Why Is Awareness’s Love Scary?

"In this morning’s meditation, I imagined lying to somebody. All there was to that act was the knowing of the experience – the emotional turmoil, the thoughts. And the knowing was absolutely loving of that experience. It felt like a mother who loves me even when I’m being bad. That was horrifying. I could be bad and still belong. Rupert says: ‘Why is it scary for you to know that you are loved absolutely, irrespective of your thoughts or your behaviour? You do belong. Do you feel that there are people in this world who do so-called bad things or evil things, and therefore that they don’t belong, that they are not loved by God? If the relationship between our self as a finite mind and infinite consciousness was only one of love when our finite mind never told a lie or had a bad thought or did something dishonest, how many people would God love? Not many. Likely no one. Can you imagine having a child who you love profoundly and unconditionally? Can you imagine that child having difficulties, getting into trouble and doing something that was unkind, dishonest, bad, even evil? Would you stop loving them? That’s the nature of love. It’s unconditional.’"

From event 05 - 12 October, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Garrison Institute, 5–12 October 2025

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