Alice Coltrane - A Love Supreme ( l1 )

 [Opens with an invocation by her guru, Swami Satchidananda, explicating the forms of love]

Love
Love is a sacred word
Love is the name of god

The entire universe is created with Love by Love and in Love

Love is the beginning
Love is the continuation
And Love is the end

Love for love's sake is divine
It is constrictive, it is beautiful
Brings peace
Brings harmony
It brings joy
To the lover
And to the loved

But if Love is based on selfishness, egoism
The very same love brings restriction

Peace and harmony is based on Love
And used properly by a selfless mind for the benefit of the humanity

Love knows no business
Love knows no bargain
Love never expects anything in return
Love knows only giving
Giving and giving
Without even waiting for a thank you
Such a Love is the supreme word

Let that Love Supreme reign over the universe
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti OM