alone by edgar allan poe

“Alone”

By Edgar Allan Poe

From childhood’s hour I have not been

As others were—I have not seen

As others saw—I could not bring

My passions from a common spring—

From the same source I have not taken

My sorrow—I could not awaken

My heart to joy at the same tone—

And all I lov’d—I lov’d alone—

Then—in my childhood—in the dawn

Of a most stormy life—was drawn

From ev’ry depth of good and ill

The mystery which binds me still—

From the torrent, or the fountain—

From the red cliff of the mountain—

From the sun that ’round me roll’d

In its autumn tint of gold—

From the lightning in the sky

As it pass’d me flying by—

From the thunder, and the storm—

And the cloud that took the form

(When the rest of Heaven was blue)

Of a demon in my view—

What is love?

What is love? is it all about flirting or at least toy flirting? It helps, as it makes things far more interesting, but who wants only that? Love is more of the nature of caring about others, even when it does not matter, even when they do not want it.

Here are the types of love: baby love, teen love, flirting, crushes, lust, true love , impossible love, courtly 💘 love, Platonic love, Confucian love, Godly love.

Baby love is the love I simply attraction. It is the type that kids have for each other that is based simply on the other person and their cuteness. It is annoying. Teen love is a version of this that involves adolescents. It involves awkwardness with growing up.

Flirtation is a series of romantic games and teasing involved in attracting a love interest, be they of the same or opposite sex.

Impossible love is the love for an unattainable love interest, such as a cartoon character.

Lust is pure biological desire that is forbidden by God or law. Many books and 🎥 have been made about that.

Courtly love is experienced between a knight and his nymphs. This would often involve the knight having to tilt 🐉 to prove his worth to the nymph.

Platonic love is love that is more than mere social, but far less than sexual. Flirtation may be involved.

According to Wikipedia, "
Ren (Chinese: 仁) is the Confucian virtue denoting the good quality of a virtuous human when being altruistic. Ren is exemplified by a normal adult's protective feelings for children. It is considered the outward expression of Confucian ideals.
Yan Hui, one of the Four Sages, once asked his master to describe the rules of ren. Confucius replied, "One should see nothing improper, hear nothing improper, say nothing improper, do nothing improper."^[1] Confucius also defined ren in the following way: "wishing to be established himself, seeks also to establish others; wishing to be enlarged himself, he seeks also to enlarge others."^[2] Confucius also said, "Ren is not far off; he who seeks it has already found it." Ren is close to man and never leaves him.^{" This is Confucian Love.}

True 💘 is the love that lasts. A love 💘 like that has just got to last. Are adults allowed to believe in true love 💘💘 or must they see it as being stupid? Believe in crushes, when you are an adult and won't people call you silly and stupid? You can believe in affection to some extent, but you can never be 🚼 babyish about it.

 Godly love is the love 💘 for God or gnosis, shared secret knowing.

Fast of Tisha B'Av

Why do we fast on Tisha B'Av? We do so because of the destruction of the Jerusalem. Is there any sorrow as great as theirs? No, the Greek gods rarely interacted with them. They ever gave any laws to them! There were times in which nymphs and monsters came to men, but they always ran away soon after. Greek wisdom wished that it could have a Sinai. That was not to be.

Israel however was different. Moses  gave the law. We were told that God never had an image. We do not even know how to pronounce His Name. He said not to have false gods. He said to not have incest or child sacrifice. Israel did both. This resulted in their destruction. And they were destroyed multiple times. Yet nothing. They did not repent. This is why Babylonian Captivity happened. Mothers ate their daughters. Sisters ate their brothers. "And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters." -- Deuteronomy 28:53 Priests were assassinated in the Temple.  " Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?" Lamentations 2:20. This is what Tisha B'Av is about. It is about the destruction of Jerusalem. We fast for all those women who had nothing to eat. We do not listen to music, because of the lack of children in the city. Music 🎶 is always associated with children in the Bible. The children were dead and eaten. This killing of relatives appears to be to get meat and as a form of mercy killing so that their children will not have to starve.

See the example of Mary, who lived in the times of the Jewish War, a similar time, mentioned in the writings of Josephus. Mary killed her son and ate half of his body. Then she tried to compel others to eat the other half to shame them out of sharing where she got her secret stacte of meat. Then all mourned.

The mourning of the Jews is why we fast. Their grief matters. The Jewish Culture matters. They gave us the Bible. They may not have all the Reason, but this is only because they have actual lives to live. They are too concerned with people killing them to worry about things like philosophies.

 But some claim that Russian grief is just as powerful. They had a year for many years and had no means to redress their grievances against a society that impressed them. Then Napoleon Bonaparte invaded And he came with the possibility of democracy. France was better because of the revolution, right? This is what bright about a series of Revolution s that culminated in 1917. Then Stalin betrayed the Revolution. Socialism within a state. Trotsky was killed. This is Russian grief, horror over what happens to you.