Upon finishing Ortega y Gasset's book, I feel enthralled to have just unfolded the author's thoughts concerning one of the most unfathomable emotions Upon finishing Ortega y Gasset's book, I feel enthralled to have just unfolded the author's thoughts concerning one of the most unfathomable emotions we can experience: love. Among the many concepts, Ortega explains and relates the way love correlates with passion, sexual instinct, eroticism, etc. Romantic love has two essential ingredients: enchantment — a feeling of being enchanted by another being who produces complete "illusion" in us; and surrender — a sense of being absorbed to the core of our being.
Why, as a general thesis, should we not flatter ourselves that our love(s) is a manifestation of our concealed beings?
It leaves the possibility of revealing its truth through reality, as experienced by each of us. Through an attentive interpretation of the text in correlation with my personal life, I mainly relate the way the lover carries the beloved at all times with great care, devotion, and admiration, independently of painful circumstances. My spiritual self yearns for his arms and touch, for he is the one who gracefully completes my spirit with such a delicate embrace....more
I've chosen to read and savor this book slowly, with an eye to an apprehension of its meaning behind the curtains of real-life experiences, as revealeI've chosen to read and savor this book slowly, with an eye to an apprehension of its meaning behind the curtains of real-life experiences, as revealed by the author — Viktor Frankl, who survived the Holocaust. His survival was the concatenated outcome of a willingness to live, an instinct for self-preservation, arbitrariness, and a strong belief in the tenderness of existence. From the ideas revealed throughout, I've retained the importance of valuing our natural freedom, honesty, kindness, the overwhelming emotion of Love, embracing the gleams of beauty found in Art, Nature, and Literature, and notably, the significance of saying a reassuring yes to life, and the revelatory fragility behind human existence....more
Above all, hearing such wise words blessed me with a peacefulness and a yearning to embrace self-knowing, prompting the reader to apprehend and attribAbove all, hearing such wise words blessed me with a peacefulness and a yearning to embrace self-knowing, prompting the reader to apprehend and attribute significance to life's queries and turnabouts, able to be comprehended and later overcome solely by accepting such savvy assertions and truths about how to deal with reality, as can be translated by each individual's own life experience....more
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