Good Friday – The Concept Of Unconditional Love

Good Friday ! The crucifixion cross represents itself as a symbol of Christianity and likely rightfully so, but what does that mean really .. what’s the deeper message ?

Now there’s the Christian view, through the various denominations of the faith … and here’s my take 🙂.

A Bit Of A Background First

I was born and bred into the Roman Catholic faith, and was up there with the rest at one time with how Christians practice their faith, though currently I no longer subscribe to or follow the doctrines, symbolisms of the church and religion. I no longer attend church. But in saying that my faith and belief in this “supreme power” has never been stronger. And I hold the being Jesus in high regard and the lessons I took as explained below.

One can say I am spiritual not religious. I am what one would term an Energy Channel and Conduit. Strange and wonderful things can happen when I lay my hands on someone, or when I simply intend so. I did not choose this, it was gifted to me and I’m humbled to have become a vessel for this “supreme power”, this “cosmic energy”, to work with whoever comes to me.

Do read on …..

So … About The Cross

If we took only one thing out of his teachings, it would be this … the concept of “Unconditional Love” !

To me, the underlying message within the cross is “Unconditional Love”, and emphasizing on the word UNCONDITIONAL ! Unfortunately most people struggle with this concept, let alone being able to practice or live it, the best of Christians included.

Unconditional Love ! I believe this is what the “being” we know as Jesus (or Yeshua as he presents himself to me) wanted mankind to grasp. If we took only one thing out of his teachings, I feel it would be this … the concept of “Unconditional Love” !

Look, he know what he was in for, he knew exactly !! And he had the power and ability to prevent the torture, the crucifixion. Why …. he could had stopped all of this at anytime, all he had to do was to lay his hand on the Pharisees and they would see the “light”. But why did he not?

When Peter defended Jesus by cutting off the ear of a Roman solider, Jesus reattached the ear and told Peter, “Shall I not drink from the cup my Father has given me”.

He could have chosen not to subject himself to this really horrible death. He instead saw and practiced a larger picture .. Unconditional Love !

What Is Love

Love, in my humble view, holds the highest frequency vibration in the cosmos. But the concept of love is often used and practiced very loosely by mankind. Through our conditioning and belief systems, love has very often become conditional, subject to something.

“I love you … but”

“I will do this for you … if”

“I will love ..when

Within the word UNCONDITIONAL, there is no place for “But”, If”, “And” or the likes.

True love flows from the heart, from this quiet, still, calm, peaceful place within void of unhelpful emotions and thoughts. It extends and radiates out in the absence of expectations, reward, self-ego, need for validation, acknowledgement, conditions, etc. … yep, you get it 🙂. True love is Unconditional and it flows out for the greater good for mankind.

On that note, there is also the aspect of Unconditional Love for one’s own-self ….  “Self Love”. But that’s a blog for another day 🙂 (stay tuned).

I’d encourage you to take time out to reflect and practice what unconditional love could mean for you. What happens when we choose (yes, its a choice) to encompasses the concept of unconditional in our interaction with others. Mothers, in particular, are quite good at this. Remember the phrase “A face only a mother could love” ?

Consider that when you practice this, you’ll find that potentially, you ;

    • Have less expectations of others
    • Respect and understand the journey / struggles of others better
    • Start seeing others in a different light, perhaps even the “God-spark” within them
    • Hence too, become less judgmental and perhaps more compassionate
    • Have less of a desire to lash out
    • Now find that you are less stressed about your expectations of life and people
    • Have less of those unhelpful emotions within, or perhaps are able to manage them better

Gosh, I could go on and on, but I hope you see that by allowing yourself to love unconditionally, you are actually helping yourself too. It could be termed a “selfish” act, but its a good thing ehh ? 🙂

Imagine how much better the world we live in could be, if we all took time just to practice a little “unconditional love”. When we choose to treat each other a slightly better degree of care, dignity, understanding and respect .. unconditionally.

Yeshua, The Cross And Unconditional Love

At the Last Supper, Yeshua washes the feet of his disciples and told his disciples “A new command I give you, love one another as I have loved you”.

I bet at that time, they did not have much of a freakin clue 🙂  what he truly meant.

Yeshua, could have saved himself from the cross and death, but his act was “selfless” and “unconditional” and aimed at demonstrating a practice for us to emulate in the manner we treat and regard each other.

“Love One Another As I Have Loved You … and know you don’t have to be a Christian or even be religious to practice this.

“Stay the course, pick up the pieces, start again”

While on the cross he went on to say “Father forgive them for they know not what they do”. Still, the human aspect of him had its own “hissy fit” as he cried out “Father, why have you forsaken me”.

This is something we can all inadvertently feel within, “forsaken”, as we practice  unconditional love and in the process get disregarded, have shit thrown at our faces, etc. Yep, we have all been there right ?

But what do you do then ? Stay the course, pick up the pieces, start again, get “forsaken” again and start all over again.

It is a big, big ask of anyone to practice unconditional love all the time. Its definitely easier said than done, but there is bigger picture here, ultimately taking yourself into a place of deep peace, feeling light, feeling free, allowing your true self from within to emerge and radiate.

Today, I am a better version of myself, simply because of how I “choose” to practice this in my own life. I falter, man do I falter ! 🙂 But I try and stay the course.

This, my friends is the meaning I take out of Good Friday. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

“Love One Another As I Have Loved You

The Transition Journey

A reflection on the years past and towards the years to be.

Part of what I like to do is looking for alternate (positive) meanings within things and using metaphors.

This time its the song “The Last Goodbye” from the movie “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”. This song was composed by Billy Boyd, and who also sings it and beautifully too. Now, Lord of the Rings fans will know Billy Boyd to be the one playing the character of “Pippin”.

Scroll down below to listen to this song and view the full lyrics.

I connect with the lyrics of this song very much .. as what I take from it is a journey of transition.

To me, my journey of change over the years from a hard set personality with blinkers on, the “Accountant”, moving onto a continuously new and evolving horizon. I find myself now walking and discovering more and more the spiritual path with realizations of new levels of consciousness, all this towards the role I am to play in helping others in their very own journeys.

This song for me sheds light on the aspect of “the ME who can be” versus the aspects of “the ME that no longer serves my higher purpose”.

For something new to grow and flourish, at times somethings must die, somethings must end !

Connecting With The Song

And now, as 2017 ends, we reflect back on the trials, the tribulations, the journeys and paths traveled in 2017 (and prior), quoting the lyrics of this song, I now say to the ME of old …

To these memories I will hold
With your blessing I will go
To turn at last to paths that lead home

Many places I have been
Many sorrows I have seen
But I don’t regret
Nor will I forget
All who took that road with me

And as 2018 looms and as the trials of 2017 end …

Night is now falling
So ends this day

But now comes the day
To bid you farewell

And as I flow into 2018, I welcome, brace myself and look forward to the new trials, the new adventures, for …

The road is now calling
And I must away
Over hill and under tree
Through lands where never light has shone
By silver streams that run down to the sea

The Pursuit Of Happiness

For many, we wish so much to be in control of our destiny, we tend to take comfort in the predictive, in being predictive. We cling on to the hope, the ideal of happiness .. to the extent that we can end up becoming quite unhappy in the pursuit of happiness. Ironic huh ?

Consider that the happiness, the knowing that we seek can sometimes instead arise within our ability to let go of the need for it.

Consider that this can entail one walking within the dark, not knowing, unaware, feeling lost. But when one is able to do so and embrace this concept with trust and faith re the path ahead, the knowing and happiness have a tendency of presenting itself, disguised though at times, but know that it exists therein.

Consider the concept of …. that when we no longer view happiness as the end state / the destination … and instead embrace the ideal that we can discover it within the journey walked, within the darkness, within the trials and the tribulations

Consider that the “Happiness” is in fact the “Journey”

And though where the road then takes me,
I cannot tell ….

Consider too, for its within the darkest depths of the fears we hold onto, that we can in turn discover the light, the beauty and the strength that represents the most precious aspects of us and potentially the launch pad for our further greatness.

With the onset of the New Year, symbolically ….

I turn at last to paths that lead HOME 

For it is here in walking this journey, walking within the not knowing, that …

I can fully serve the purpose I was put here for …

I now embrace, live and sit in harmony with my fears and that which is presented here forth  …

The journey HOME .. where I further discover my own truth. Accepting who I am and who I’m not and being able to speak and walk my truth within my true authenticity …

Live my authenticity in the absence of the collective fears of past patterning and conditioning that have plagued most of us …

 

Hence to the “ME of old” ….. I bid you a fond farewell. For the road is now calling and I must away.

So !! What is your story ?

What road beckons you forth, what goodbyes do you have to say, what loads must you drop to travel through lands where never light has shone ? I bid you blessings on your journey.

Video and Song credits;
Korital Lyrics : For the You Tube clip with the lyrics
Copyright by WaterTower Music

“The Last Goodbye” (Billy Boyd)

I saw the light fade from the sky
On the wind I heard a sigh
As the snowflakes cover
My fallen brothers
I will say this last goodbye

Night is now falling
So ends this day
The road is now calling
And I must away

Over hill and under tree
Through lands where never light has shone
By silver streams that run down to the sea

Under cloud, beneath the stars
Over snow and winter’s morn
I turn at last to paths that lead home

And though where the road then takes me,
I cannot tell
We came all this way
But now comes the day
To bid you farewell

Many places I have been
Many sorrows I have seen
But I don’t regret
Nor will I forget
All who took that road with me

Night is now falling
So ends this day
The road is now calling
And I must away

Over hill, and under tree
Through lands where never light has shone
By silver streams that run down to the sea

To these memories I will hold
With your blessing I will go
To turn at last to paths that lead home

And though where the road then takes me,
I cannot tell
We came all this way
But now comes the day
To bid you farewell

I bid you all a very fond farewell

 

Just Jump – Take A Leap !

Goldfish jumping into the sea
Just Do It – Jump!

 

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