Unselfish Love for Someone You Do Not Like

 

There is no-one I do not like, but I did have a conflict with a man recently.  We had a misunderstanding, his ego was offended as I spoke truth to him of being more efficient.  I offered to meet face to face with him and make peace.  He had told me to never write again.  What was interesting was he was volunteering for an organisation dedicated to peace.  This is not surprising to me what I have come to know over the years is that many people do not know how to transcend their negativity and explore the conflict.  They typically get annoyed, angry and cut it off.  Yet in truth this is where the real learning happens.  Moreover, any negative discord is always something unhealed in the person and identification with the ego.  When you discuss matters you will discover we live in a world of differences, we all communicate differently and all conflict comes down to misunderstanding. However, if we don’t explore then we believe our thoughts and miss an opportunity for change and growth.  I know I am growing as I seldom feel angry these days.  I feel this beautiful peace, as I am in love with life.

I feel no negativity towards the person and felt love for him (humanity).  I opened the door to him with a olive branch.  He didn’t take it, he is not ready.  

So this below is dedicated to him, may he find the source of love in his life and realise that the world is out to love him, even with truth’s that may be regarded as questioning him, yet in truth are offering alternative ideas.

Love each other no matter what happens.  All have great value.  No-one is unacceptable when you get where they are coming from.

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Contemplation & Visualization

of

Unselfish Love

 

[Note: Do this exercise when you are not tired.]

Step One

Part of this mediation exercise involves feeling Unselfish Love for someone you don’t like. Some of the people you don’t like may deserve your feelings, they may be bad, or have done terrible things. This meditation technique is not intended to help you accept or “be alright with” the negative personality, lifestyle, or actions that some beings have created for themselves. Or to get you in the mental disposition to allow them back into your life. It is to get you to let go of them in an Unselfishly Loving manner, and also get you to relate to the essential being, the spiritual spark inside them, and still love & care for that. We can, and should have compassion for the spirits of those whose choices have led them into patterns of destruction and suffering. If we don’t, we are having a spiritual crisis ourselves. But we don’t want to personally accept those choices as “alright”.

To begin this visualization meditation, ask yourself the following questions – and answer them: “What is Unselfish Love?”; “What does it mean to be Unselfishly Loving?”; “Am I always Loving Unselfishly?” (and if the answer to that is no, think about the most recent situations in which you haven’t loved Unselfishly, and go on to the next question); “Why did I not Love Unselfishly in that situation?” Once you have thought about it, let go of the thought about why you didn’t Love Unselfishly. Why? The reason why you did not Love Unselfishly is not as important as making sure you will Love Unselfishly from now on. Now, again think about the situation in which you were not Unselfishly Loving. Completely visualize it again in your mind, only this time, visualize yourself being Unselfishly Loving, and visualize the results of that.

Finally, ask yourself “What should I be doing to express/manifest Unselfish Love all the time?”.  Ask the Universal Spirit, the One, “What would you have me do?”. And do an affirmation like, “I am Unselfishly Loving”.

Step Two

Start this meditation by “calling up” the feeling and concept of Unselfish Love. Do this by visualizing someone you have the most Unselfish Love for. It could be a child, parent, great friend, dog, relative, etc.. But if you have a teacher or a “personified ideal”, who Unselfishly Loves you also, that is who you should start with. Feel the Unselfish Love. Feel their Unselfish Love for you, and/or your Unselfish Love for them. While you are holding on to that feeling, think of someone you like but haven’t really felt Unselfish Love for. Feel Unselfish Love for the essence of that person – their spirit. Now think of someone you don’t like. Feel Unselfish Love for their spirit also. If they have done something hurtful, or harmful, that is inexcusable to you, be sure you only extend your feeling to their essence, their spirit, their Inner Being. Then expand your love to embrace everyone and everything you can conceive of.

Mohandas Gandhi

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

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