[Parthon]

Originally Posted by seeker5

Parthon, what you write is so beautiful, and so poetic! I loved reading it when I read it when you originally posted it, and I loved reading it again just now.

I had to read it again as well.

Hmm, I might have an issue with that myself. I dunno, I've never consciously sought out to be loved, nor cared about it. Maybe subconsciously I craved it though...

This ones tricky, it's the difference between actually being deserving of love vs being loved. Being deserving of love Is what I see as a fundamental truth about people. They live, so they can be loved. A person doesn't need to be loved in order to be deserving of it. They also don't need to seek it out. But it does mean being open to it if it appears, and being willing to accept it, putting no blocks on receiving love.

So, how do you do that - how do you just "love for love's sake"? How do do you just love? In other words, if I was a robot, I'd ask you, what lever do I pull in myself?

That's a tricky question. The easiest way is to relate it to hate. A person might hate another person for some reason, some slight that was done against them, but that hate will eventually devolve into just general hate against that person. As they keep living and hating this one person, hate will slowly creep into the lives. They will get hate more people as they get slighted. They will start antagonising people, encouraging people to act out against them, causing the person to hate more. Eventually they will hate what they've become and hate themselves and the world.

It the same with love. First you start out loving a particular person for a particular reason. Then as you keep loving them, it slowly changes into love for the person, for who they are to you. Then as you look into them, and realise the connection that you both share, you love them just beacuse you can, not for any particular reason. You love them, full stop. And that's where you have UL, but for one individual. UL for all is expanding that idea to all people. You can love them, so you do, not for any particular reason.

If you want a magic lever to press though, I think you have to find the lever, or discover it. Everybody's lever is different. There is a path though, and all you do is just be willing to travel it. This means following love whereever it takes you, and be willing to allow it, accept it and let it grow. Give it to others and be willing to share.

As for why UL? I'm not sure. It kind of changes the world, makes it a much nicer place to live, all without changing anything. Everyone is your friend, even if they are a complete stranger. Saying thank you to others becomes an act of love, when said with love behind it. Genuinely being thankful to others, and saying so. People tend to pick up on that too, when you are genuine. Then of course there are the interactions. When you don't fear anymore and you can really connect with others. You get to the heart of matters and really confront what's going on. There's lots of benefits to unconditional love, but they really need to be experienced.