On Feb 27, 2:29 pm, The Speaking Clock wrote:
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> If I may ask a question? If you had to draw a symbol representing a
> perfect man - what would you draw?
There is no such a thing as "the perfect man", there's only "the
perfect man for me", and that man is too complex to represent with a
single, simple symbol. I'd draw an image of one of my partners
though, he's as perfect for me as I ever imagined a man could be.
What about you then, what would you draw?
>> I have no interest in spending my time and energy on people who have
>> not yet attained a stable, self-sustainable level of inner balance.
>
> And yet you have no way of making a distinction between those that do
> and those that do not.
Sure I do. By communicating with them.
> Or at least - that was the idea.
What idea? The idea of your original comments in this thread? If so,
that was in reference to an image of a person, not a real live
person. So what exactly are you talking about now - archetypes, or
real people? You do realize they are not interchangeable, right?
> But a mother is not simply someone who propogates a life within
> herself, only towards her own ospring. You have plenty of life
> experience within you to inform you, even if you have not given
> birth. If you had to draw a symbol of a perfect child - what would
> you draw?
Me? I would draw nothing. For me, the perfect child is one that does
not exist.
>> You seem to think recognizing the balance of forces within oneself is
>> equivalent to having an equal need for motherly nurturing as one has
>> for expressing power. A powerful person can be inwardly balanced yet
>> still have no desire or need for someone to mother him or her.
>
> I read mother when you say it.... and yet I hear smother, and
> something else within the context of a power play a hell of a lot less
> savory, and a lot harder to overcome and balance with.
What does that tell you about yourself?
> A lot more diffcult (for us both) - draw your perfect mother.
Please, that's not difficult at all. A drawing of my perfect mother
would be an image of my mother. She may have some problems, there
certainly are aspects of her personality that drive me crazy, but I
would not be who I am if she were any different. I love myself and my
life, so how could I not consider her to be perfect for me?
What about you?
