Any love that is related to the body has an element of selfishness in it, and this can be compared to the electric bulb we have in a room. The light of the bulb is limited by the walls of the room and this is like selfish love. Love, if it is on a higher plane, can be compared to moonlight. There is, in that case, light within and without. This light, too, is hazy and not clear. Pure love, which is entirely selfless, is like sunshine. Sunlight gives us a clear view of all objects. God's love is like sunshine. Human love is like the moonlight. Individual love is like the bulb in the room. You rise from the individual love and get into the state of mutual love.

- Summer course, 1972.