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Are robots the sex partners of the future?

This article is a few months old but I wanted to highlight it because it illustrates the state of affairs when it comes to how technology is replacing human experience. Read the full story: hardwired for love here. Technology can never replace human experience because it is a simulation of the real world. However, if you consider how real dreams feel when you're dreaming, maybe you will wake up from the dream and be thankful it was only a dream. The experience of connecting with another human being is only enhanced by technology when you are physically in different locations. This Read More →

Osho on Love, Freedom and Aloneness

Love, Freedom & Aloneness - The Koan on Relationships by Osho Rajneesh A long time ago I read a book by the Indian mystic Osho: Love, Freedom & Aloneness - The Koan on Relationships. This is one of those rare gems that explains and perhaps introduces you to the authentic love that is sorely missing from life. The taboo that is sex, the misunderstandings Read More →

The Myth of Romantic Love

In the film, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Barbra Streisand mentions the emergence of courtly love. In the following audio lecture Alan Watts identifies the same thing and expands on the link between marriage and romantic love and points to the French Troubadours 800 years ago. Here's some more background on this view: Now my favourite book about love is this amazing book by Italian journalist and Professor in Sociology, Francesco Alberoni, 77 years old and still going strong. Read More →

The Myth of Love in the 21st Century

This is an article I wrote in 2002 and I'm republishing it here now that we're getting closer to Valentine's Day where all women go cookoo and men fall over their feet to please them... As we approach Valentine's Day its imperative we re-look the meaning of love in modern society. Is love in the 21st century really the same thing as it always was throughout history? The love talked about in the great mythical tales of Romeo & Juliet and Anthony & Cleopatra. Lets look at the definition of love and proceed from there. The common meaning of love is Read More →
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