Comments on: Liking while Disliking http://pathlessmind.com/liking-while-disliking/ A Discussion of a Better Life Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:05:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Adriane http://pathlessmind.com/liking-while-disliking/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Adriane Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:15:41 +0000 http://pathlessmind.com/?p=181#comment-83 Well... there is loving and loving. What does love mean to each individual? I think the distinction is in loving the essence of who each person is without considering their actions or personality, which are ego-driven. Further, when our own ego interacts with our reasoning capabilities, we become judges and our heart is no longer engaged; the heart being engaged as opposed to our mind is the very thing which enables us to love unconditionally. To love others in such a way in no way excuses or condones others' behaviour... it simply "exists" as a sort of natural force, and because our own ego often gets in the way, is likely not sustainable as a constant state of being. As long as we are consciously aware of the separation that exists between "us" and "them" it is not possible to love wholly in the way that you describe in your first paragraph... in the way that ascended masters are able to. There are moments when I have felt this all-openness... an interconnection with the sea of All That We Are... when my heart center feels like it's flowing out into everyone and everything and essence of Love is flowing through my heart like a river. It's incredible... but like all good and wonderful things the moment ends and I forget that we are like Lego pieces and let my ego back into the driver's seat and as much as I'd like not to judge another's behaviour, I do. But I am aware I am doing it, and that this is not all of the story, and for a moment I can once again pull back into that state of bliss, and share it with those that are around me by projecting it outward, and hope that it uplifts all of us. :) ~Adriane <3 Well… there is loving and loving. What does love mean to each individual?

I think the distinction is in loving the essence of who each person is without considering their actions or personality, which are ego-driven.

Further, when our own ego interacts with our reasoning capabilities, we become judges and our heart is no longer engaged; the heart being engaged as opposed to our mind is the very thing which enables us to love unconditionally.

To love others in such a way in no way excuses or condones others’ behaviour… it simply “exists” as a sort of natural force, and because our own ego often gets in the way, is likely not sustainable as a constant state of being. As long as we are consciously aware of the separation that exists between “us” and “them” it is not possible to love wholly in the way that you describe in your first paragraph… in the way that ascended masters are able to.

There are moments when I have felt this all-openness… an interconnection with the sea of All That We Are… when my heart center feels like it’s flowing out into everyone and everything and essence of Love is flowing through my heart like a river. It’s incredible… but like all good and wonderful things the moment ends and I forget that we are like Lego pieces and let my ego back into the driver’s seat and as much as I’d like not to judge another’s behaviour, I do.

But I am aware I am doing it, and that this is not all of the story, and for a moment I can once again pull back into that state of bliss, and share it with those that are around me by projecting it outward, and hope that it uplifts all of us. :)

~Adriane <3

]]> By: Lora http://pathlessmind.com/liking-while-disliking/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Lora Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:05:33 +0000 http://pathlessmind.com/?p=181#comment-53 I find if I can understand someone I can then push aside the dislike. I used to hate---now it just translates into pity. Hate is just too much work, and a waste of my precious time. There is no perfection out there, not even within ourselves, it's just a constant growth. And I'm attracted to, or like (leading to love?) those that continue to push themselves to grow. So I certainly can't love everybody. That's also a waste of my time, I have too much work to do on myself, most days. I find if I can understand someone I can then push aside the dislike. I used to hate—now it just translates into pity. Hate is just too much work, and a waste of my precious time.

There is no perfection out there, not even within ourselves, it’s just a constant growth. And I’m attracted to, or like (leading to love?) those that continue to push themselves to grow.

So I certainly can’t love everybody. That’s also a waste of my time, I have too much work to do on myself, most days.

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