What does love mean? I'm not asking about romantic love which is often actually a misunderstanding of that other four letter 'L' word - lust. I'm asking about the love that makes a mother pick up a truck that has driven over her child or the love that has an uncle give a kidney to his niece. The love that has a volunteer give up all their home comforts to bring new opportunities to families living in a straw hut in a desert where they have to walk 4 miles each day to fetch a meagre supply of water. This love that transcends any thought for the self. A love that embodies the unconditional love of source energy.
I have experienced seeing a new born baby and felt that surge of love for something so magical and perfect. Standing in awe of the creative process. I have also felt absolute unconditional love for the animals in my life, even after they have thrown up on the front room rug or pee'd on the bed. I have often, however, found it more difficult to love other adults or older children in the same way. Which brings me to contemplate the nature of love.
Within this contemplation I have come to the realisation that the people I sometimes have trouble loving unconditionally are the ones who have their own opinion, who voice it and in so doing they trigger my 'stuff' and I go into judgement. Does that make them any less loveable? No. Do I have a choice in how I respond to their opinion? Yes.
So ultimately unconditional love is a choice. It's a choice that we can make in each infinite now moment (which, by the way, is the only moment you ever have). It is the choice that not only makes you feel good on a conscious level, but it is a choice that biologically can change the chemistry and biology of your body.
Compassion is almost a synonym for love. The Dali Lama has said that if every 5 year old child was taught to meditate for 1 hour a week on compassion, and followed that practice throughout their childhood, within 1 generation all war would be eradicated. Imagine that - is it not worth us taking the time to that in our own lives now. There have been so many different studies on the power of the collective mind through meditation. Just like love - it's a choice.
Today I choose to love first, last and in between. I let go of all judgement of myself and others and I practice compassion in al things.
In Love. J x
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