LOVE is the highest level of madness. If you are not mad, you cannot understand love. It transcends the restless mind and body.  Rising above the worldly existence offers a glimpse of love and its unfathomable depth. The moment a person catches a glimpse of love, he reaches the summit of his consciousness, because he rises above the ego and loses his ordinary sense of self. Love, in its truest form, arises from nothingness. So long as the mind remains occupied with something, one cannot fully experience love. It is only when one becomes empty that one becomes love itself. When a log catches fire, it gradually loses its identity as a log and becomes fire. In the same way, when a person is consumed by love, the boundaries of the self dissolve, and nothing remains but love itself. You cannot retain your own identity and love at the same time. It is not love that fills your heart but identity consumed by ego. If you breathe love, ego must go. If you are prepared to lose yourself, you can realize love in its truest form.