Love is only REAL love when it is given with no expectation of anything received in return. When there is expectation, then there is attachment to an outcome, and attachment always leads to disappointment and suffering. I know--it sounds like a very difficult recipe--give with no thought of receiving, that's just impossible... but it's the only route to happiness and fulfillment in the realm of interpersonal relationships, that I know of. Ego is attached to the possibility that your feelings might be reciprocated, but the REAL you is the one with the REAL love--the silent, unbounded, unchanging Self is the only Self who can love. Small "s" self, the false, ever-changing self of the ego, he will always find disappointment... As I have written on my FB page, "True love is not finding the perfect person to love, but loving the imperfect person perfectly..."
Rock on!
Michael
Michael
