Love Without Limitation

I attended a Christian church service today for observance of Easter. I knew a person who was performing in the service and I wanted very much to give them my support and love even though I am not a Christian. It is interesting how the mind works when it is influenced by a particular belief. Their is that sense of belonging or not belonging, both of which can create a division in ones thinking. Beliefs tend to divide and separate and for this reason it is very difficult to realize understanding that is not the result of conclusion and prejudice. We are taught to be suspicious of the other through our identification with religious beliefs and political ideals. How is it that we fall short of realizing the love of all mankind, regardless of appearances, that is the premise of almost all religions? Somehow the brotherhood and sisterhood of the truly sacred is lost in the dogma of religious organizations. To organize is to destroy the very freedom that allows for a realization of love that has no agenda and that is without conditions. The truth of love is unconditional. If you have requirements for your love, religious or otherwise, then you do not love and probably never have. A person must realize vulnerability in order to truly love. If you look at the Christ, not through your religious prejudice, but as the highest example of vulnerability, you may come to the realization that he loved all regardless of their position. Whether you believe he was God or not is of no consequence, what is important is that he loved beyond all concepts of religion, unconditionally. If one could realize that same love then their would be no need for religion. In this way Christ and Buddha are alike, they transcended the religious prejudice of their time, and loved all with compassion and understanding. Should we do no less?

It is very difficult to give up ones religious practice. A person has much time invested in the psychological accumulation of that which gives a sense of security. To be totally free is to be unattached and to open the door to understanding that has no limitation. To realize a freedom that allows you to love without motive or condition is the highest spirituality. One must find that aloneness that allows one to realize in the moment that which is the negation of all that limits and keeps one in the darkness of the known. To shed all divisional concepts whether religious or ideological is to find the selflessness of love that has no limitation. You can name your religion, you can create all sorts of dogmatic requirements, but you cannot name or limit the truth of love.