Passion is but a prelude to Some people mate for life. Perhaps their love affair starts with infatuation, passion, and eroticism. Eventually it gives way to a more stable companionship. Not all couples pass this transition period intact, but those who do find a new mode of relating to one another. Devoted lovers find that minor faults can be accepted. At the same time, they find acceptance in spite of their own inherent shortcomings and insecurities. Mature love is patient, selfless, generous, and kind. The love becomes more important than the self. In love, we find transcendence and a unity that is unattainable alone. Many sages speak out against romantic love. Can it be that they have never felt it or that they have been bitterly disappointed themselves? Individual should know themselves well. If they are meant for love, they will know. Ultimately, the other is divine and divinity dwells in the other. Through love, one can come to know the beauty of unity and wholeness. Without the female, the male element is static and sterile. Without the male element, the female is boundless potential without a catalyst. Through unification, we find selflessness, purity, and divinity.** **( '? note: Here I see androgyny the word to use rather than unification; and the use of female and male elements transferable into the individual androgynous self. mate 365 Tao daily meditations Deng Ming-Dao (author) ISBN 0-06-250223-9
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Zhong shan mausoleum 1960 see FU BAO SHI for a complete biography of this artist and his work http://www.chinafinearts.com/ **Suggested reading of daoist texts ancient poetry and contemporary Chinese literature is available at the site.
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