on love
“Eros concerns the Other in a strong sense, namely, what cannot be encompassed by the regime of the ego. Therefore, in the inferno of the same, which contemporary society is increasingly becoming, erotic experience does not exist. Erotic experience presumes asymmetry and exteriority of the Other.”
“Let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous,
The Prophet, Kahil Gibran
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youtube.com“Eros, in contrast, makes possible experience of the Other’s otherness, which leads the One out of a narcissistic inferno… This feeling is not the achievement of the One, but the gift of the Other.”
The Agony of Eros, Byung-Chul Han
The Other.
Enchantment.
Awe.
Invasion of the Exterior.
Transcendance.
Transformation.