Love is defined by many as physical attraction, admiration or supreme compatibility. Some even think that jealousy, possessiveness or fear of abandonment demonstrate love. But bonafide love isn’t just a feeling; it has nothing to do with fear. It’s the action of opening your heart and accepting another person as unconditionally worthy of your compassion and understanding. It doesn’t mean you tolerate unloving behavior or fail to establish boundaries. You just do it with loving kindness. When you accept yourself so much that you can unconditionally accept your beloved without fear…
It’s the real deal.
Steve and Jarl
Really is. Connects totally to my understanding. What frightens us away from love is the fear set up by the required vulnerability.
The way I see it, we are trained to defend ourselves from anything outside us, so vulnerability takes an enormous surrender. It is a ferocious level of acceptance, and it includes the willingness to get hurt and then detach from the hurt while we seek an understanding and a remedy.