If two people who have been strangers, as all of us are, suddenly let the Wall between them break down, and feel close, feel one, this moment of oneness is one of the most exhilarating, most exciting experiences in life. It is all the more wonderful and miraculous for persons who have been shut off, isolated, without love. This miracle of sudden intimacy is often facilitated if it is combined with, or initiated by, sexual attraction and consummation. However this type of love is by its very nature not lasting.
The two persons become well acquainted, their intimacy loses more and more its miraculous character, until their antagonism, their disappointment, their mutual boredom kill whatever is left of the initial excitement. Yet, in the beginning they do not know all this: in fact, they take the intensity of their love, until it may only prove the degree of their preceding loneliness.
Infantile love follows the principle: “I love because I am loved.” Mature love follows the principle: “I am loved because I love”. Immature love says: “I love because I need you”. Mature love says: “I need you because I love you.”
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