4 Ways To Love Purely And Free From Attachment

True love is pure, honest, selfless, and unconditional. It’s devoid of any ego. It’s devoid of any ownership. It isn’t based on attachment. Instead, it’s based on mutual trust, understanding, respect, and compromise.

The only thing which can completely destroy this kind of love is attachment. Yes, attachment is the greatest enemy of love. It’s an evil little thing which disguises itself as love in the beginning and later turns into neediness and jealousy.

Attachment convinces you that you can’t spend a day without the person you love and that your most important goal in life is to please them. It convinces you that you love your partner selflessly and unconditionally. But, in fact, this is not selfless, unconditional love. This is not true love. This has another name – it’s called attachment. And this – this has nothing to do with genuine and unconditional love.

So, to make things clearer, we’ve presented 4 ways to love someone purely and free from attachment. Here they are:

1. Love your partner without boundaries.

When you’re genuinely in love with someone, your love for them should know no boundaries. You should be able to love them from the bottom of your heart. You should be able to love them freely, without any fear that you might end up heartbroken.

You should be able to love them selflessly, but without ignoring your own needs and desires and forgetting yourself. Without forgetting to take good care of yourself and love yourself.

2. Love your partner freely and openly.

Wear your heart on your sleeve. Show your significant other how much you love and care about them. Never let them question your feelings for them.

Undress your soul in front of them. Share your weaknesses with them and always be yourself around them. And yes, let them be themselves in your presence as well.

3. Accept and love your partner exactly the way they are.

If you ever find yourself trying to change your partner, or criticizing them for their insecurities and fears, or making decisions for them, know that what you’re feeling for them is not love – it’s attachment.

Since loving someone truly means accepting them for who they are. It means embracing their flaws. It means accepting the fact that they’re not perfect and that they’ll never be. It means allowing them to be who they are around you.

4. Last but not least, never forget to practice self-care and self-love.

If you don’t take care of and love yourself, how can you expect to take good care of and love others?

Unconditional and selfless love isn’t possible without self-care and self-acceptance.  That’s the reason why you must perceive yourself as a part of that pure, selfless love. You need to treat yourself with patience and compassion. You need to treat yourself with respect and dignity. You need to accept and cherish yourself exactly the way you are.