Claim. Ideal love starts in the family and expands toward the world and spirit world.
Elaboration. SMM says the Kingdom begins in the family, where parental, conjugal, sibling, and children’s love are unified (CSG 4.11 §4, 26-103, 1969.10.18). A person should love the partner as greater than the universe, because love’s value exceeds any possession. The spirit-world is described as a world of love, and family love is meant to expand outward to the world and return to God. The implication is that family love is not inward-looking sentiment; it is the first movement in a cosmic circulation of love.
See also. spirit-world