Growing up you loved your mother, not mothers in general, and so it will be with you children, and your children’s children. When Oedipus slay his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta, he did so because he loved her. It has been with us as far back in time as history takes us, and extends as far into the future as our vision allows. ![]() The idea (or archetype) of a rose is not based on any particular rose, it is rather an abstraction of every rose past, present, and future. ‘An archetype is a universally understood symbol or pattern of behavior, a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated,’ (Wikipedia). Jung’s archetypal theory states that all forms in the known universe are particular instances of abstract ideas or archetypes. Love differentiates love loves you or me, love is not generic. Love does not generalise, it singles out. This is an illusion perpetrated by Holy Men and Conmen alike. Love is not something you give to your community, it is not something you give to mankind, it is not something for the poor, or even for God. ![]() I hate to shatter your illusions, but when Michael Jackson shouted out I LOVE YOU on stage, as he was want to do, he wasn’t referring to you in particular, so I hope you didn’t take it too seriously
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