We have been more likely to experience unconditional love with friends than with lovers. Friends have been better able to accept all aspects of each other while lovers have been limited by the fear associated with ownership. Jealousy is often viewed as an outcome of loving. Yet love and fear are not compatible. If we are spending energy on the fear of losing love we are missing out on the love that is present in the moment.
Unconditional love is actually a redundant phrase.
Unconditional love enables physical immortality because the soul craves limitless expression of its true essence. On a core level we would rather die than have to compromise who we are in order to receive what is described as love. Nevertheless, we have hung on because of our ability to sense the potential of unconditional love. By giving it to others we will experience it. The ability to visualize a life without limits is necessary to manifest it in one s reality.