The Key to Being Loving with No Strings Attached – Step 11

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“Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.”

Lao-tzu (604 BC – 531 BC), Chinese Taoist philosopher, on cutting all ties

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Analysis: The Art of Unconditional Love

The post explores the evolution of empathy through spiritual discipline. The Basic Text emphasizes removing selfish motives to find peace. We gain an awareness of others through this clarity. Similarly, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions warns against self-will. We seek guidance to help the collective rather than the self. This shift allows for love without strings attached.

Lao-tzu champions simplicity and reduced selfishness in the Taoist tradition. His philosophy mirrors the path of the spiritual seeker. Furthermore, Mahatma Gandhi believed that service requires total selflessness (Gandhi, 1927). We lose ourselves in the service of others to find ourselves. Wellbriety wisdom echoes this sacred connection to the community. “We pray to the Creator for the strength to be helpful” (White Bison, 2002, p. 124). This prayer invites a Higher Power into our daily interactions.

Pure empathy grows when we surrender our private agendas. We embrace the “plainness” that Lao-tzu suggests. Active prayer transforms our hearts into vessels of unconditional love. This process creates a life of lasting serenity.

References

Gandhi, M. K. (1927). The story of my experiments with truth. Navajivan Publishing House.

White Bison. (2002). The Red Road to Wellbriety. White Bison, Inc.

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Traducción al Español

Citas, Encabezados y Referencias

LA CLAVE PARA AMAR SIN CONDICIONES – PASO 11

CÓMO CRECE LA EMPATÍA EN CONSTANTE EXPANSIÓN –

“Cuando eliminamos nuestros motivos egoístas y pedimos guía, encontramos sentimientos de paz y serenidad. Comenzamos a experimentar una conciencia y una empatía con otras personas que antes no eran posibles…”. (El Texto Básico, p. 47)

AMAR ES MÁS SENCILLO AHORA –

“Pedimos especialmente la liberación de la voluntad propia, y tenemos cuidado de no hacer peticiones solo para nosotros mismos. Sin embargo, podemos pedir para nosotros si esto ayuda a otros. Tenemos cuidado de no orar por nuestros propios fines egoístas”. (12 y 12, p. 52)

“Manifiesta la llaneza,

Abraza la sencillez,

Reduce el egoísmo,

Ten pocos deseos”.

Lao-tzu (604 a.C. – 531 a.C.), filósofo taoísta chino


Análisis

El análisis explora la evolución de la empatía a través de la disciplina espiritual. El Texto Básico enfatiza la eliminación de los motivos egoístas para hallar la paz. Obtenemos una conciencia de los demás a través de esta claridad. Del mismo modo, Doce Pasos y Doce Tradiciones advierte contra la voluntad propia. Buscamos guía para ayudar al colectivo en lugar de a nosotros mismos. Este cambio permite un amor sin condiciones.

Lao-tzu defiende la sencillez y la reducción del egoísmo en la tradición taoísta. Su filosofía refleja el camino del buscador espiritual. Además, Mahatma Gandhi creía que el servicio requiere una abnegación total (Gandhi, 1927). Nos perdemos en el servicio a los demás para encontrarnos a nosotros mismos. La sabiduría de Wellbriety se hace eco de esta conexión sagrada con la comunidad. “Oramos al Creador por la fuerza para ser útiles” (White Bison, 2002, p. 124). Esta oración invita a un Poder Superior a nuestras interacciones diarias.

La empatía pura crece cuando rendimos nuestras agendas privadas. Abrazamos la “llaneza” que sugiere Lao-tzu. La oración activa transforma nuestros corazones en recipientes de amor incondicional. Este proceso crea una vida de serenidad duradera.


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Comments

6 responses to “The Key to Being Loving with No Strings Attached – Step 11”

  1. E-Dawg Avatar
    E-Dawg

    I have many friends where I’m living, and I love to help out in any way I can without any strings attached , expecting nothing in return especially with folks who don’t have transportation at this present time. However it was not always like that. There was a time in my life when there were heavy gauge piano wires attached… but thanks to the Golden Rule reinforced in Matthew 7:12
    Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!

  2. Sabrina J Avatar
    Sabrina J

    I look for things undone within community and do them. That includes greeting at meetings, random cleaning around the house. Acts of service that are not asked for and need not be recognized. Do my best to be involved and as much as possible, listen.

    Thank you for sharing recovery with me. Grateful.

  3. Jim Brown Avatar
    Jim Brown

    I’ve been helping an older recently undocumented immigrant adolescent get back on his feet. (2)

  4. Slim Jim Avatar
    Slim Jim

    The Tao is fascinating. It seems to it rescue how to be more connected. Honestly… I don’t recall being completely selfless lately.

  5. JB jr. Avatar
    JB jr.

    I often feel that putting out these SFZs are an act of somewhat selfless love. But they are such an integral part of my spiritual life that there absence would be the kind of loss I’d rather not experience. The kind I don’t want to spend another minute even considering.

    So I suppose its the expectations or lack there of afterwards, that help to determine the measure of love being expressed.

  6. Margot E. Avatar
    Margot E.

    Hmmmmm, less is more? I get caught up in all the commercials that encourage me to buy, buy, buy. It is as though the dollar becomes my Higher Power. I am not happy or complete without the right number of dollars. The dollar determines whether I am successful in my own life. And yet, success and happiness come from within me. How do I know I am successful? I will learn from my Higher Power – from my connection to my Higher Power and the good I do in the universe. And I will be at peace. Being content may be the real “more”.

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