“And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3)

The deepest level of “know” is love. Therefore, eternal life means living in the domain of God.

The “eternal life” refers to the here and now: that is, the Kingdom of God does not belong to the future only; it belongs to the present as well.

Jesus used the Parable of the Sower to remind us not to be obsessed with the materialistic world and forget that we belong to the Kingdom of God:

“Hear then the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what saw sown on the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”

If we do not practice the law of love, we will not be able to enjoy eternal life in the future.