Another thing I read yesterday was that in the Sanskrit poetics there are 9 main poetical feelings: erotic, laugh, pathetic, horror, heroic feeling, fear, disgust, admiration and calm.
Later on they have added the kinship tenderness and devotion. In the Sanskrit philosophy these are all feelings that put away us from the goal to achieve ourselves and see clearly the truth about ourselves. Even the love to the opposite sex is interpreted in the eastern philosophic systems as evil of a high kind, which a man should get rid of in order to achieve spiritual harmony.
That’s a very interesting statement, which I assume is addressing the thing I call romantic love. I must admit that I had such a feeling myself – that the romantic love is … the word “evil” is too strong, but let’s say …. a handicap. No, handicap is not a good word too. The romantic love is a step on the way. Then you just move forward. The problem is with the people that think the romantic love is the end of the road.
Never mind. No matter what I think, different things happen to me and I need to handle them somehow. If I have a romantic love now it must be on purpose. I must learn my lesson.
