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...do you really want me to believe that you love your neighbor as you love yourself? Do you pray for your friends? I am sure you do. Do you fervently pray for your enemies too?

Occasionally I feel myself approach this. It's kind of hard to explain the feelings, but I'll try:

I'll feel my entire being filled up with what I can only describe as a love that seems to have no beginning or end. It saturates every corner of my physical being and I feel like water balloon that's been overfilled, but not with water - with love.

Every part of me feels a little bit heavier, and my breathing begins to change. My breathing seems to begin to get deeper and slower. Just when feel like I might burst, tears begin to flow like a river from my eyes, but they aren't tears of happiness or sadness. The best way I can describe them is - they feel like tears of "awe"(?) - if that makes any sense.

While this is going on I feel noting but love for God, all of my loved ones, everyone I've ever met, everyone I'll EVER meet, and this includes ALL my enemies (even separatist Albanians! :-D) Time seems to stop and all that seems exist is Love.

The strangest little things will set this state off in me. Sometimes just witnessing 2 strangers come together to make someone's life a little better will trigger this response in me. I try not to make too much out of it, but it sure feels good. It feels like my entire being is a prayer when I get like this.

Occasionally I feel myself approach this. It's kind of hard to explain the feelings, but I'll try:

Thanks for sharing that. I know what you mean; the deisire is therebe cause I do believe that all human beings are potentitally salvagable in this lifetime, and I can see myself praying to God for them to udnergo a change of heart, as be saved.

While this is going on I feel noting but love for God, all of my loved ones, everyone I've ever met, everyone I'll EVER meet, and this includes ALL my enemies (even separatist Albanians!

Not as they are. I do hope they find Christ and His love and forego Islam and their bandit culture. I can see myself including them oinly in that context but not as they are.

The strangest little things will set this state off in me. Sometimes just witnessing 2 strangers come together to make someone's life a little better will trigger this response in me

The goodness of God is in your heart and in your mind. Consider yourself blessed.