The business of love

The business of love                                                                       
 
I love you more, said Meher Baba,
than you could ever love yourself.
 
My self not in the business of love –
neither payments nor debts; 
 
my self – the absence of love
and love – the absence of self.
 
Not finding love within ourselves, we look to other selves –
who look to us across the great divide.
 
The love of which my Lord speaks
offers neither barter nor bargain –
 
love not because of what we might give
(or receive) but what might empty us,
 
what might make room, make room –
make room for Love; make room for God.
 
O child of God, what is this business of love?
Meher says it’s the essence of your being.