~Unconditional love~

The Human species

protect and provide beyond our lifetime.

That is our Evolutionary Advantage.

we pass on wealth, property and position in society

privilege, connections, collections and club memberships

knowledge, expertise, faith and ideas

curiosity, compassion, respect and understanding,

And above all the capacity to give and receive love

We don’t like to acknowledge good in others and

find every excuse to discredit

We discount love and humanity in

acts of kindness where

money, power, privilege and influence

flow in abundance.

We can’t see clearly,

for we refuse to see carefully;

refuse to observe;

refuse to question;

refuse to reflect;

refuse to explore alternatives.

Our culture is not one of love;

it is a control culture.

like a grotesque, hostile Frankenstein that

spews toxic waste

all over the place;

and coerces all and sundry

to extol its countless imaginary merits.

A despicable monstrosity that seeks

bucolic havens to turn into wasteland.

It wipes out green pastures and

leaves vast trails of mud pots behind him, complete with

ghastly rotten egg smell.

unconditional love is at once natural and unnatural;

for we can all recognise it when we see it;

acknowledge it as a common goal;

but we cannot convert perceived good into

a real good.

Unconditional love is a triptych :

You receive it; observe it up close; finally you give it.

It cannot be learned any other way.

Without receiving it, you can’t appreciate its lift;

without observing it, you cannot perceive what gives it lift;

without giving it, you cannot express the best version of yourself.

The three are hinged together for a reason;

if you don’t open the triptych,

you can only look at the exterior - of people receiving and giving love.

open the triptych and you get a glimpse of heaven;

And examine the realm of the mystic.

Here you do reconnaissance

as an onlooker: gather information on what draws love out of us

and learn how love manifests itself.

Love and narcissism are polar opposites;

two sides of the same coin.

Both feed itself; suppress the other;

vying to become a construct that

reinforces itself into eternity.

Love embraces all it encounters;

narcissism controls all it encounters.

Where you find love, narcissism cannot reach you.

Each is negatively defined by the other;

just like life and death.

We have in us,

each and every one of us,

what it takes to receive love,

to deliver love,

to deliver ourselves from the wickedness

that threaten our wellbeing.

For just like the applications and limitations

of universal theory,

they are necessarily mutually exclusive.

application of any theory cannot be excluded;

limitation of any theory cannot be included;

for that is the nature of studying science.

The stronger the application,

the fewer and the smaller the limitations;

the weaker the application,

the more and the larger the limitations;

As is manifest in all natural phenomenon.

In a carton of eggs,

selected to be sold by weight

most weigh roughly the same,

Yet we still weigh out whites

for making macarons which require precise measurements

We know nature intends some have larger yolks;

some smaller yolks;

and some two yolks.

whites are the negative material of the yolks of life;

together they make up the whole egg;

for they cannot escape the confines

of the membrane and shell.

In separating a raw egg,

one must remove the chalaza,

the stringy white material

connecting the yolk to the white,

for it has no purpose in cooking.

Unlike the yolk, it adds no flavour;

unlike the white, it provides no elasticity;

for it has no purpose in death.

In life, it is the vital connection between yolk and white,

without which there is to be no new life.

If it makes its way into a custard with the yolk,

it ruins the smooth, velvety texture;

if it makes its way into a soufflé,

it ruins the delicate, airy texture;

for it serves one purpose only.

It is an analog solo-function device,

the most humble tool we were given,

yet the most powerful weapon

ever known to humanity.

You always need to borrow tools

for leverage; from the most basic mundane household chores,

to the most complex global-village projects.

To turn a slippery knob,

you could use both hands and

assist the grip with an extra towel;

to open a tightly capped plastic bottle,

you could use both hands and

slip towel between dominant hand and cap.

To organise a properly functioning stock market,

you need more than just buyers and sellers -

you need infrastructure to ensure fair trading;

to organise an Olympic Games,

you need more than just players on both sides -

you need proper platform with umpires.

These are the connective tissues

of the workings of the universe.

To deliver love, we need our one connective tissue:

our heart, the solo-function device.

It exists solely to pump blood.

That is our delivery from narcissism to love.

That is our delivery from control to compassion.

That is our delivery from this world to the next.

Love conquers all.

Love protects all.

Love embraces all.

I have a Vision.

A shallow dome of

a delicate gold veil

floats on thin air

over the cityscape,

disintegrates into shimmering flecks

that glisten and mesmerise,

then releases fragrant fresh air

into the very still atmosphere.