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Originally Posted by IsleWalker
Do you feel this is difficult for you to do--to anticipate that another (whom you want to see the best in) might do you harm?
I don't see it as non-loving to be circumspect, to use all the skills (both those "human" ones and the "spiritual" ones) in sussing out a situation.
Did you find it difficult to see that coming, and it was the pain of being surprised--in the past?
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Yes. I was extremely naive and trusting, and had "projected" altruism and integrity onto numerous people in the past... and got burned. My intuition about people was somewhat blocked.
Not that everyone I knew was actually devious or selfish. Some were. A few were just youthful and disorganized, unable (rather than un
willing) to keep promises, etc.
I still incline toward being trusting - maybe too much so at times, though I've learned a good deal of prudence and don't often find myself in the situations I once found myself in. Most of the old hurts and confusions are healed.
Yet I feel I learned something worth learning. Because the "unconditional love" term comes up in discussions on this and other spiritual sites, I thought it would be worth discussing in a thread.
A couple of people have said that if one is in a relaxed, playful frame of mind, in which it is easy to be loving, bad situations seem be more likely to leave you untouched (and less likely to arise). And I agree with this, too.
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