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  1. This Business of Love — Claude Comments

    “When we ourselves do not love everyone, why we should expect or want everyone to love us?”

    Claude Comments:

    There’s a real insight here, and it sits nicely alongside your recent aphorisms on love — but let me engage with both the thought and the phrasing honestly.

    The idea. The aphorism works as a mirror-argument: it exposes a common asymmetry in the human heart. We ration our own love carefully — extending it to those who please us, withholding it from those who don’t — yet we feel wounded, even indignant, when the world doesn’t love us universally. Pointing out that hypocrisy has genuine force, and it has good lineage: it echoes the Gospel’s “why beholdest thou the mote in thy brother’s eye,” and in the Advaitic register it gestures at the ego’s structure — the ahamkara demands from the world what it refuses to give, precisely because it experiences itself as the centre and others as periphery.

    A philosophical wrinkle worth considering. As stated, the aphorism could be read two ways, and they lead in opposite directions:

    1. Deflationary reading: “Lower your expectations — you don’t love everyone, so don’t expect universal love.” This counsels realism, a kind of stoic adjustment.
    2. Aspirational reading: “The remedy for craving universal love is to become universal love yourself.” This is the Advaitic/Christian direction — when one abides as the Self, the question of receiving love dissolves because the lover/beloved division dissolves.

    The aphorism currently states only the diagnosis, not which cure you intend. That’s not necessarily a flaw — good aphorisms often leave the reader at the fork — but you might consider whether a companion aphorism could supply the second movement. Something in the spirit of: the demand to be loved is the ego’s business; the capacity to love is the Self’s nature. Nisargadatta’s line comes to mind here — that wisdom says “I am nothing,” love says “I am everything.” Your aphorism sits in the gap between those two.

    One small counterpoint to test it against. A critic might say: wanting to be loved isn’t hypocrisy, it’s simply need — the infant wants love before it can give any. The aphorism treats an existential hunger as if it were a logical inconsistency. I think the aphorism survives this objection (its target is expectation and demand, not the bare wish), but the word “want” slightly weakens it, because wanting love isn’t blameworthy in the way expecting it is. You might consider whether “expect or demand” is tighter than “expect or want.”

    The phrasing. Two small edits:

    • Word order: “why should we expect” rather than “why we should expect.”
    • “When” could arguably be “If” — “When” implies the condition always holds (true enough of most of us, but “If” makes it a cleaner logical hinge and less accusatory toward the reader).

    So a polished version might read:

    “If we ourselves do not love everyone, why should we expect everyone to love us?”

    Or, if you want to keep the softer double verb: “…why should we expect, or even want, everyone to love us?” — the “even” acknowledges that wanting is more forgivable than expecting.

    #ExpectationOfLove #Love #QuotableQuotes #Quotations #Quote #Quotes #TrueLove #UnconditionalLove #UnrequitedLove #WantingToBeLoved
  2. -LGBTQ+ and Faith-
    Statement

    This small village church on the outskirts of #Berlin is flying the flag: Love comes in many colors. #unconditionallove
    Happy Pride Month!

    #fotoVorschlag ‚Versuchung‘
    #PhotoSuggestion 'Temptation'

    Controversial discussions on Theology and Queerness.
    Deutschland Radio Kultur on Queer Theology (text and audio in German):
    deutschlandfunkkultur.de/queer

    #Streetphotography #LGBTQPlus #Queer
    #Pride2026 #pride #church
    #silentsunday #photography #streetphoto @lucas

  3. -LGBTQ+ and Faith-
    Statement

    This small village church on the outskirts of #Berlin is flying the flag: Love comes in many colors. #unconditionallove
    Happy Pride Month!

    #fotoVorschlag ‚Versuchung‘
    #PhotoSuggestion 'Temptation'

    Controversial discussions on Theology and Queerness.
    Deutschland Radio Kultur on Queer Theology (text and audio in German):
    deutschlandfunkkultur.de/queer

    #Streetphotography #LGBTQPlus #Queer
    #Pride2026 #pride #church
    #silentsunday #photography #streetphoto @lucas

  4. I am happy to have experienced unconditional love in this lifetime, and even though the two of us cannot be together in the physical realm, I am eternally grateful to you for making me experience it...

    #writing #love #unconditionallove #life #lifetime #experience #realm #physicalrealm #eternity

  5. I am happy to have experienced unconditional love in this lifetime, and even though the two of us cannot be together in the physical realm, I am eternally grateful to you for making me experience it...

    #writing #love #unconditionallove #life #lifetime #experience #realm #physicalrealm #eternity #jlbouzou

  6. 533. A Well-Being Economy

    Mike Parsons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxivdwbwk-M&list=PLlh5vjc-jOvX0QqpOa-P1NHstq8ZFnWx6&index=14 A Well-Being Economy I would like to see politicians who do want to be supporting the people of the country they live in rather than the big businesses or the corporations or everything else. People’s health and well-being should be the key factor. So I think a well-being economy rather than a productivity economy would more reflect God’s heart. There are some governments around […]

    freedomarc.blog/2026/05/29/533

  7. On this special day, we celebrate the unconditional love, strength, and sacrifices of every mother.
    Happy Mother’s Day to the ones who shape our lives with care and endless support. ❤️✨

    #MothersDay #DCCGroup #UnconditionalLove #Gratitude #CelebrateMoms

  8. Ally Sheedy tem sido um pilar de apoio inabalável para seu filho queer Beckett desde que ele se assumiu aos 15 anos. O amor dela é um lindo lembrete de que o amor verdadeiro não pausa nem questiona — ele te envolve e diz: "Você está seguro aqui." Esse amor incondicional cria confiança, aceitação e conforto que todos merecem. Vocês dois são muito amados! #fblifestyle #LGBTQLove #UnconditionalLove

  9. Ally Sheedy tem sido um pilar de apoio inabalável para seu filho queer Beckett desde que ele se assumiu aos 15 anos. O amor dela é um lindo lembrete de que o amor verdadeiro não pausa nem questiona — ele te envolve e diz: "Você está seguro aqui." Esse amor incondicional cria confiança, aceitação e conforto que todos merecem. Vocês dois são muito amados! #fblifestyle #LGBTQLove #UnconditionalLove

  10. When Owen's world crumbles after a public slight, Sena refuses to let him fall. Witness a bond so profound it defies every attempt to push away. Can unconditional solace mend a fractured soul? Find out here! #EmotionalHealing #UnconditionalLove #NewChapter

    artsincubator.ca/bl-stories/fa

  11. "Entre os traços vibrantes do asfalto e o amarelo que ilumina o olhar, floresce a prova de que a maior riqueza de uma infância não se mede pelo que se tem nas mãos, mas pela lealdade silenciosa e o amor genuíno que transborda no abraço apertado entre um menino e seus fiéis amigos de quatro patas."

    #PureLove
    #ChildhoodMemories
    #UnconditionalLove
    #BoyAndHisDog
    #SimpleJoys
    #HeartwarmingArt

  12. He’s been with me in my quiet moments, my strong moments, and everything in between. Loyalty like this isn’t found,it’s lived. 🐕❤️‍🔥
    #DogsOfMastodon
    #DogLovers
    #DogDad
    #HumanAndDog
    #UnconditionalLove
    #BestFriend
    #PetPhotography
    #LifeWithDogs

  13. The Struggles of Compassion: Why Empathy Should Be for Everyone, Even Those Who Don’t Deserve It

    In a world full of division, conflict, and hardship, the concept of compassion is often pushed to the back burner. We are living in a time where it can feel like kindness and empathy are in short supply, and even the idea of showing compassion to others—especially to those we deem “undeserving”—can be met with disdain, confusion, and judgment. The struggle to extend compassion and empathy to everyone, even those whose actions we consider “evil,” is a deep and personal conflict for […]

    jaimedavid.blog/2025/11/15/00/

  14. Dogs are the most amazing creatures in the world. They have so much love and affection.

    Someone said something I never forget:

    - There are people who don't like dogs, I understand that, but when a dog doesn't like a person, I KNOW something is wrong with them.

    #Dogs #Dog #UnconditionalLove #RoleModel #BestFriend #FaithfulFriend #LoveDogs #GoodDog #DogsAreLove

  15. #Journal, Day 1838
    Monday, 31 March 2025
    Ukraine War: Day 1143
    Hamas-Israel War: Day 540
    Mass shootings in the USA in 2025: 66
    Days of OSG in office: 70
    Days until Midterm Elections: 582

    #memorial #budgie #loss
    #unconditionallove

  16. The Four Stages to Achieving True Community focus on fostering unconditional love, acceptance, and freedom of self-expression. One Community supports this through shared values, 2-way feedback, consensus governance, and a commitment to building an empathic, Highest Good society for humanity's progression.

    onecommunityglobal.org/stages-

    #TrueCommunity #UnconditionalLove #EmpathicLiving #CollectiveConsciousness #HighestGood #CommunityBuilding #ConsensusGovernance #SupportiveEnvironment