Blogs

CONDITIONAL LOVE? AND A SEQUEL ...

Posted by Howard McQueen on July 23, 2009 at 4:30pm
© 2009 Howard McQueenWhat is this thing called conditional love?Does it compel us toward or draw us away from UNconditional love?Oh!As in “I will love you if YOU…”• change yourself (for me)• drop your addictions (for me)• believe what I believe• drop being so critical• open up to life• make my life smoother• help heal our relationship gone astray (so I won't have to do all the work - poor me)• make better grades in school (so I will know I am a “successful” parent, or …)and so on ...Well now, if I am practicing this conditional love,It seems to me that I am engaged in1) manipulating someone else using and abusing the name of loveAnd/or2) dishonoring my own integrity by not being true to love of selfHmmmmmm. More weeds that I am needing to tend to!Welcome to the work of tending to the fertile garden, nourished by your soul.You as gardener are also steward and this is your landscape, the fruits and/or neglect of which you manifest into the outer world.Your Inner Housekeeping - Yes.Your work of UpRooting - For sure.This is the work set aside for us to under-take.~ .. ~Now that I am aware of this conditional love, I cease and desist, I stop – Cold Turkey!I step into my internal integrity, without blame or shame, and without hiding out, re-engage and more fully receive my own love and respect for self and Self, then reaffirm this in my relationship and actions and intent with all life, all forms of life and all energies of life.A blessing may help in receiving and keeping this promise and agreement close to my/your/our vest.Know at your innermost and cellular level that you are THE precious Child of Creation. You are unconditionally loved before your conception, you are unconditionally loved throughout your stay on this earth (as you encounter the full spectrum of current human conditions), AND you will are welcomed back into unconditional love at your death. This Love is outside of time and space and is Omnipotent as well as Unconditional. Know this, accept this, be changed by this. Let this be your only clothing. Go forth and love life and live the prophecy that will cultivate your love of life with your community, and share this message for those desiring to be re-imagined anew.. Be not afraid to risk it all, for what may emerge is astounding, and only a hint, just a taste of the rapture.*****Conditional love: Sequel© 2009 Howard McQueenWaves of reconnection to being true to myself continue to wash over me, allowing me to see conflict – witness it from within, feel into it, and know it as judgment, aka resistance-to-life, aka conditions that obscure and distort love.I release all multi-dimensional attachments to this conditional love,and unconditionally open to healing from withinAnd allow my integrity to spread outward to my relationships with all of life.Were I to put on the garb of the labels of being religious or spiritual,I would in this moment request baptism.I would in this moment enlist in SeminaryI would in this moment join a wandering Buddhist troupe.These are all well established paths, most leading to a life well lived.In this moment, I choose to step off all paths,to live the unique and radical life.In this moment, I give my life to that which is radical, exemplified in the spirit of fiercely loving life and defending life, in the name of all the true named and nameless mystics-prophets, past, present and future.I stand in awe of life, humbledwith laugher bubbling up quite oftenAt the delusionAnd the follyof what I once drank fromthinking it would open my heart, nourish my soul.Rooting out this ignorance and fear, this is joyful.Know that there has been much to let go.I am a simpler, humble foolI’ve stumbled upon the obscured artifact, “letting life be”, in my remembering to be free of judgment.I am seeing and sensing a more profound unity in everything, even amidst all the surface stress.I join the ranks of many others holding the Space, holding the Signal, for unconditional love to flourish.… Yipes … & …………. Yippee!***
E-mail me when people leave their comments –
Follow

You need to be a member of Asheville Sangha to add comments!

Join Asheville Sangha

Latest Blog Posts

Most Popular Blog Posts

Blog Topics by Tags

Monthly Archives