode, You Will Learn: Your weekly LoveByte (02:32) How the typical style of love contrasts with the Buddhist elephant ideal of love (04:46) Elephant love is the way we hope a great parent will love their child (12:35) Desire love says, “What about ME?!” Elephant love says, “Anything I can do to help YOUR freedom delights me.” (14:04) Elephant love is loving more freely accepting the imperfections in your beautiful partner (22:08) Want to learn more about Buddhism and Love relationships? Check out my book Buddha’s Bedroom  Got a question or topic you’d like me to cover in an upcoming episode? Email me at [email protected] Interested in the 2023 session of my Become Passion 12-week online immersion program for couples? Learn more and get on the waitlist to be notified HERE!  Resources mentioned: Teachings on Love by Thich Nhat Hanh Let’s Connect! About Me Website - Sign up for Weekly LoveBytes here  Facebook Page   Youtube If you want to rate your relationship, take the Passion Quiz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.