I received the eighth response to the Unconditional Love survey on December 22. Thanks, Alison. I greatly appreciate your response and wisdom.
Date of Reading: December 22, 2010
Participant’s Name: Alison
Alison’s Birthdate: 1/30/1953
1) Do you believe in Unconditional Love? If so, based on which religion or spiritual practice? YES, COMPASSION FOR ALL BEINGS IS WHAT MENDS AND BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER. THIS I’VE LEARNED FROM YEARS OF STUDY, FIRST ROOTED IN CATHOLICISM, THEN BUDDHIST PRACTICE, METAPHYSICAL STUDIES, QUAKER COMMUNITY AND MEDITATIONAL HEALING PRACTICE. ADD A DASH OF POETRY, SHAMANIC JOURNEYS AND HEALING FROM NEAR DEATH ILLNESS AND POOF! WHAT IS LEFT BUT TO LOVE, ALL IN THE GREAT SWAMP OF GRATITUDE.
2) What does the concept of Unconditional Love mean to you personally? SENDING LASER LIKE BEAMS OF LIGHT AND GOODWILL FROM MY HEART, AND SOURCE TO WHATEVER SITUATION, BE IT PERSON, PLACE OR THING THAT NEEDS HELP. I EVEN SEND IT TO MY COMPUTER PRINTER AND IT HAS GOTTEN FIXED, QUITE A HOOT. I IMAGINE A WATERFALL OF BENEVOLENCE FALLING AROUND THOSE IN NEED (WHICH IS JUST ABOUT EVERYONE) BUT IF I FOCUS ON THOSE IN PAIN, CONFUSION, SUFFERING, ETC., I HAVE NOTICED RESULTS.
3) Does your faith teach Unconditional Love? If so, please share that teaching here. I DON’T RELY ON ORGANIZED RELIGION TO TEACH ME ANYTHING. MOST OF WHAT I’VE LEARNED IS FROM SAVANTS AND TEACHERS. (PEMA CHODRON, PHILOSOPHERS, FRIENDS, AND MY HUSBAND – WHO KNEW?)
4) Are you political? How do you practice Unconditional Love in your politics? I AM PRAYERFULLY POLITICALLY ACTIVE. I MEDITATE AT HOME FOR THE WORLD, CHOOSING TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT UP IN POLARITY AND ASSUMING I AM RIGHT AND KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR ANYONE. (THAT AIN’T EASY, MY EGO SO WANTS TO BE RIGHT.) I WORK IN ENVIRONMENTS AMONG PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SHARE MY POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW. IF I SEE THEM AS SELF RIGHTEOUS, THEN I MUST BE ALSO. I MUST GET OFF THAT BELIEF AND WORK TO SEE THEM JUST AS CONCERNED FOR THEIR NEEDS AND FAMILY AS I AM AND BLESS THEM, WHICH I DO FROM MY MIND AND HEART, INSTEAD OF TRY TO SHARE MY POINTS OF VIEW. I NEVER DO THAT. IT ONLY SERVES TO SEPARATE US. I LISTEN TO THEM AND PRAY TO MY HEART TO BE OPEN TO LISTEN TO THEM AND SEND LOVE.
5) Do you practice Unconditional Love in your everyday life? YES
6) Have you ever experienced Unconditional Love from another human being? If so, please share your experience here. MY MOM HAS LOVED ME WHEN MY CHOICES APPEARED TO HAVE HURT HER.