This is from, like, 2007 on FB

[polly_oliver]

Strange. I'm considering the path from the beginning to the end of a love that is at some point disappointed utterly and yet becomes, ultimately, altruistic.

It is amazing that a process as deep, painful, and humanizing as this could start out with such a trivial, pleasant, even giddy, emotion as infatuation. Infatuation seems so ultimately beside

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[hikaru93]

so the hindus have this sort of parable they use to define the existence of Vishnu and his maya (which is like, this idea that he is god and god is dreaming our reality so we exist in this great delusion) which i feel is relevant to your somewhat western-centric philosophizing here

[polly_oliver]

I read this comment yesterday and then had a dream about it last night. It was really cool!

I'm having trouble making the connection between transcendence of the world as a delusion and transcendence of self through love, though.

[hikaru93]

i think most of hindu theology would consider those to be the same thing.

[jjfroberger]

If you had a dream about it, then you are making the connection. Of course.