03-22-2022, 09:35 PM
(03-22-2022, 05:41 PM)Quincunx Wrote:(03-22-2022, 09:17 AM)Loki Wrote: I disagree that unconditional love means sacrificing yourself. If you feel you sacrifice yourself by showing love to someone that is not unconditional love. I would call it kindness which is a form of love/wisdom combo.
Unconditional love is pure benefit to you and to Creator and you feel it as unconditional love. At least this is what Q'uo believes about Jesus sacrifice. Q'uo says Jesus receives the maximum possible positive polarity by martyrdom. But for Jesus his martyrdom did not feel as a sacrifice but it was what he wished for himself. We see it as sacrifice because we are not capable of unconditional love towards everybody or everything. I only have unconditional love for my cat but this is about it. Jesus had it for every part of this Creation.
I think you are confused about what unconditional love is. The way I can relate to things is through stories.
For example, I have tried dating women thinking that I was going to get a relationship out of it. Instead, it seems like they are walking away with a sense of learning that was initiated by me. I get nothing in return. The most recent woman who I tried beginning something with was experiencing a separation that eventually ended in divorce. I didn't know this when I asked her out. I later found out that V needed surgery to remove cysts on her ovaries. I learned this from someone else. I had many dreams that were consistently trying to tell me to tell a woman about what I had experienced in my past. There is a level of free will when interpreting dreams so I had a hard time figuring out what they could be about. I had a moment of clarity when V told me that she needed surgery but wasn't sure about getting it done. After weeks of trying to figure out what my dreams were saying I decided to confront V and tell her about my Cancer history. I told her about the scars on my neck and that I made a choice to have a tumor removed even though I knew it was a life or death operation. I eventually found out that V made her choice and took a month off from work to recover. The last I heard was that she is doing well and is enjoying her life. V and I never went on a date. I helped her with a choice and got nothing in return. Not even a thank you. I understand this example may be seen as not giving unconditional love. This happened a few years ago when I was struggling with the concept of my mission on Earth.
Another example is when there was this lazy coworker I worked with. The job required all employees to do online training in the break room. He was in there for 30 minutes. The training usually takes 5 minutes or less. A manager requested someone to go talk to him as to why it was taking him so long. I volunteered. It turns out the guy was having trouble trying to figure out where his place in life was. He had other jobs outside of the one we were currently at. From his point of view he thought about working smart not hard. From everyone else's point of view was that he doesn't work at all. It took some time for me to communicate to him that this current job that we were both in was not for him. I was not his supervisor or a manager therefore I could not fire this person. The rest of the conversation was me agreeing with him that this job required extra work that is unsatisfactory but it pays money so we are forced to just do the work. I never once hinted that he should quit his job other than saying that this job just isn't for him. About an hour later I heard from upper management that he quit his job. Did I help him? Did I get anything in return?
You mentioned that you love your cat unconditionally. I disagree with this statement. Yes you feed it and provide a home for it but does it not return it's thanks by comforting you. Now if the cat were always clawing you and showing signs that it doesn't want your love but then you insist on caring for it regardless then that could be seen as unconditional love.
Unconditional love means to love someone regardless of what he/she does including hurting you. This what Jesus did. Unconditional love means not expecting anything in return for your love.
My cat has some health issues which causes me a great deal of pain. Her suffering is constantly mirrored in my heart. When she has good moments and plays, her favourite play is to climb my legs and she claws me a lot while playing but I let her play because she has so few good moments. My legs up to the knees are covered in scratches I am happy when she seem normal and I don't mind few little scratches. Because of anxiety caused by allergies she never come to me to cuddle. When she sleeps I go to her and I try healing sessions resting my hands on her body. When I can see her taking a relaxed pose during the healing I feel joy despite my sometimes uncomfortable position. I treat her like she is my little sister. It was entrusted by the Creator to me and I do my best to help her. For lots of people this seems stupid but for me it isn't.