Life heart libido, Eros and Amor. Agape, the impersonal lover. Eros, the biological urge. Agape, the religious impulse to love, to love thy neighbor. Amor, the highest spiritual existence. Eros—seizure. Amor, the personal ideal, the meeting of the eyes. Recognition of identity in the other, physical union, the sacrament in which this is confirmed. The spiritual impact of love—Amor. A narrow path is a dangerous path, the razor’s edge.
The eyes are scouts of the heart. Why only one and not others? The electricity and the ensuing agony. The only one who can heal the wound is the one who dealt the blow. Libido, the impulse of life coming from the heart. But what does the heart do? It is also the impulse to life—an animalistic quality. Libido…Amor…the human quality.
(With apologies to Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth)
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