Unconditional Love, The Space Between Thoughts - April 05

Is unconditional love the pause between the notes — or the silence that holds them all? Liz takes five minutes in nature to sit with a question she can't quite answer — and finds that maybe that's the point. In this short, open-hearted exploration, she discovers unconditional love not as a concept to grasp, but as something already present at the core of everything.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to Five Minutes in Nature with Melis Scott. Well, I am in a very different place. Usually you find me on the southern slopes of Dartmoor in Devon, But we've got in our camper van and we've travelled and we've travelled up to Dorset to a place in the New Forest or near the New Forest called Verwood and we are just getting ourselves settled in our camper van. It's quite late in the evening, It's been a lot of grey rain and mist that we've driven through to get here, But we've arrived and although it feels very cool and damp it isn't raining and so I'll take that as a win when I'm camping. And I'm just reflecting today on a conversation I had with the women's circle that I run. It's a beautiful space actually. One of the things I deeply realise about the circle is that whilst I might be the one facilitating the space with my colleague and friend, It's really a space where we are all in conversation and learning from each other and for me that's what makes it so special. And we were reflecting on unconditional love and one of the things that came up as we were reflecting on unconditional love was somebody said, Do you know what, For me that feels as though it's the space between the words of a poem or the pauses between the notes that you hear when somebody's playing a piece of music and I just love that, The space between the words of a poem or the pause between the notes of the music. It's the in-between space and I've also heard it described as the place between thoughts. It's like that indescribable, Unknowable space that you fall into. It's both not there but it is there. It's the space between the activity. I'm just going over a little gravel path here. But just reflect on that, You know, Love. What is love? What is unconditional love for you? How might you describe it? When I was reflecting on this for the Women's Circle, I became really clear on exploring unconditional love for myself and realising it was something I couldn't put words to or articulate or as soon as I tried to articulate it, It felt as though it was disappearing. It was like trying to grasp smoke. It's impossible and yet we've only got language that we can use to share about unconditional love. The power I feel when I experience this space of love, This space of love within me, What I feel is that it comes through me and it resonates. It resonates with others because they get to feel that it comes through them too. You can probably hear I'm quite near to a little road or a busy road as I'm walking around this campsite and talking to you. But this love, This place we fall into, This space between, As we feel it, Touch it, Experience it, It comes through us. It feels absolutely true and real. There's a truth to it. Now I don't know if that's prompted you or got you curious about unconditional love for yourself, But I would love you to reflect on what it means to you. And the proviso here is that I'm not talking about the way we might colloquially use it, Which is I love my children unconditionally. I'm talking about something else. It's not an exchange of love between two human beings. I'm pointing to something else. And I'd be so curious to know what unconditional love means for you as you reflect on this further for yourself. So today's question is, Unconditional love, What is that for you? And don't forget just to drop a note in the comments. I'm always keen to hear from you and learn from you because we are learning together. Don't forget to join me for another five minutes in nature tomorrow. I look forward to catching up with you then.

Reviews

I’m so enjoying your talks Liz and this is an interesting one. For me I think it’s coming to that place of neutrality - a deep underlying feeling of contentment. I especially feel this in nature or just looking out at my garden and it’s comes in moments of stillness.

Thank you 💖🙏

I have only recently discovered Liz Scott on Insight Timer and listening to her talk and envisioning her walks is like a good book I can’t put down. She is the first thing I turn to in my morning routine with my coffee. It’s not likely that I’ll ever meet her since I’m in the Texas hill country US and she’s in the county of Devon UK but I do love thinking about it.

Unconditional love for me shows up when I take the time to breathe. It is the pauses at the top and bottom of each breath that I feel love the most for myself. ✌️❤️😌

Hmm… definitely not easy to articulate. The word ‘love’ itself, hard to pin down. Like mercury.
I have an awareness that I can’t produce this. That it comes from the Source, Creator- God, Life…
It feels like a blessing when I have an awareness of it though.

Where do I say a wholehearted yes? Where do I say a wholehearted no? Being honest with myself, welcoming myself — breathing, heartbeat, being open to what I feel.Coming home to myself; see it as an energy flow, in which you move between yes and no with your own energy as the reference point.