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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Unconditional love is what I have for my kids. Everything else [...]
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Ahem...I thought you said "unconditional."  It's conditional in that it's reserved for your kids only.
I'm just messing with you. I always thought "unconditional love" as understood by the Western mind to be idealistic, which is part of the reason why I appreciate the Buddhist view.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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