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2Essential Secrets of Psychotherapy: Jung's Typology, Eudaemonology, and the Elusive Art of Happinessby Stephen A. Diamond, Ph.D.
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Great blog. loved the quotes
maybe sometimes something more substantive is going on
I agree for the most part, but I do think that sometimes we may be "connecting" to something more substantive...
Isn't our experience of temporal time supposed to be something of an illusion?
At any rate, when I was a teenager, I was sitting in a subcompact car, in the rain, by my dad, in a parking lot, waiting for a van to arrive to take me on a trip. While we sat there, a skinny "man" walked by the car. I'd never seen him before and would hardly have noticed him walk by, except that at that moment I had a brief experience of looking back over a long life shared with that man. I thought I must be crazy! As it turned out, he was one of the teens going on my trip, and we've been together ever since (24 years).
It wasn't exactly "love" at first sight. It definitely wasn't arousal. But it was definitely something. It certainly sparked my interest, creating conditions for possible future arousal.
I am, by the way, a very "intuitive" person. I can't help but think that in some cases of "instant" attraction, something similar to this is being picked up on.
Thank you for your post. I
Thank you for your post. I would have to agree --- there are times when I have "experienced" something comparable - a flash, an insight, a moment of discovery, an instant in which "I just knew." So I like this addition here. I guess I have 2 questions that sort of stick with me surrounding these types of "events." First, how does one explain how / why / who these happen? And secondly, since they do (apparently) happen (at least for some people), then do we want to hold these up as the norm - something that others should be searching for?
Thank you - enjoyed your post.
- John
This is an interesting read,
This is an interesting read, but i also agree with the above two comments. The feeling of love at first sight is vastly different than the two phase response accounts for. I believe you can see more than skin deep for love at first sight, you meet and feel instinctively that the two of you together is perfect. That goes far beyond the feeling of "wow, she's gorgeous" or "she's beautiful." love at first sight is a glimpse of eternity, but unfortunately may be something that some confuse with the stuff on tv and in the movies.
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Great blog. loved the quotes
not sure...
Take one recovering workaholic, fairly serious, logical physician--divorced and still kind of terrified of getting too serious in a relationship for fear of getting hurt again. Add one workaholic, ultra-logical engineer. One pushing 40. The second nearer to 50. Both cute enough but not gorgeous by any means.
Add a Craigslist ad. A few emails. Coffee at a cafe on a hot summer night.
I always thought love at first sight was complete and utterly ridiculous--lust could be the only explanation.
I can't explain it. I've never felt this way about a man before. And I think it's mutual.
Yeah, there's physical attraction, but it's not just physical. A soulmate? I've always considered that a bunch of B.S., as well.
I've met men as smart. Cuter. Just as nice and sweet and charming. Who probably better fit the stereotype of who I see myself with in my mind. Why this one? I guess that's why I'm googling "love a first sight". Maybe this is what it is.
I guess I'll just wait and see and try to keep the logical part of my brain from messing it up in the meantime. :)
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Well, first there’s a
Well, first there’s a problem. You can "say" it’s a cause and effect in the brain but you can’t say what caused the cause. Secondly, you haven’t commented on the nature of consciousness itself (the soul that feels the feelings) and don’t take that into account (consciousness must be structured and does act on the brain, otherwise, I wouldn’t know I had one or be able to write about it). I can’t figure out the “love at first sight” phenomena myself but it goes beyond the typical, physical explanations – that’s the only thing I’m sure of. It does, on the other hand, appear to be a type of premonition, or knowledge and awareness that something is up, which transends the ordinary 5 senses and logical thinking processes. I would put it in the catagory of "premonition" or "synchronicity".
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