Message #30815

[Jitendra Hy-do-u-no-us?]

Was reading this last entry and came across this;

There are five chief sins against love, which turn nectar into poison. The first is when the lover deprives the beloved of freedom and happiness against her desire, because of his love. The next is when the lover gives way to a spirit of rivalry and jealousy or bitterness in love. Thirdly, if the lover doubts, distrusts, and suspects the one whom he loves. Fourthly, if he shrinks from enduring all the sorrows, pains, troubles, difficulties, and sufferings that come in the path of love. And finally, when the lover pursues his own will instead of complete resignation to the beloved's wish. These are the natural failings of a loving heart, as maladies are natural to the physical body. As lack of health makes life miserable, so lack of love makes the heart wretched. Only the lover who avoids these faults benefits by love, and arrives safely at his destination.

I wonder; is it wise to trust someone you have met on the internet and never met in person? Is it possible to love and still be mindful of the fact you can not trust everything said to you nor can you not suspect a person who may take advantage of you financially.... when you yourself may need the money for another purpose.