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Love is an Infinite Feedback Loop

Posted on May 29th, 2009 by mikeS : Ha! mikeS

Love is a feedback loop that when extended, only comes back around to the mind extending, even when receipt of that extension is denied by the love object you are extending to. This loop originates... More »

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LAY DOWN YOUR DEFENSES

Posted on Feb 15th, 2009 by mikeS : Ha! mikeS

Anger is a protective mechanism of the psychological ego-self and serves no other purpose. What once may have served as a prehistoric survival mechanism is now a general coping mechanism. Anger as a reflex, is... More »

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TRUST IN A BOTTLE: Oxytocin, the new magic elixir of love!

Posted on Jan 19th, 2009 by mikeS : Ha! mikeS

In my ongoing pursuit of understanding 'intimacy,' I came across some rather ludicrous, but still fascinating, information related to science's need to empirically identify and define every  intrinsic experience available to human beings.   In it's need to define... More »

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You Might as Well Face it Your 'Conditioned' to Love

Posted on Jan 15th, 2009 by mikeS : Ha! mikeS

My prvious posts address the assumed impossibility of unconditional love with the suggestion that it may not be as impossible as we may think. This suggestion primarily addressed how we could acknowledge and strip away the... More »

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Polyamory: In Fear of Intimacy

Posted on Oct 16th, 2008 by mikeS : Ha! mikeS

  In the past 13 years of monogamous marriage, like most, I have had a few occasions on which some rather innocuous flirtation resulted in the potential for more than giggles, googly eyes and secret... More »

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GUILT: The Death of Intimacy

Posted on Oct 4th, 2008 by mikeS : Ha! mikeS

Of all the symptoms of fear, (anxiety, depression, anger, etc) guilt is the most deep-seated and often the hardest to penetrate, particularly because, as opposed to other undesired emotions, it is entirely internal with little... More »

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INTIMACY: Or Deep Understanding

Posted on Sep 6th, 2008 by mikeS : Ha! mikeS

I really enjoyed the ongoing discussion which ensued following my posting of "Intimacy: The Final Frontier" and that was the purpose of the post, to initiate a dialogue. I am totally impressed by the degree... More »

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INTIMACY: THE FINAL FRONTIER

Posted on Jul 24th, 2008 by mikeS : Ha! mikeS

I agree that, in the Unified Wholeness of non-dualism, sex is only a part. Unfortunately we have decreed it sacred territory and therefore have inadvertently misinterpreted sex as intimacy. However, as Sartre claimed, to deny... More »

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