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"Love is a remnant from a higher dimension"
“I heard exactly the same thing, a long time ago to be sure, from a doctor," the elder remarked. "He was then an old man, and unquestionably intelligent. He spoke just as frankly as you, humorously, but with a sorrowful humor. 'I love mankind,' he said, 'but I am amazed at myself: the more I love mankind in general, the less I love people in particular, that is, individually, as separate persons. In my dreams,' he said, 'I often went so far as to think passionately of serving mankind, and, it may be, would really have gone to the cross for people if it were somehow suddenly necessary, and yet I am incapable of living in the same room with anyone even for two days, this I know from experience. As soon as someone is there, close to me, his personality oppresses my self-esteem and restricts my freedom. In twenty-four hours I can begin to hate even the best of men: one because he takes too long eating his dinner, another because he has a cold and keeps blowing his nose. I become the enemy of people the moment they touch me,' he said. 'On the other hand, it has always happened that the more I hate people individually, the more ardent becomes my love for humanity as a whole.”“I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
― Charles M. Schulz
Great book.“I heard exactly the same thing, a long time ago to be sure, from a doctor," the elder remarked. "He was then an old man, and unquestionably intelligent. He spoke just as frankly as you, humorously, but with a sorrowful humor. 'I love mankind,' he said, 'but I am amazed at myself: the more I love mankind in general, the less I love people in particular, that is, individually, as separate persons. In my dreams,' he said, 'I often went so far as to think passionately of serving mankind, and, it may be, would really have gone to the cross for people if it were somehow suddenly necessary, and yet I am incapable of living in the same room with anyone even for two days, this I know from experience. As soon as someone is there, close to me, his personality oppresses my self-esteem and restricts my freedom. In twenty-four hours I can begin to hate even the best of men: one because he takes too long eating his dinner, another because he has a cold and keeps blowing his nose. I become the enemy of people the moment they touch me,' he said. 'On the other hand, it has always happened that the more I hate people individually, the more ardent becomes my love for humanity as a whole.”
Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
Yes, the great Dostoyevsky. Jung would have something to say about that quote, unconscious compensation for a one-sided conscious attitude. I think that Dostoyevsky had a very great intuitive grasp of psychology, Nietzsche greatly respected him for that.Great book.
Truth bomb right there“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
Thank you shankara, brilliant.“I heard exactly the same thing, a long time ago to be sure, from a doctor," the elder remarked. "He was then an old man, and unquestionably intelligent. He spoke just as frankly as you, humorously, but with a sorrowful humor. 'I love mankind,' he said, 'but I am amazed at myself: the more I love mankind in general, the less I love people in particular, that is, individually, as separate persons. In my dreams,' he said, 'I often went so far as to think passionately of serving mankind, and, it may be, would really have gone to the cross for people if it were somehow suddenly necessary, and yet I am incapable of living in the same room with anyone even for two days, this I know from experience. As soon as someone is there, close to me, his personality oppresses my self-esteem and restricts my freedom. In twenty-four hours I can begin to hate even the best of men: one because he takes too long eating his dinner, another because he has a cold and keeps blowing his nose. I become the enemy of people the moment they touch me,' he said. 'On the other hand, it has always happened that the more I hate people individually, the more ardent becomes my love for humanity as a whole.”
Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
I think he was mostly trying to describe something of a psychological nature, that a love for all humanity can cause a subconscious reaction of dislike towards individuals. But I get what you're saying. In Tibetan Buddhism there are "peaceful deities" and "wrathful deities", representing different aspects of the enlightened mind. The former are the more "cuddly" expressions of love, the latter more forceful forms. Interestingly it's generally the latter which are considered higher and practiced by more advanced practitioners.Thank you shankara, brilliant.
Dostoyevsky is right being around uncultured people (ne'kulturneyy)was something to be disliked. However, in these times we are dealing with worst! Hearts that have the satanic sins of arrogance (pride in lineage, wealth etc) greed (massive theft that has become legal and now they want it all not just the money), cruelty not for just for dissidents but for all.
These humans with the hearts of satan are much better candidates for our hatred whilst we still love humanity. Спасибо!
shankara this inspired me to remember a quote from the Quran.The former are the more "cuddly" expressions of love, the latter more forceful forms. Interestingly it's generally the latter which are considered higher and practiced by more advanced practitioners.
Precisely the condition of the West today, except the manacles, the whips and the bars are invisible.“I have found that to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason. He must be able to detect no inconsistencies in slavery; he must be made to feel that slavery is right, and he can be brought to that only when he ceased to be a man.” ― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass