Why was Love the first thought?

[Henosis]

Did infinite awareness perceive unity, and Love was the closest approximation of Itself?

That is precisely it, from my perspective.

The situation is this: you have infinity, which is absolutely undistorted intelligent unity. Flawless oneness. A still and pristine pond.

Every movement 'away' from 'that' equals a kind of primal 'distortion'. The source of all distortions is the limitation of the viewpoint, which is fundamentally augmented by the warping of perception (choosing to perceive 'that which is' incorrectly to some extent).

Essentially, what we call 'love' is the symbolic equivalent to the scent radiating from a delicious baked pie. Perhaps you are no longer directly partaking of that sublime pie, but you are perceiving the delicious aroma emanating from it. The smell is somewhat removed from the reality of directly tasting the pie, but it reflects it to a large extent.

Is it obvious I am hungry?

Great analogy.

The limitation of the viewpoint is a great way of seeing the first distortion.

If everything is in a way nullified to the pond and a state of absolute non-duality, would you equate this nonduality with a state of nonexistence, from the perspective (or lack there of) of the pond? Or a state of absolute existence? Or a mysterious concoction of both yet neither?

Or am I just being a rabble rouser?