Phoenix
by Dale J. Sprague
White Papers
Eros and Agape
The world within is divided into two hemispheres. Dwelling there are two mutually exclusive entities. They are Agape in the left hemisphere, and Eros in the right. Between them, they must share the same world, the same body, because a 'being' must be the dichotomy of both propositions. For the best prospect of life, the best outcome, here and now..shall I be self preserving for my self, or self sacrificing as a member of a whole that may have a greater chance to prevail? Shall I be..eros or agape?
Should I be an undivided self with its own instincts adapted for the world, or selfless and divided as necessary to maintain the tenets of a covenant? Should I be this eros taking, integrating any offer of pleasure, any gesture of devotion..or this agape giving, without measure, without expectation of return for the sake of the whole? Shall I be exclusively this individualistic right or this socialistic left..this undivided whole, or part of a whole?
As diligently as some may pursue a solution, one way or the other, to make logical their life, right or left, one as diligently pursues with the other self incarcerated, inevitable interruptions of great sensations, and in leisure, beating to death each pleasure.
Countless years of life and death have not only accepted both propositions as a dichotomy, but have provided through generations of anguish and pain, a dedicated facility for each. That is, the entire history of humankind has provided an answer for a fickle environment favoring one as much as the other, with the creation of two physical, well convoluted brains attached to the same stem of a body. Is there any confusion here..that is not acceptable? If there's not, then why not! Be both!..freely, with diligence and persistence, for as both, one is balanced with the need to love and be loved, equally.
Only Agape can love. Eros can only be loved. A relationship between two, who without hesitation, regret, or reservation to be both, is equally loving and equally beloved. They are equally affected by one another. Dialogue is comforting. Silence is peaceful. They are co'dominating. Love making, co'bonding. And recovering from intimacy as two mutually respecting, their future promises more intimacy, and pleasure that matures like a fine wine with a full body and spirit unique only to them..evermore intoxicating, evermore ready to be intoxicated.