The term unconditional positive regard, taken from humanistic and transpersonal psychology, simply means remaining aware of yourself (or of another person) without making any judgments.
This is actually difficult to accomplish. We continually find small flaws or faults in ourselves, in other people, or in the process of life. When we are engaged in such judgment, we are certainly not paying full attention to what is happening in the moment, and we are probably creating the potential for suffering.
After all, if we judge something as bad, then we dislike having to deal with it. Therefore we may suffer whenever we have to deal with it.
Unconditional positive regard allows us to perceive something without evaluating it.
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