“Many people remember exactly where they were when that ecstatic feeling of oneness washed over them, and feel a special intimacy with that place. We return to these places, physically or in our minds, for centering, as renewal for our values, and are reminded that, far from being alone in a sick and evil world, we are beloved by a divine and beautiful one.”
—from a piece I wrote about mystical or ecstatic experiences in nature. That’s how this whole blog got started, as a collection of quotations I was storing for that article. Then I decided to add some pictures.
“Understanding knowledge as an essential element of love is vital because we are bombarded daily with messages that tell us love is about mystery, about that which cannot be known. We see movies in which people are represented as being in love who never talk with one another, who fall into bed without ever discussing their bodies, their sexual needs, their likes and dislikes. Indeed, the message is received from the mass media is that knowledge makes love less compelling; that it is ignorance that gives love its erotic and transgressive edge. These messages are brought to us by profiteering producers who have no clue about the art of loving, who substitute their mystified visions because they do not really know how to genuinely portray loving interaction.”
