I received the second response to the Unconditional Love survey on December 16. Thanks, Steve. I greatly appreciate your response and wisdom.
Date of Reading: December 16, 2010
Participant’s Name: Steve
Steve’s Birthdate: 10/4/1964
1) Do you believe in Unconditional Love? If so, based on which religion or spiritual practice? I wholeheartedly believe in Unconditional Love. My belief in this energy is not based on any religion rather it’s based on my experience of the power of what unconditional love can do and heal in people and situations.
2) What does the concept of Unconditional Love mean to you personally? Unconditional love to me means that you are able to love anyone and anything, no matter how good, bad or indifferent, with no judgments one way or the other. In other-wards, Unconditional Love takes a neutral and non-judgmental approach to all living things in the Universe.
3) Does your faith teach Unconditional Love? If so, please share that teaching here. Absolutely! It teaches that we are all connected and one with everything, so if I judge the murderer then I am judging myself. If I judge the fat people then I am judging myself. If I judge the convicted felons (which Jesus Christ was actually a convicted felon), then I am merely judging myself. So, to have Unconditional Love for all things separated from any judgment of any kind then is to have unconditional love for myself as well.
4) Are you political? How do you practice Unconditional Love in your politics? What’s that??? Just kidding. I’ve always shied away from politics until I realized that I needed to be involved at least on an energetic level. The level of corruption in politics is astronomical and it seems difficult to believe in anyone that is representing “We The People” when our constitutional rights are constantly being stepped on and ignored like a doormat. However, this seemingly negative energy that comes from the political arena is the perfect tool to practice unconditional love. When I hear about politicians who are voting for legislation that is a clear violation of our constitutional rights and takes away our freedom I call upon the Ascended Masters to intervene in whatever way they are able to help influence these people and allow them to awaken to the truth. I pray for our government that they will be divinely guided to make the right decisions and not come from a “Self Serving” energy. I pray that they will one day see everyone as equal and deserving of being happy and successful living fulfilling lives.
5) Do you practice Unconditional Love in your everyday life? I would say that I do because I see and hear so many people that make disparaging comments about this and that and those and them’s. They judge people for all the wrong reasons (usually because whatever they are judging is acting as a mirror for their own egos of what they don’t like in themselves). So, if someone does something to make me angry then I know that I probably need to take a look in the mirror myself and see what it is about myself that I’m judging or don’t like and need to change. I won’t engage in senseless arguments. Nor will I participate in someone else’s drama that they are drudging up in order to be heard. I often give money to homeless people regardless of whether I think they will do something that I deem wrong with the money. The fact of the matter is that person might very well be very happy because someone cared enough to help them out. What they do with the gift is their free-will choice and I honor that in every living thing!~ I also find myself doing just about anything for my friends when they are in need even if it means me not getting “ME” time that night and getting home late. We all need to be loved by each other and merely keeping to yourselves all the time is building the energy of unity like we really need in this world today.
6) Have you ever experienced Unconditional Love from another human being? If so, please share your experience here. I have experienced unconditional love many, many times but this one memory always comes to mind. A friend of mine, many years ago in Seattle loaned me something like $250.00 one time because I was really in need. Well, I knew it was going to be awhile before I could pay him back. I don’t remember exactly when this occurred but one birthday my friend John told me that he wanted to give me a gift and that gift was that I didn’t have to pay him the $250.00 back. I was floored. I cried, in fact, because the energy of that unconditional love was so strong that it had a very profound effect on me for many years to come. Another incident that really rings out in my head is very recent. One day I blew out a tired on the freeway on the way to Portland. I was able to make it off the freeway but had basically shredded the tire. Where my car ended up was not in a very safe place. I ended up on an overpass in an emergency lane that was half of the width of my car. Cars were flying by from coming off the freeway but I knew that I had no choice but to try to change my tire. I got the spare and jack out of the trunk. But the car was at such a weird angle to the road from the flat that I had trouble getting the jack even positioned under the car to jack it up. About 10 minutes into struggling with this, cars whizzing by and it was nighttime, a car pulls up in front of me and parks. I didn’t even notice. What I did notice was this nice pair of patent leather shoes that came strolling up to me as I was struggling with the jack. I looked up and this very sharply dressed black man asked if I was OK and did I need any help. I said I was having trouble getting the jack in a place where I could raise the car and change the tire. I asked him if he had a better jack in his car. He went to check (again more cars screaming by) but to no avail. My next thought, as I was laying under the car was my fear of a car running over my legs. So, I got out from under the car to ask the gentleman if he could protect me from the oncoming traffic. I got up and this man had already gotten into the middle of the lane closest to my car was diverting traffic for me while I changed my tire even before I asked him. I got the tired changed finally and I went up to the man who had protected me in a dangerous situation and I thanked him for his kindness and willingness to stick around while I safely got my tired change. I called that blog “The Zen of Rubber Tires”. This man was truly an Angel from God.