Kai
New
It seems to me (speaking of the original subject) that another position is possible, perhaps even likely.
That which grieves, loves. Therefore grief can be seen as love under influence of the belief that love can truly be lost.
However, one of the strongest expressions of a spiritual view of life would be that love is intelligence of universal relation. In the state accessed by near death experiences or mystical consciousness, grief does not readily appear to be possible, perhaps because the fact of universal relation is self evident. But in an "amnesiac world" where universal relation must at least seem to divide into apparent "selves," love reacts by assuming that it "can't be true" (that the loved one can't be lost). In that context, the mystical state can be seen as a recovery of the universal perspective that the loss of selves, and hence of universal relation, is a form of fiction.
In other words, grief is love under a false belief about itself.
That which grieves, loves. Therefore grief can be seen as love under influence of the belief that love can truly be lost.
However, one of the strongest expressions of a spiritual view of life would be that love is intelligence of universal relation. In the state accessed by near death experiences or mystical consciousness, grief does not readily appear to be possible, perhaps because the fact of universal relation is self evident. But in an "amnesiac world" where universal relation must at least seem to divide into apparent "selves," love reacts by assuming that it "can't be true" (that the loved one can't be lost). In that context, the mystical state can be seen as a recovery of the universal perspective that the loss of selves, and hence of universal relation, is a form of fiction.
In other words, grief is love under a false belief about itself.