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💞 Topic of the Day: True Love – Not the Fairy Tale, but the Sacred Struggle

Rev. Dr. Robert Anderson by Rev. Dr. Robert Anderson
June 19, 2025
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💞 True Love – Not the Fairy Tale, but the Sacred Struggle

What if everything you were taught about love was incomplete—or even a lie?

What if real love wasn’t effortless or easy—but sacred, bruised, and resilient?
How would our relationships change if we honored love not as a fleeting feeling, but as a spiritual commitment—a daily act of courage?


🔥 Gnostic Wisdom: Love Is the Flame Within

In Gnostic texts, love is not something external to be won or lost—it is the spark of the divine itself, embedded in every soul.
Sophia, the embodiment of divine wisdom, fell not out of evil but out of love—a yearning to create, to connect. Her journey was painful, but through it, creation was born.

Love, in its truest form, is not tidy. It is not passive.
It is not what sells perfume or finishes fairytales.
It is what rebels against separation. It is what climbs out of hell for another soul. It is what refuses to let go—not because of possession, but because of purpose.

The ruling powers—the archons of empire, control, and fear—have twisted love into something fragile, something dependent on worth, obedience, or beauty. They have sold us a version of love that cannot withstand truth, aging, or hardship.

But Gnostic wisdom reminds us: real love survives collapse.
Real love burns through illusion.
Real love remembers the spark.


🌱 Reclaim and Reframe: Real Love Is Revolutionary

We reclaim love today not through vows or roses, but through action:

  • Staying when it’s hard.
  • Listening when it hurts.
  • Choosing over and over when the world says walk away.
  • And not just in romance—but in community, in humanity, in how we see the stranger and the outcast.

This is the love Jesus practiced:

  • Love your neighbor—even the ones who disagree.
  • Forgive them—even as they crucify you.
  • Feed them—even if they betray you.

Carl Sagan once reminded us that “the Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.” What, then, is more radical than choosing love on this small rock, again and again, in the face of pain?

True love is choosing connection over control. Mercy over might. Union over ego.

And cannabis?
It teaches us to soften.
To pause.
To see past the mask and into the soul beside us.

Love begins again in those moments.


🌎 Apply the Lesson: Let Love Be the Fire That Awakens

What would change if we remembered that love is not ease—but evolution?

What would transform in our families, our churches, our cities, if we loved each other like we were made of the same divine material?

What if we stopped chasing “perfect” love—and instead built holy love, one tender, hard-earned day at a time?

This is the divine spark awakening within us:
To love not because it’s easy, but because it is true.


✨ Ritual of Reflection

Today, in honor of love’s deeper truth:

Light your sacrament.
Close your eyes.
And ask:

“Who do I love that I have taken for granted?”
“Where in me have I mistaken love for comfort instead of commitment?”

Then journal:
What would I fight for if love was no longer easy?
And how can I extend that same sacred love to someone the world tells me not to love?


🌌 The spark is within you.
The truth has always been yours.
The time to remember is now.

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Rev. Dr. Robert Anderson is the founder of The Cannabis Church of Science and Faith and the creator and editor-in-chief of Cave News Times—a bold platform for independent thought, critical inquiry, and spiritual and societal evolution.A doctor of divinity, veteran, retired correctional officer, devoted husband, and father of four, Rev. Anderson brings a rare and authentic voice to the intersection of faith, reason, and lived experience.His life journey has been anything but conventional:🎖️ Veteran who served his country and later worked inside the justice system as a correctional officer, only to later question the very institutions he once upheld.🧬 Spiritual rebel living with Parkinson’s and dystonia, whose vulnerability and strength shine through in every word he writes.💍 Husband to a woman who helped him rediscover the feminine spirit within himself and the sacred energy we’ve been taught to suppress.👨‍👧 Father to three sons and a daughter, all of whom shape his vision for a world that truly honors love, equality, and justice.At the heart of his work is a spark—a reminder that we are all more than what society has allowed us to be. He challenges religious hypocrisy, uplifts the radical teachings of love and liberation found in Jesus’ words, and uses cannabis not as escape, but as sacrament—a divine tool for healing, reflection, and awakening.“God may be real, but religion is man’s story about it.”Through both Cannafaith.org and CaveNewsTimes.com, Rev. Anderson invites us to question everything, seek truth boldly, and believe in a better way forward—together.🌿 Visit www.cannafaith.org to follow his weekly teachings. 🗞️ Explore bold journalism and cultural commentary at www.cavenewstimes.com 📬 Contact: rev@cannafaith.org

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