Re: (Un)conditional Love ?

Wow, this is a touchy one….

I do love unconditionally… period.  And this is not because I am the ulimate sinner who is hell-bent on not repenting… I know I have “missed” and I am by far not perfect… not even going to try for such a term as perfect… I want to make mistakes… I want to “miss” …. I keep using that word because that is the literal translation of the word that has biblically been translated into “sin” … in ancient text and in the culture where it was used … the word meant “to miss”… it is the need of religion that has driven the word “sin” into such a dark and unforgiving area.

Back to unconditional love…  it is real… and it can be practiced.  I do not choose to love only certain people IF they meet certain criteria… I truly love the human person… I may not condone what actions they have taken… but I love the person.  There is a difference and I think Mr. Cohen is “missing” it.

To me, unconditional love is a natural love… it is love without judgement, without meeting expectations.  I love myself unconditionally… now THAT was a challenge to learn how to do!  ”An individual who truly intends to change and transform doesn't need or even want love without conditions.” - I highly disagree!  I feel that we do want love unconditional… we want to be love irregardless of mistakes… what I most certainly DO want from those around me is the integrity to challenge me to live to my highest potential - and to challenge me without kid gloves… does that mean that they can not love me unconditionally at the same time?  No.  

”Because you aspire to evolve morally, you just don't need to be loved unconditionally.”  Again, I feel a strong need to make a point here… he continues after this quote to say that this love that you awaken into “demands” …. uhm… nope… that would be one's ego that “demands nothing less than everything from each and every one of us.”  And those who are truly and authentically AWAKENED know this.  Because it is not something that is cultivated or created… it is naturally there… this love without conditions does exist… anything else is created by man's ego - a new box to fit into.  It's time to live naturally outside the box of expectations.  And I don't feel that loving unconditionally is an imposition at all…

My humble opinion on the topic.

~K