Inside Love without conditions
Excerpt
Before I understood what unconditional love was, I understood what it was not.
I had learned a version of love that came with expectations—spoken and unspoken. Love that rewarded compliance and withdrew when I grew beyond what was comfortable for others. Love that asked me to adapt in order to belong.
When Sai Ma entered my life, nothing about her love required negotiation. I was not evaluated, corrected, or managed. I was met.
In her presence, I did not feel ranked or measured. I felt safe enough to exist without performance. There was no urgency to explain myself, no pressure to be anything other than what I was in that moment.
It took time for me to recognize how rare that was.
Only later did I understand that this kind of love does more than comfort—it reorients the soul. It teaches the nervous system something the mind cannot argue with: that safety and freedom can coexist.
(The full reflection unfolds in the book.)
Love that asks you to abandon yourself is not love; love that returns you to yourself is Divine.
Mantra – Chapter 1
