From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sun Jul 06 2003 - 21:16:43 BST
Sam, Rick and all:
Sam said:
.....................................Just as human intelligence can only be
sustained by physical
and biological processes, so too (I would say) can the higher loves only be
sustained when the
earlier ones are 'satisfied' (although I'll raise a quibble about that in a
mo). So, unless your
sexual drives find an outlet, you won't have the awareness to feel
compassion for others; unless you
have the awareness to feel compassion for people you won't be able to love a
particular individual.
My quibble is that I know a number of celibates who have highly developed
compassion....
dmb says:
I just point out that your celibate friends have mastered their sexuality in
a different way. A good case can be made that their way is superior to
trying to "satisfy" sexual desire because it always returns, in my case it
usually returns about 20 minutes after the cigarette. :-)
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