Everything ends in love..
We have discussed in previous classes the concept that every idea, every action, every thought ends in love. More than just love - it is unconditional, divine love.

As an example, let us say that we are learning to play the piano. Initially our body has to learn to place our fingers correctly, our feet to comfortably push the pedals and so on. As we progress, it is our mind that has to learn to focus and concentrate so as to play the piano without distraction and to learn the most effectively and efficiently.

Next, there will be ‘aah’ moments of the heart where the piano is being played more intuitively and creatively with the heart. Finally, we realize that the highest experiences that we have in playing the piano are when they become effortless, where we are being powered by the universe or God and both we and the piano are instruments. This final stage comes about as a result of the flow of unconditional divine love.

You can reflect upon everything you do and realize that the same process is taking place. It might be as simple as walking the dog, or as seemingly convoluted as your career or goals at home.

For us to be more likely to be in the highest flow of love we must first understand that one of the most powerful components of this highest love is that it is unconditional.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

This may sound trite but how many things do you do unconditionally right now?

Truly reflect for a moment and realize that most of our thoughts and actions are tied to conditions. ‘I work so I can have more money, so I can give my kids all the things I did not have’, ‘I am doing this job I hate, so that I can get the things I want’, ‘I love him in exactly the same measure he loves me’, ‘I am learning to play the guitar so I can impress my friends’ and so on.

Do you see the problem? All of our conditions tie us to time, tie us to our ego, tie us to expectations about what has to happen.

“Real peace and real love begin where expectations end.”

Real unconditional love is in the now, in this moment, with no conditions or expectations. It can not start until we abandon our conditions.

I think modern medicine has become like a prophet offering a life free of pain. It is nonsense. The only thing I know that truly heals people is unconditional love. - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

So take the time today to see how many condition-less actions you can take. Work with no thought of future gain or your expectations being met. You will immediately find that you will have more energy, have more fun and be more likely to work effortlessly, because you will not be working with the anchor of all your conditions and expectations.

So much of the noise in our lives is conditions and expectations. Our stress and anxiety are usually about what we expect to happen, and what we are anxious about not happening. Our impatience comes from, you guessed it, our conditions and expectations not being met in our timeframe.

Play the piano, not with the idea of some future fame or fortune, but just with the presence of being in the moment with no conditions and you might find that it is playing itself.

Walk the dog, not because you are meeting the expectations of others or of yourself, but simply because it is a moment to be simple and faithful and loyal to one another and experience the deep unconditional love of two souls in the moment.

Another place to practise unconditional actions is when you are exercising. Most of us exercise because we will become fitter or stronger, but just try exercising without those conditions, and you might even find that there is love there.

When you contemplate the beauty of condition-less living you will wonder how you ever lived any other way. Try giving anything without conditions and you will see a beautiful flower opening in your life. True you might find it hard - especially using money which is probably the hardest thing to give and receive unconditionally as it is so strongly and inherently tied to conditions. So try helping a friend unconditionally with some service. Mow their lawns. Bake them a cake or help them care for their children. Look for ways to be kind.  Or even better,  help a stranger.

Being condition less is not easy in the beginning, but it is the beginning of the highest experiences of our lives, the flow of real unconditional divine love.