Why love is not an emotion — revisited
Love does not behave in the way emotions do. Love is constant; it’s not an emotion.
The twisted love inside hatred, revisited!
The twisted love in hatred Previously, we looked at the connection between hatred, disgust, and rage. Rage is the aggressive aspect of hatred that can make you obsess over your hate targets and project all sorts of troubling material onto them. The fascinating thing about hatred is that you actually choose your hate targets not simply because they’re odious, but because they’re specifically odious in ways that … Read More
Why love is not an emotion
Every emotion has a purpose Emotions are extremely important aspects of your awareness, your intelligence, your social skills, and your ability to communicate — and each one has a purpose. Every emotion has a specific function, a specific purpose, and a specific action for you to complete so that it can move on and make room for your next emotion, your next thought, and your next … Read More
Love, Power, and Justice
Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love. “What happened is that some of our philosophers got off base. And one of the great problems of history is that the concepts of love and power have usually been contrasted as opposites – polar opposites – so that love is identified … Read More
The twisted love inside hatred
Yesterday, we looked at the projection we do when we hate. We choose our hate targets not simply because they’re odious, but because they’re specifically odious in ways that cause specific, shadow-driven ragequakes inside us. Yes, I made that word up, but it feels quite apropos. Let me take a giant step back today and say that projecting material onto other people is a common practice … Read More