The Aspects of Love
by Jarrod Henry

Love is the aspect that it's based on. It's through this force that Mano and Minshasa can work. It's that which they thrive on. Because they require our love, we have free will. A further explanation of this requires some work.. but my feeling is that love is not something that can be trained in. It isn't instinctualized, it isn't lectured.. therefore it cannot be given back to them through a step by step religion.

Mano doesn't require much. He doesn't have to. He's a father to us, and Minshasa our mother. Because of this, and the fact that they have SOME level of intelligence.. it is assumed that they cannot break their rules. You see, this is why they cannot see us suffer. It hurts them, as much as it hurts us. We are their children. They protect us, and guide us. To think they'd punish us for anything but bettering our goals and our lives is ludicrous. No matter what, parents will always guard their children.

Forgiving? Yes. Judgemental? Yes, as much as parents can be. Overbearing? No. Willing to condem us? No. Parents do NOT give up on their children.. ever. No matter what, a small tie still keeps them close to you. In a way, that's a good feeling. It's unconditional and unending love.. and no matter what happens, you can't destroy it.

Isn't that GREAT? You have the knowledge that you will ALWAYS have them behind you, no matter how bad it gets. This brings me to the rules part. Sure, rules exist. They're parents. They expect you to respect and obey them. When parents are disobeyed, do they send you to a sulfurous pit of flame? A lake of fire? I've heard of being sent to your room as a hell in it's own right, but.. come on. Parents do NOT allow their children to suffer. Punishment, yes. Suffering, no.

Permanent damnation is not a loving and caring event. It's a lake of fire, permanent burning? We punish for that type of treatment. We call it abuse, and we say it's the sign of non-love. It is safe to say that the goal of humanity, and in fact, anything.. is to acheive a better life than the previous generation. Any action that is contrary to that cannot be the work of parents, can it? Not loving parents, at least.. and that is contrary to what Mano and Minshasa are. Mano and Minshasha are loving, caring parents. They live with the birth and death of thousands of their children every day. They're comforters, caretakers, and lovers. They could in no way send their children away from them forever.

In all our searching for our gods.. for our leaders, we've forgotten one thing. We're ALL children. Call them what you will, but remember this. They do not like their children fighting. They love all of us, equally. The dividing and conquering in attempts to appear 'better' to them cannot impress them, it can only sadden them.

We can be mindless herds and love Mano and Minshasa, in whatever forms, as others teach us.. or we can love them in the method we desire. My belief is that parents do not like children mocking each other. It's through the uniqueness and free will that love takes a special form.. and it's through that love for them that we are loved back.

J.H.