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Convention of those wounded in love by P.Coelho
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05 Dec 2007 Wed 12:48 pm |
Convention of those wounded in love
Convention of those wounded in love
General provisions:
A – Whereas the saying “all is fair in love and war†is absolutely correct;
B – Whereas for war we have the Geneva Convention, approved on 22 August 1864, which provides for those wounded in the battle field, but until now no convention has been signed concerning those wounded in love, who are far greater in number;
It is hereby decreed that:
Article 1 – All lovers, of any sex, are alerted that love, besides being a blessing, is also something extremely dangerous, unpredictable and capable of causing serious damage. Consequently, anyone planning to love should be aware that they are exposing their body and soul to various types of wounds, and that they shall not be able to blame their partner at any moment, since the risk is the same for both.
Article 2 – Once struck by a stray arrow fired from Cupid’s bow, they should immediately ask the archer to shoot the same arrow in the opposite direction, so as not to be afflicted by the wound known as “unrequited loveâ€. Should Cupid refuse to perform such a gesture, the Convention now being promulgated demands that the wounded partner remove the arrow from his/her heart and throw it in the garbage. In order to guarantee this, those concerned should avoid telephone calls, messages over the Internet, sending flowers that are always returned, or each and every means of seduction, since these may yield results in the short run but always end up wrong after a while. The Convention decrees that the wounded person should immediately seek the company of other people and try to control the obsessive thought: “this person is worth fighting forâ€.
Article 3 – If the wound is caused by third parties, in other words if the loved one has become interested in someone not in the script previously drafted, vengeance is expressly forbidden. In this case, it is allowed to use tears until the eyes dry up, to punch walls or pillows, to insult the ex-partner in conversations with friends, to allege his/her complete lack of taste, but without offending their honor. The Convention determines that the rule contained in Article 2 be applied: seek the company of other persons, preferably in places different from those frequented by the other party.
Article 4 – In the case of light wounds, herein classified as small treacheries, fulminating passions that are short-lived, passing sexual disinterest, the medicine called Pardon should be applied generously and quickly. Once this medicine has been applied, one should never reconsider one's decision, not even once, and the theme must be completely forgotten and never used as an argument in a fight or in a moment of hatred.
Article 5 – In all definitive wounds, also known as “breaking upâ€, the only medicine capable of having an effect is called Time. It is no use seeking consolation from fortune-tellers (who always say that the lost lover will return), romantic books (which always have a happy ending), soap-operas on the television or other such things. One should suffer intensely, completely avoiding drugs, tranquilizers and praying to saints. Alcohol is only tolerated if kept to a maximum of two glasses of wine a day.
Final determination: Those wounded in love, unlike those wounded in armed conflict, are neither victims nor torturers. They chose something that is part of life, and so they have to accept both the agony and the ecstasy of their choice.
And those who have never been wounded in love will never be able to say: “I have livedâ€. Because they haven’t."
Paulo Coelho
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05 Dec 2007 Wed 09:11 pm |
Wow... I don't normally like Paolo Coelho at all, but this is not only true but also witty. Maybe I should forgive him his usual banalities?!
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06 Dec 2007 Thu 12:01 am |
exactly my feeling, too.
this sounds more profound to me than Coelho's writings.
Kush )), remember our 'debate' over eros and agape?
we missed something: sümpatheia.
Quoting kafesteki kus:
Once struck by a stray arrow fired from Cupid’s bow,
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this is eros...
what is missing, is sympatheia. translated as com-passion))).
Sympathy of love.
It is an old saying of Plato's that likeness is the starting point for love.
The bowstring, though untouched by a hand, quivers, not moved it whines;
What wonder! It senses that what it loves is near.
I see you, my light, but the lights of my eye do not see you.
I hear you, while your tongue says nothing.
I feel you but your right hand did not touch me. Go now
And deny that there is divine power in the heart that is in love.
By experience it is known that there exists among human beings some kind of arcane and hidden affinity or dislike, either through an occult power, or through the influence of the stars, as a result of which it happens that somebody abhors one person with all his heart, but is favourably inclined towards another, and when asked for the reason could not say why he loves this person, and hates the other, as in those famous words of Catullus':
I do not like you, Volusius, and I cannot say why;
I can only say this: I do not like you.
If in human affairs sympathy is a property of love, then so much more this is the case in matters divine. For just as a stone by nature moves downwards by its weight, so our spirit is borne upwards to God. Hence there exists a maximum of love sympathy between God and the sacred soul.
What does love not feel?
(Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629))
i am not saying that sympathy should launch us right into the divine, as van Leuven does)))). but maybe this resonant feeling, the concept of sympatheia, is also useful to avoid wounds.
Love and Evolution
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06 Dec 2007 Thu 01:41 am |
I DO.I do remember!Is sympathy more eros or agape?what I know for sure-for Turks sympathy is a false friend!they mixed it with likeness
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06 Dec 2007 Thu 01:45 am |
agape is more like sümphateia.)))))))))))))))))
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06 Dec 2007 Thu 01:54 am |
contemporary world))))no agape except laura corah,all eros!!!!
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06 Dec 2007 Thu 02:19 am |
Quoting kafesteki kus: contemporary world))))no agape except laura corah,all eros!!!! |
furthermore ... either way, eros or agape, it has all become an agony !!!!!!!!!!
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06 Dec 2007 Thu 09:56 am |
Quoting portokal: Quoting kafesteki kus: contemporary world))))no agape except laura corah,all eros!!!! |
furthermore ... either way, eros or agape, it has all become an agony !!!!!!!!!!
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sometimes even prolonged agony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7aToCFF3wE
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06 Dec 2007 Thu 10:02 am |
Quoting kafesteki kus: Quoting portokal: Quoting kafesteki kus: contemporary world))))no agape except laura corah,all eros!!!! |
furthermore ... either way, eros or agape, it has all become an agony !!!!!!!!!!
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sometimes even prolonged agony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7aToCFF3wE |
agreed!!!
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06 Dec 2007 Thu 10:11 am |
kush )))
not that it is related to the topic (but we can connect it later). are you in for a central-european and *** gang? heard OSI has some nice available founds)))))))))))))))))))))))
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06 Dec 2007 Thu 10:28 am |
Quoting portokal: kush )))
not that it is related to the topic (but we can connect it later). are you in for a central-european and *** gang? heard OSI has some nice available founds)))))))))))))))))))))))
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would be more interested in funds
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06 Dec 2007 Thu 11:45 am |
Quoting kafesteki kus: Quoting portokal: kush )))
not that it is related to the topic (but we can connect it later). are you in for a central-european and *** gang? heard OSI has some nice available founds)))))))))))))))))))))))
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would be more interested in funds |
all right... we'll leave it at liberalism and intercultural projects then!
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06 Dec 2007 Thu 11:47 am |
wounds of love are damned to heal.
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07 Dec 2007 Fri 01:54 am |
Quoting kafesteki kus:
Final determination: Those wounded in love, unlike those wounded in armed conflict, are neither victims nor torturers. They chose something that is part of life, and so they have to accept both the agony and the ecstasy of their choice.
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07 Dec 2007 Fri 02:06 am |
Quoting kafesteki kus:
Article 3 – If the wound is caused by third parties, in other words if the loved one has become interested in someone not in the script previously drafted, vengeance is expressly forbidden.
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Article 3 a - If one of the parties involved uses a third person, in other words if a beloved becomes fakely interested in someone not in the script previously drafted, vengeance is expressly recommended.
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07 Dec 2007 Fri 12:16 pm |
what if words are still stuck to heart?Any article on it Porto?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2fjnKkT4Nc&feature=related
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