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How do we approach the study of unlimited love? Just
as we investigate the force of gravity or the energy of the atom,
we can scientifically examine the power of unlimited love in human
moral and spiritual experience. Can the future be better? The development
of this field of study is long overdue and potentially transformative.
Immense and complex questions resonate with all of us: How can we
learn to love our neighbor even when he or she can give nothing
in return, or is not a member of our in-group? Can we redirect our
aggression away from one another and toward a common struggle against
disease, starvation, addiction, poverty, violence and other assaults
on human well-being? Do benevolent people experience higher levels
of psychological well-being? Are they healthier? Do they live longer?
How can love be made more lasting in marriage and family life? Does
love heal or prevent illness? What can we learn from the lives of
truly generous individuals? Is it true that in the giving of self
lies the unsought for discovery of self? Education, culture, practice
and history can move forward creatively with clear scientific answers
to these and similar questions. We invite you to share in a vision
that is anything but ephemeral or irrelevant to a much better human
future.
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