Re: "Lovingly Indifferent": Its meaning for you?
Originally Posted by
Believer
Namaste,
Being Indifferent = I don't care what you do, and I don't want to know what you do.
Being Lovingly Indifferent = I know what you do but my love/respect for you does not change because of your actions. I knowingly don't care and still love you - I am being Lovingly Indifferent.
Pranam.
Namaste.
I agree with all of the above posters. Believerji expressed it similarly to how I would have done so.
My only addition to this, from the perspective of a parent with a young child, is that it also involves a lack of what I will call "limiting expectations.". It is important to guide loved ones on the right path but we must remember only they can walk it. It also means, in the example, that one must not live vicariously through our children or loved ones, getting attached to what we think they should do or expecting them to follow in our footsteps, and getting hurt if they do not.
In summary, to me, it means to love fully and without expectation or reservation, to guide gently but remember that they must walk the path themselves.
Pranam.
Aum Namah Shivaya
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