LBS becomes the WS. The price of peace.

[Pyrite]

Good luck on selfless love to one person. It is not something one achieves, in my opinion. It can't if it's focused on a person.

hence the dilemma. if it is focussed on a single person, what makes them so special and others not. Why choose them. I imagine that we should treat everyone the same, and so a pure selfless love would be equal for everyone. everyone is not the same, but selfless love is supposed to transcend the mundane, externals. Monks visit inmates on death row and profess to "love" murderers etc with equal love.

I do believe though that we are at least close to feeling selfless love for our children without any effort.

We naturally cling to and form a more exclusive attachment bond with that person. Suffering comes with that.

But this is exactly the reason to embrace selfless love. Life is "naturally" subject to suffering. This is a Noble Truth. The 4th of which is HOW to get around this. (A few minutes work )

I see Rs as just a part of life and a great form of practice in themselves, but also something not just that.

A great outlook my friend.

Who knows? If I had it figured out, I'd not be in the current sitch, would I?

Amen! "Do over" time.

thanks mate.