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Adoration is possessive.
Compassion is
encompassing.
Awe is
epiphany.
Agápe is
Ikigai.
Athbhreith
Athbheochan
Ancient Greek has four
distinct words for 'love':
Agápe,
Éros, Storge and Philía.
Agápe is unconditional compassion
for all existence.
Éros is
passionate 'love' or lust - the sensual erotic desire of sexual possession of
the body of another.
Storge is familial
loyalty.
Philía is
loyalty displayed through
affection over time.
Philía has four children: two sets of
twins ~ !
Two forms of inwardly expressed "love" in Philía
suggest two forms of outwardly expressed "love" in Philía.
Feelings vacillate.
One can be enamored
with self.
One can
be enamored and awed by another.
One can care about oneself or
one can hate oneself.
One can care about another or
one can hate another.
Narcissists gaze longing
into the pool only seeing mask they wear,
never seeing their true
countenance reflected.
Standing on
a thinly veiled fear of death,
skating on the thin ice of not-life,
waiting to fall down a
rabbit hole.
Outwardly expressed
projection of Philía by a
narcissist may
appear genuine but a narcissist
wears a mask.
Philía's evil twin,
living on the other side of the
mirror, then rears her ugly head and
strikes like a Cobra!
The rule of recoprocity does not apply to the
Chosen
!
The
Greeks recognized two forms
of self-love in
Philía.
In its negative form philautia is
the selfishness with
wants of pleasure,
fame, and
wealth beyond
needs.
In its positive form philautia is
feeling secure in
oneself leaving
plenty of
empathy for validation of others.
Agápe is the movement of the Holy
Spirit within the primordial
energy of the everlasting infinite Noumenon.
Agápe is
manifested in three actions:
In
romantic affection, the
psyche moves toward
the object of its erotic
affections.
In
philosophical
contemplation, the mind contemplates the
reality of nature through the
exercise of reason.
In
mystical transformation, the
Eternal Soul
Walking the Thinspace desires
infinite Union with the Soul of
Æon.
Confused Christians believe Agápe entails
self-sacrifice.
Agápe
requires self-sacrifice,
not as commonly
perceived.
Agápe requires
self-sacrifice of ego, a
release of agency.
Agápe of the Creator and
Sustainer is seen in Creation.
Natural selection
pushes in the direction of true selflessness.
With
the emergence of
reciprocity humans learned to
trade favors.
A favor-giver avoids blatant cheaters preferring
generous
reciprocators.
A competition arises between actors wanting to appear
to be generous.
At this time a reputation for fairness and generosity
becomes an asset.
The most effective way to appear generous and fair, is
to be so.
The genuinely generous partners are
weaned from the
hypocrites.
Reputation
can be secured only by a commitment to be generous and fair.
Some
agents evolve to be genuinely high-minded -
they become
activists.
Not one of you is a believer until he loves
for his brother what he loves for himself.
No one of you is a believer until he desires
for his brother that which he desires for himself.
And if thine eyes be turned towards justice,
choose for thy neighbor that which thou choosest for thyself.
This is the sum of
duty:
do naught to
others if done to thee would cause thee pain.
Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do
unto others.
Compare oneself to others in such terms as,
just as I am, so are they, just as they are, so am I .
An it harm none, do what thou wilt.
Tzu-kung asked,
"Is there a single word
to guide conduct through life?"
The Master answered,
"It is shu
- reciprocity:
 "
This is the sum of duty:
infliction of
pain is reflected like a mirror.
Hurt not others with that which pains
yourself.
The heart of the person before you is a mirror.
See
there your own form.
Yoruba Proverb
(African
traditional religion of Nigeria)
One going to take a pointed stick to poke a baby
bird
should first try it on himself to feel the pain.
Roman Paganism
If you haven't the will to gladden a
heart,
then at least beware lest you hurt a heart,
for on our
path, no sin exists but this.
Regard your neighbor's gain as your own
gain
and regard your neighbor's loss as your own loss.
Unitarianism
Do for one who may do for you,
that you
may cause him thus to do.
Do not return evil to your
adversary;
requite with kindness the one who does evil to
you,
maintain justice for your enemy, tolerate your enemy.
Humanism
Humanists acknowledge
human interdependence,
the need for mutual respect and the kinship of all humanity.
What is hateful to you,
do not to your fellow men.
That is
the entire Law; all the rest is commentary.
Lao Tze, a
contemporary of Confucius, writes
in the 6th century BC.
Siddhartha Gautama
teaches at the dawn of the 5th century BC.
Socrates perfected instructions
to his students as the 4th century closed.
Jesus the Tekton
died for sharing proprietary
knowledge imparted by the
Therapeutae and
Philo the Pythagorean thus
upsetting the social order.
Freed of the unnatural desire of
controlling reality we find sacred
peace.
The "Axial Age" is the fulcrum of cultural awakening from
mythological
consciousness into rational
consciousness for humanity
on a whole.
Axial Age
sages experiencing integral consciousness
recognized tempering brute
selfish rationality in Gesellschaft culture required
the participants to abide by the Rule of Reciprocity which worked in
tight knit social
groups.
The ancient call of
empathy abandons selfishness and
embraces compassion.
Compassion is hollow of value as an
abstract concept.
Literalist movements are concerned with
promoting doctrine out of context and
work endlessly to sheild
religious dogma from the light of reason.
Institutionalized religion
keeps the concentration on
compassion safely within the
approved understanding
of the chosen circle of believers.
Muhammad ibn 'Abdullāh, operating in
integral
consciousness, wanting to craft a humanity that understood
integral consciousness sung a
song.
In the Garden of
Nirvana where integral
consciousness reigns emotional suffering
ceases and compassionate
behavior dethrones the stifling
ego.
Cultural
traditions are seen as the
Masquerade they are by
True Prophets.
True prophets understand that
respect for Life brings you into
the Presence.
Ekstasis, or ecstasy, in Greek
means "stepping
outside."
Anyone can step
into integral
consciousness by "stepping outside"
rational thought
patterns by recognizing the
limitations of rational dissociation.
Integral
consciousness - outside the prison
of primitive emotion supporting
egotism,
selfishness,
greed and envy - is not
an exotic state of
consciousness.
To do so simply requires
the sacrifice of preconcieved notions.
The way to end hostility is to
learn to think and practice the
Golden Rule.
We return thanks to our Mother,
the Earth, which sustains
us.
We return thanks to the
rivers and
streams,
which
supply us with water.
We return thanks to all
herbs,
which furnish
medicines for the cure of our diseases.
We return thanks to the
moon and
stars,
which
give us light when the sun
was gone down.
We return thanks to the
Sun,
that has looked upon the
Earth with
a beneficent eye.
Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit,
in
Whom is embodied all
goodness,
Who directs all
things for the good of Her children.
Iroquois
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