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In this sense, unconditional love is a very broad, non-romantic, non-erotic, powerful, and all-encompassing type of universal love.

It is a love that motivates supportive action in the one who loves.” ( See this other post for a more in-depth discussion of unconditional love). This love is freely given, with no consideration of merit, with no strings attached, with no expectation of return. Here’s the longer definition we used: “Unconditional love is the heartfelt benevolent desire that everyone and everything - ourselves, others, and all that exists in the universe - reaches their greatest possible fulfillment, whatever that may prove to be. In several studies related to the subject of unconditional love that I’ve led with other researchers, we had to define unconditional love in order to ask people if they were feeling it before and after an intervention. You don’t have to create oxygen to breathe it. It is really about noticing that this compassionate connection with the awareness that nothing need to be changed to feel loved is available in every moment - kind of like oxygen. But notice that it is not a requirement to generate within ourselves this seemingly ideal form of love. The one who is receiving the love can be you or someone else. What is unconditional love? In short, it’s a compassionate connection with the awareness that nothing need be changed in order to feel loved. You can find the previous installments here. The following piece on unconditional love is part of an ongoing series by IONS Fellow Julia Mossbridge, Phd.