You Might as Well Face it, Your 'Conditioned' to Love

My previous post addressed the assumed impossibility of unconditional love with the suggestion that it may not be as impossible as we may think.

This suggestion primarily addressed how we could acknowledge and strip away the conditions that we inadvertently and unwittingly apply to our intimate relationships based on a definition of 'love' as we believe it should be experienced. Although such acknowledgment may not bring one full circle to an unconditioned love for another, it may increasingly result in less conditions thereby opening up the possibility of an enlightening “surprise” in our relationships.


I am borrowing the concept of “surprise,” as a state of mind, from James Carse and his book, “Finite and Infinite Games.” The concept of Surprise is an openness to love, and life, that does not apply conditions, restrictions or limitations to your relationship with yourself, others and the world.

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