I do not know where I stand; If I stand at all. I am merely attempting to write something out of nothingness. But, I doubt it; for, it is not nothingness.
According to Greek mythology, Narcissus, the son of Cephisus, was a handsome youth. Echo fell madly in love with him; unfortunately Narcissus didn’t reciprocate her love. Echo was so heartbroken that she simply faded away. Only her bones and voice remained. Nemesis, the goddess of vengeance became so angry that she cursed Narcissus. She made him fall in love with his own reflection. Poor Narcissus kept pining away looking at his reflection in the waters of a fountain. Guess what happened next? According to the story, he turned into a flower. “Narcissism” is the habit of always thinking about yourself and admiring yourself. his is the story of Echo and Narcissus. It is, like many stories in Greek Mythology, sad and very unfair. But I guess that’s life. Our story begins with Echo and Zeus. That ever-cheatin’ God was at it again, this time with the young nymph Echo. Now, at that time (just in case you may have picked up on the significance of her name) Echo was a nymph like any other and a very talkative one at that. They were making out or making love or whatever, believing that all was well. But Hera was NOT a happy camper. She had followed Zeus, expecting JUST that kind of behavior out of him. She came down to Earth to apprehend her “too-much-love-for-one-woman” husband, but Zeus, being godly, sensed her coming. He instructed Echo to keep Hera busy until he could get away. Links: 2. Fun guide to Greek mythology
Echo did just that. Hera confronted her with the affair, but Echo created a long and very untrue story for Hera, giving her lover enough time to escape. Now, Rhea (Hera’s mom) didn’t raise no fool. She knew she had been tricked, and by a nymph at that! She turned on Echo and declared:
“That tongue of yours, by which I have been tricked, shall have its power curtailed and enjoy the briefest use of speech.”
Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.365
From that moment on the talkative Echo could barely use her voice, and could only repeat the words that those around her said. She was lonely, and couldn’t really talk to other nymphs because of her condition, and secluded herself deep in the woods.
Thomas Jacoby, (c)2000
One day, a very handsome young man came along. His name, surprise surprise, was Narcissus. Echo fell in love with him at once. Echo wanted to call out, “Wait! I love you!” But her voice was frozen in her throat by Hera’s curse. The young man went deeper and deeper into the forest, until he came upon a calm stream. He was thirsty and so he bent over to drink, but as he leaned over he caught sight of his reflection in the water. He was as taken by his beauty as Echo had been, but without her barrier. He immediatly spoke to his reflection, “I love you.” Echo, nearby and hearing her chance quickly responded, “love you . . .” But it was too late, Narcissus was too engrossed with himself to notice the nymph. His love was his obsession and would not leave the stream to eat, nor disturb his image to drink and so he died of thirst and hunger and unrequited self-love. Where he had lain a flower grew, the narcissus 2, the same flower that wooed the innocent Persephone. Poor Echo pined away and died for the same things, but when she died not even her bones remained, some say they were turned to stone. But Gaia preserved Echo’s voice, the one thing she had been denied in life, and to this day her voice sounds everywhere.
1. Greek gods’ family tree
In Greek mythology Erebus was the son of a primordial God, Chaos, the personification of darkness and shadow, which filled in all the corners and crannies of the world. He was the offspring of Chaos alone. He was brother of Nyx and father with her of Aether and Hemera, according to Hesiod (c. 700 BC). According to Hyginus (c. AD 0), he was the father of Geras.
According to some later legends, Erebus was part of Hades, the underworld. It was where the dead had to pass immediately after dying. After Charon ferried them across the river Acheron, they entered Tartarus, the underworld proper. Erebus was often used as a synonym for Hades, the Greek god of the underworld.
Erebus was known as the embodiment of primordial darkness, the son of Chaos (who was the void from which all things developed, known also as Darkness). According to Hesiod’s Theogony, Erebus was born with Nyx (Night), and was the father of Aether (the bright upper atmosphere) and Hemera (Day). Charon, the ferry-man who took the dead over the rivers of the infernal region, is also said to be the son of Erebus and Nyx.
Later legend describes Erebus as the Infernal Region below the earth. In this version, Hades was split into two regions: Erebus, which the dead have to pass shortly after they have died, and Tartarus, the deepest region, where the Titans were imprisoned. Aristophanes’ Birds says that Erebus and Nyx were also the parents of Eros, the god of love.
In short, Erebus was the son of Chaos, father of day & love and husband of the night!
I just thought I would start off blogging on blogger; earlier having my blog on 360. Now since google owns the planet, there would be no point in having my blog on yahoo. You would find all of my old blogs on blogger.
Now, here I am sitting and writing a blog and sipping my cup of coffee at office (Oh yes! I am blogging during tea break) I do not write this blog because I want someone to read it. I write because I want to write it (or rather type it). I type so much for office, so much to document, so here is something I type because I want to.
Welcome to the world of thunderror!
I don’t know the future. I didn’t come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell how it’s going to begin
In the triangular theory of love, love is characterized by three elements: intimacy, passion and commitment. Each of these elements can be present in a relationship, producing the following combinations:
Liking or friendship— intimacy
Infatuation or limerence— passion
Empty love—- commitment
Romantic love— intimacy, passion
Companionate love— intimacy, commitment
Fatuous love— passion, commitment
Consummate love— intimacy, passion, commitment
Liking includes only one of the love components – intimacy. In this case, liking is not used in a trivial sense. Sternberg says that this intimate liking characterizes true friendships, in which a person feels a bondedness, a warmth, and a closeness with another but not intense passion or long-term commitment.
Infatuated love consists solely of passion and is often what is felt as “love at first sight.” But without the intimacy and the commitment components of love, infatuated love may disappear suddenly.
Empty love consists of the commitment component without intimacy or passion. Sometimes, a stronger love deteriorates into empty love, in which the commitment remains, but the intimacy and passion have died. In cultures in which arranged marriages are common, relationships often begin as empty love.
Romantic love is a combination of intimacy and passion. Romantic lovers are bonded emotionally (as in liking) and physically through passionate arousal.
Companionate love consists of intimacy and commitment. This type of love is often found in marriages in which the passion has gone out of the relationship, but a deep affection and commitment remain.
Fatuous love has the passion and the commitment components but not the intimacy component. This type of love can be exemplified by a whirlwind courtship and marriage in which a commitment is motivated largely by passion, without the stabilizing influence of intimacy.
Consummate love is the only type of love that includes all three components–intimacy, passion and commitment. Consummate love is the most complete form of love, and it represents the ideal love relationship for which many people strive but which apparently few achieve. Sternberg cautions that maintaining a consummate love may be even harder than achieving it. He stresses the importance of translating the components of love into action. “Without expression,” he warns, “even the greatest of loves can die”
Calmness, absence of disturbance and emotional unagitated…..quietitude.
The mind is at rest when it is sleeping,(or is it?) the mind is awake all the time; whether or not you rest….Thus tranquility can be rendered to the mind but it is not possible to rest it…
This is evidenced by the dreams activated by the subconscious strata of the human brain. Consciousness refers the state of being aware of self and environment.This cognizance is the essence of all the activities that the human brain undertakes, and this is the essence of all the many of the tasks of thought and its processes.
The fact of subconsciousness takes into account the essence of partial cognizance of during the active part of the day which gets activated during sleep. This manifests in the form of dreams which are able to defy logic, for they are devoid of the barriers of reality that the actual consciousness forces upon us.
There are various ways of restoring tranquility to the mind, the most obvious being meditation and other mental relaxation practices..However, even a state of joy or happiness allows the mind to tranquilise itself, but this must not be a state of excited joy or happiness, but an oblique sense of contentment which can heal and take the mind to sense of calmness.