Men's most core projections in intimate relationships: becoming a knight, becoming a hero, becoming a priest.
Men rely on self-sacrifice to move others, but fear women when using women, controlling through helping, giving a pretense of possession; women long to be led and supported, but worry about losing their subjectivity, cycling between safety and independence.
Relationships lacking power projection are more like friendships; love always contains fantasies and desires projected through psychoanalysis. Every relationship is like a manifestation of BDSM, whether shallow or deep.
Therefore, some generously give up projection to find "teammates"; some stubbornly believe in projection to find "true love."
Teammates are not love, and true love is not love either; love simply does not exist. When chasing "love," love disappears; when letting go of obsession, control, possession, and power, love also vanishes.
Love is like a play, with each other's desires intertwined as metaphors in the script. Can the lead actors be clever enough to become directors, realizing that the strings pulling the puppets actually originate from themselves?
Anyway, enjoy the performance as a screenwriter, director, lead actor, and audience.
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Men's most core projections in intimate relationships: becoming a knight, becoming a hero, becoming a priest.
Men rely on self-sacrifice to move others, but fear women when using women, controlling through helping, giving a pretense of possession; women long to be led and supported, but worry about losing their subjectivity, cycling between safety and independence.
Relationships lacking power projection are more like friendships; love always contains fantasies and desires projected through psychoanalysis. Every relationship is like a manifestation of BDSM, whether shallow or deep.
Therefore, some generously give up projection to find "teammates"; some stubbornly believe in projection to find "true love."
Teammates are not love, and true love is not love either; love simply does not exist. When chasing "love," love disappears; when letting go of obsession, control, possession, and power, love also vanishes.
Love is like a play, with each other's desires intertwined as metaphors in the script. Can the lead actors be clever enough to become directors, realizing that the strings pulling the puppets actually originate from themselves?
Anyway, enjoy the performance as a screenwriter, director, lead actor, and audience.