How do you cultivate unconditional love?

[cherria]

An example of one possible 'train of thought'. The scene: I'm walking my dogs with my son in nearby forest.
- 'the moment contains love' - I'm with my son, and I love him deeply - I love my dogs, too - I love the nature - I love forest strolls - I especially love trees - etc. usually many 'I love's' come first - I see my son, I feel his love too, of many things - I can hear a happy family playing in their yard nearby - while annoying and making me crazy sometimes, I can feel the love in the dogs when they're let to do their antics - I can almost physically feel the love radiating from the trees; to the soil, to the clean air, to other trees, to us enjoying being - snow is melting, the expectation of spring hangs in the air - birds, birds have begun their song - the smell of forest soil - I heard a loud movement of some machinery far away, it reminds me of my enjoyment of all things mechanical, of tinkering, of fixing - I saw water flowing down the slope, there is some primal, ancient love/desire in the way water finds its way downwards - dogs*** sticks out from the now melting snow; I see beyond the surface, all the minerals, biological matter waiting in the stasis of winter to be returned to the circle of Earth life - my son walked over said dogs***, flustered and angry, I showed him the way, we hugged, the good feelings still linger - I got water in my shoe; it was time to return home anyway, and I'm grateful for this reminder/catalyst that lunch must be waiting already - the glare of the Sun greets us between the branches of the trees, it is magnificent how something so obvious, almost taken as granted, is Love in its purest form; The Creator greeting a creator; I am truly happy and joyous to live in this moment containing love - I sneeze uncontrollably; love overload.. again.. 3D bodies are so strange.

Thank you so much for this example! I've actually had a hard time understanding exercise 1, but this explains it so well. I've been trying this for the past couple days and it really has an affect and it gets better after every time I try to see the love in the moment.