True Love (satire)

in each person's heart, true love exists. Yet such love is not based on the myth that someone out there is The One.

Hidden by the idealism of romantic love is the heartache of ego-delusion, which often requires ignorance to sustain its agenda.

Often layers of trust need to be established for things to work out. Thus the romantic who trusts first is often betrayed.

True love must be cultivated by cutting through the myths of romantic love and replacing them with truth, even when such truths may cause romance to flee.

Let it flee, for in the place of romance, truth is the beginning of trust. This is why it is called true love.

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Originally posted: June 2, 2013 08:10 AM

The Threat of Individualism

It's socially impossible to affirm that "I am an individual, apart from others."

For every one of us is in relationships with other people, be it family, friends or loved ones. Therefore, individuality is a myth designed to isolate us from each other.

We do not exist as individuals; we exist as people who do not determine our worth by the individual but by our communities.

Thus, the myth of the individual is found to be a most dehumanizing thing, because it actually isn't what makes us human, for it socially isolates each person.

For individuality is not freedom; yet each of us yearns for liberation from the group, even though the group needs us to ensure harmony.

Anyone who denies that the myth of individuality is the cause of our society breaking down should deal with living in a city with a population of 250,000 strangers.

Any criminal may be caught up in the myth of individuality. Indeed, it may be the cause of crime, because such a person is sure to have given in to his selfish needs.

Therefore, individuality, being the myth that it is, is a threat to humanity's survival as a society.