Love without Conditions

Here are some thoughts I didn't get to share last night...

Another thing about unconditional love---many of us feel this from our parents or for our children, etc. I was especially thinking of the mother-child bond which can be an example of this.... and in the spirit of letting an individual "be"--as parents we can watch our children "unfold" into who they are meant to be...instead of trying to fit them into a "mold" (I heard that expression somewhere--"unfold, don't mold"--can't remember who said it, but it stuck in my head)

Also liked the part about being "unrehearsed" and spontaneous...to me this means living in the world with your heart WIDE OPEN....so that you have the spirit to BE in the moment and let the DOING follow from there.... it does mean letting go of fear, and embracing the fact that none of us can know what tomorrow (or the next moment) will bring--even if we "plan"....

and I loved the Les Kaye statement about "what's wrong with what we are doing right now?" Right now is the point! :-)

Hugs to you all.

Thanks--loved this quote!

            Love Unconditionally: Love eliminates ALL differences

"Pure love is willingness to give without thought of receiving anything back in return"

- From the book, The Peace Pilligram"

We are raised in a world by conditional love of me,mine; my wife, my husband, my children, my house, my job, my car, my city, my country, my religious beliefs, my political views, my opinions, etc...There is NO end to all this division.  This way of thinking, if you will.  I believe that this is the root cause of all of our attachments to the material world.  It's bondage and so many don't even realize it, blinded by the lustful and "good" things that money can buy us.  There is nothing wrong in loving our family, friends, or our country.  One MUST keep an open mind and expand family circle to one big universal family.  A spiritual person transforms all this allowing him to learn the truth of unconditional love.  The results will be freedom from worries and  freedom from bondage of the material world.  That, in itself is priceless.           

1. There is no path greater than unconditional love! 

2. There is no law higher than love 

3. And there is no goal beyond love

4. God and unconditional love are identical -Mehar baba  .

I shared what Ferrini said with my friend Dave and he replied with the following:

Important message -- being instead of trying, pushing, and doing.  It's been said that a technique is at best training wheels to use briefly and get beyond -- I suppose the same is true of a method.  Thanks for sending it.  Dave

Ferrini wrote a wonderful article. Thanks for the opportunity to respond. I don't seem to have 100% trust in myself to drop all methods since much of what I do seems to arise from my unconscious. Even if I intend to drop all methods my unconscious protection devices are operating as an "unconscious method."  I am reminded of paraphrasing Gandhi, who might say: There is no way" to be."  "To be" is the way. I'm also reminded of what I have called the mental  equivalent of stem cells. Doing these twelve "events" helps one do everything  "right." These were sent to me by psychotherapist Jim Guinan. He wrote:

          1.  Increase the tendency to let things happen rather than make things happen.

2.  Have frequent attacks of smiling.

3.  Have feelings of being connected with others and nature.

4.  Have frequent, almost overwhelming, episodes of appreciation.

5.  Have the tendency to think and act spontaneously, rather than from fears based on past experiences. 

6.  Have an unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment, and to make the best out of each experience.

7.  Lose the ability to worry.

8.  Lose interest in conflict.

9.  Lose interest in interpreting the actions of others.

10. Lose interest in judging others.

11. Lose interest in judging self.

12. Be compassionate to self and others without expecting anything in return.

Warm and kind regards to everyone.