Theos-Talk Archives (March 1995 Message tl00292)

Dear NICHOLAS, re "The Outcast"
Cheer up, old man. We love you anyway.

Dear BAZZER,
Stay awhile.  You have something to say.  I haven't seen anything
from you I'd label sarcasm, but if there was, so what? You're
entitled.  Nobody's paying you not to.

I don't see eye to eye with your HPB quote.  To me, spirit &
matter manifest together, work hand in glove.  The person who
loves his spouse dearly, eventually comes to enlarge this love to
embrace all of humanity, the spouse being a starting point.  At
least that's the way it was for me.  I came to love humanity
more, because I loved 1 person who also had a great love for
humanity.  To me, the 2 are complementary rather than
exclusionary.  Besides, I think you need a certain amount of
self-gratification, of loving yourself, & g iving to yourself,
before you can move beyond that stage to altruism.

Liesel