12-31-2013, 12:12 AM
(12-31-2013, 12:06 AM)Poet Wrote:(12-30-2013, 11:40 PM)zenmaster Wrote: The "present moment" is a conditional state here, it is not unconditional.
I understood (un)conditional differently. I thought it refers to the other-selfes and not to the self when we talk about acceptance or love here. Other-selfes don't have to fulfill any conditions of the self to be loved or accepted by the self. This was my understanding.
If you understand "conditional" in this way it seems obvious to me that unconditional acceptance etc. does not exist.
"unconditional" means without regards to any possible circumstance. In other words, that means without regards to any aspect of self which might be come to bear in a relationship due to circumstance. (which is the purpose of the density). It doesn't mean some "idea of being unconditional", because an "idea" is never what happens.