But that's what I mean! Limits of desire ... peaks of fulfillment ... bare depths - that's Paramount Pictures! Bingo! :-)
On 7 Mai, 14:31, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > *laughing* What exactly are you responding to, Gabs? Your tangents are > entertaining, but near impossible to respond to given their near complete > disconnect with anything that's actually been posted. Has begging been on > your mind, or is it American ideals that has you flamed up? > > For the benefit of your understanding, since I doubt anyone else had a hard > time with it, I was speaking of exploring the limits of desire...begging > doesn't factor into that at all. If you have to beg for intimacy, the > relationship has far deeper issues. Given that I'm speaking of reaching the > peaks of fulfillment, and you're focused on the bare depths of barely > togetherness, I don't think you're following along...your translator license > has been revoked! It's ok though...ich liebe dich anyways... > > > > [ Angehängte Nachricht ]Von:gabbydott <[email protected]>In:"\"Minds Eye\"" > <[email protected]>Datum:Thu, 7 May 2009 04:54:02 -0700 > (PDT)Lokal:Do 7 Mai 2009 13:54Betreff:[Mind's Eye] Re: What is the nature of > Love? > > I thought you had travelled the world, Chris. And what did you do > there? Went to the local movie theatres? Americans and how they live > their belief in ideals. *sigh* > > OK, let me translate "to please others" for you. In international > terms it means "begging" and is strictly unerotic. > > On 7 Mai, 06:45, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In classical psychology, it's the Madonna-Whore complex. In modern > > culture, Ludacris calls out for "a Lady in the streets but a freak in > > the bed!" The clash of puritanical public values with animalistic > > private sexual desires creates a conflict that men (and less often > > women) who are not honest with themselves and/or their partners often > > express extra-relationally. In the ideal Eros relationship (ever > > IMHO), honest communication and a desire to please the other allows > > for mutual open exploration of the poles of desire, negating the > > desire to engage in such dalliances. Despite a variety of cultural > > relational phenotypes to choose from, I believe monogamy to be the > > Eros ideal. > > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:06 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Somewhat over-long as I remember Chris. An old French mate of mine > > > kept two mistresses - one who treated him like a mother. He was > > > somewhat surprised that I didn't approve, even suspecting I was in > > > love with his wife because of this. Sadly, I was only in love with > > > her cooking and brilliant sense of humour. He was a very gentle soul, > > > except when it came to arresting blaggers known to use violence and > > > intimidation on women. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
