not just a passion spark?

[iti]

Читаю очередную книжку Ялома (о первой писал когда-то)  - после Lying on the couch и Momma and the Meaning of Life начал Love's Executioner (почему именно её? как поёт один пока не классик "знаю, но не скажу").
Вчера через час после прочтения поста у anya_anya_anya прочитал у Ялома:

"Beware the powerful exclusive attachment to another; it is not, as people sometimes think, evidence of the purity of the love. Such encapsulated, exclusive love — feeding on itself, neither giving to nor caring about others — is destined to cave in on itself. Love is not just a passion spark between two people; there is infinite difference between falling in love and standing in love. Rather, love is a way of being, a "giving to" not a "falling for": a mode of relating at laree, not an act limited to a single person."

Для меня не новость, но сформулировано очень ёмко.

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[anikonov.livejournal.com]

А как Вам это:

“Then said Almitra, Speak to us of Love.
And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with great voice he said:
When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for you pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God’s sacred feast…"

it is just a little quote... :)

[iti.livejournal.com]

that you may become sacred bread
во-во
сначала много высоких слов, а в конце - всё тоже:
манипуляция и ты - просто пешка в чужой игре :)

[ipain.livejournal.com]

"любишь одну собаку, должен любить всех"

[iti.livejournal.com]

- Всех женщин не перецелуешь. Но стремиться к этому нужно
- Наши цели ясны, задачи определены. За работу, товарищи!