05:24
Can you love someone if you cling to them and will not let them be? Can love someone if you need them psychologically for your happiness? This is not love, but craving. Wherever there is craving there is a threat. Where there is a threat, there is fear. Where there is fear, there is no love, because we always hate what we fear. But where there is love, there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. Perfect love casts out fear.