The basis of real love between people is spiritual. To see another as a spiritual being, a soul, is to see the spiritual reality of the other. To be conscious of that reality is to have spiritual love: each person, complete within, independent yet totally interconnected, recognizes that state in the other. As a result, there is constant and natural love. True love is when the soul has love for the soul. Love for the soul is eternal; the soul never dies. Such love is righteous, and it brings joy. Attachment to that which is perishable is unrighteous, and it brings sorrow.
When spiritual love prevails, neither internal nor external animosity, hatred, anger, or jealousy are possible. Negative feelings are transformed into positive feelings with the coolness of love. In spiritual love there is harmony, since love removes controlling or codependent tendencies and ensures kindness, caring, and amicable understanding
