Article July 1, 1985 Issue

To love unconditionally

[Original in German]

MANFRED KRUEGER

Whom or what do we love? Is our love confined to feelings of affection for close relatives, a boyfriend or girlfriend, a dog, or a car?

Some moments of happiness are filled with such exuberant love that our loving expands beyond those we know, and we would like to take the whole world in our arms!

Yet without questioning it, most people express and accept love only under certain conditions: A person or a circle of acquaintances, an object or a thing, receives our affection only after going through a process of selection that accounts it worthy of personal recognition. Consequently, one divides his life into segments; in some cases he cannot help liking people, but in others he sees no reason for expressing affection. How long a limited view of love seems to be sufficient for an individual is closely connected with his perception of impartial, universal divine Love.

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