What is the deepest love imaginable?

“So often we talk about love these days, perhaps without even knowing what it really is or it’s true nature. All of us love three things only. We love that which we see as a means for happiness or getting to God. We love a ‘God’ which we see as a means for getting something else. Lastly, we love our own highest Self and all others as God. These three energies of love are from weakest to strongest. I will go into detail below…”
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"The love of a disciple for their guru is the deepest love.  It transcends all levels of personality and conditionality.  It is an indescribable feeling - a combination of gratitude, openness, appreciation, and unconditional love.  Love for this kind of teacher or mentor is not personal - they are a reflection of the disciple, reflecting that person’s deepest, most divine self.  This type of love exceeds all boundaries of time and space, and continues on even after that mentor figure has passed away."

"The love of a Creator to bring forth this miracle Life, with miracle Earth and all intertwined inhabitants; to bring forth a miracle Sun, miracle Moon, miracle cosmos, to give us these miracle bodies, breath, water, fire, heart, mind, free will, and all the intricacies and intimacies of our experience in this miracle existence."

"The deepest love imaginable is the essence of our very own heart beat. For what reason does out heart beat? Only to keep us alive another second….another second…another second. The heart does not receive anything for it’s hard work, yet we receive the gift of life through it’s constant beats. Is that not love? To live for another second…and another second…and another second."

"It’s pretty much in our DNA to love our children. Takes away choice in the matter. But it was all built on the biological connection you started with. The deepest love in my mind is the love between two partners. You find someone after all your heart ache and life turmoil and you CHOOSE them. Even after and through all their tribulations. You choose each other. Because it didn’t land on you or come out of you, because you have the choice, this is the deepest love imaginable."

"I think that the word 'love' gets mis-defined a lot in our world today. A lot of people equate love with romance, happiness, having their needs be met by someone. But I think love is deeply generosity. Unconditional selflessness. It’s not 'how can this person make me feel satisfied,' but “what can I do to make this person/thing/idea happy/full/flourish?”

"The hierarchy of closeness, intimacy, and love brings with it a corresponding level of difficulty.   One’s love for a tree or rock has no strings attached and thus, flows most easily.  Love for a stranger is next, and is also not too difficult as there are no real complications.  Then love for a friend or family member - which is difficult in how much of our identity is wrapped up in it.  After, love for a partner.  This is intense love and brings intense attachment, heartbreak, judgement, etc.  Lastly, love for ourselves.  By far the highest level, but we do not realize it because there are so many complications.  Overall, the closer we feel to...

"Love can be a powerful thing. It can lead us to complete ecstasy and into utter depression. This word is used a lot in our society, maybe too much. So what is real love? I personally lump in the word love with god, chi, kundalini and so on. To me they are rooted in the same thing which is gratitude. The greatest love is forever being grateful. This how we soften and naturally stay open to connecting with others. The more grateful one can become, the more full of life, energy and spirit they will be."

“The deepest love imaginable is love that arises from the deepest part of oneself. It is also the deepest part of oneself that is the most authentic part of oneself; the self that one mostly deeply identifies with. Thus, the deepest love imaginable results in an experience of fully internalizing that which is loved. This is not to say that the individual is fully absorbed into the object of love (as in deep empathy); rather, the object of love is fully absorbed into the individual. In this way, their remains space to hold that which is loved.
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"Love of life. It is the only love there can be. The rest is just fabrication of the human mind. There is only unconditional love and it shows up in both unconditional relationship and conditional relationship. When one understands and realizes that this love comes from within and can only be experienced from within, one can experience the deepest love imaginable. From there, one experiences the same love whether it is through relationship, creative endeavors, personal purpose or for the world."