Love is the Alpha and Omega

"I am the Alpha and the Omega"
Its meaning is found in the fact that alpha (Α) and omega (Ω) are respectively the first and last letters of the Classical (Ionic) Greek alphabet.

But what is LOVE? Not romantic Love, although the most sacred and sublime kind of romantic love works along the same principles as the LOVE that encompasses it...
Seek the highest possible definition of LOVE that you can imagine. Don't worry if it doesn't sound like it's possible to embody on this earth. We can all embody LOVE to varying degrees. Of course it is not easy, the various obstacles in the way of realizing this worthy goal, all together, represent the crux of the human struggle toward higher spiritual growth and fulfillment. But in the end, the most "enlightened", the most "awakened", the greater souls amongst us, are those who will embody it the most. Because it really is what we are all reaching towards, and the more we embody it, the more people will recognize it, from deep within, through the quality of our presence and the quality of what we manifest in the world around us. We all have different obstacles to reaching this common destination of unconditional Love for all of existence. We all carry a burden, our cross, so to say... Jesus said he carried his cross for the sake of mankind. Through this ultimate sacrifice, the message that the icon that is Jesus was delivering, is that to way to ascension, to becoming reborn as a being of light, is to forgive all and love all unconditionally. I see this as a great metaphor that tells us what to work towards, and hints at the process of transformation as well as what we can expect to rise as upon our realization. As we expand to greater capacities for LOVE, we are metaphorically reborn and rise many a times, so that we get closer and closer to the ultimate goal of Unconditional LOVE to all of existence. We are like individual suns, burning through the dust and residue of our inner darkness, so that, along with others on the same journey, we may shine enough to burn more of the darkness that surrounds us. Our paths back home may differ, yet they are all but different rivers heading back towards the ocean of LOVE that they originate from.