Unconditional love does't stay in humans.

I often find having some music playing in the background helps when I’m writing. I started today’s little article with a bit of Strawberry Fields by the Beatles. That’s not to say I’ll be writing about strawberries or the like but merely the fact it helps with the creative flow.

Today, I’m going to write about a bit of a contentious headline saying humans cannot unconditionally love. Now, this may have some of us hopping up and down saying but I do love unconditionally and painting the intelligent ates as brutish and beyond hope.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Many of us do indeed strive for such lofty heights whilst many may succumb to those denser thoughts and feelings of anger and fear. I feel many of us will sit somewhere in the middle or rising to the top of that scale.

Yet, even the loftiest of human aspirants will still fall short of true unconditional love. In my opinion (and remember it’s just my thoughts which you don’t have to agree with), there will always be some exchange that is required. That is not to say they aren’t doing the very best they can but there will always be some condition. I also wonder by trying to be such an avatar of unconditional love that we put immense pressure upon ourselves. I will tell you now and honestly that I cannot love unconditionally and do not expect unconditional love in return.

I do believe unconditional love exists though, just not in the human form. It is the energy around us, it is the energy that picks us up, makes us feel good and the spark of creation. Yet, if the energy is ground down into the human form, it will be altered. There is the brain, the thoughts, our ID which is our survival mechanism and experience interface. Our persona is formed and this will have its needs, wants and opinions. It is in this reality that unconditional love cannot remain.

However, what we can do is to find that act of artful compromise. It is in this space that we discuss, find common ground, give, take and be in accord with ourselves, our kith and kin, communities, countries, environments and planet. When we take in the full kaleidoscope of all there is we expand into something much greater and more love can flow into our reality.

There is the trick isn’t it? Try to invite as much of that love energy around us and live not in the energies of guilt and regret. If we find those aspects around us we have skewed or dare say been skewered by the load of expectation and obligation.

Ever we are reminded of these burdens and they can certainly hold us back. If we look to aspire to the avatar-hood of unconditional love, there is no opinion, there is no expectation, there simply is. How can a human find such a place? How can the human not have their own beliefs, conditions on how to live their best life. Indeed, even such aspirations, no matter how noble are surely conditions are they not?

Nevertheless, this article is not designed to bring in the feeling of what’s the point. Instead, it is a mere reminder to us to enjoy our lives as best we can. I often see that spirituality means X,Y,Z but why not just take what it means to you. To me, it need not be complicated, heavy and hard but rather simply, just be nice when you can. What about you? What does spirituality and unconditional love mean to you? Please do share your thoughts and wisdom.