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Fractalguy: /* Religion is (Supposed to Be) Love */

2026-02-04T13:51:19Z

Religion is (Supposed to Be) Love

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	The underlying motivation for [[spiritual]] pursuits and the creation of [[religions]] and the [[concept]] of [[god]] is all love. Unfortunately, many manifestations of [[religion]] have lost sight of this fact.		The underlying motivation for [[spiritual]] pursuits and the creation of [[religions]] and the [[concept]] of [[god]] is all love. Unfortunately, many manifestations of [[religion]] have lost sight of this fact.

	[https://jimpalmerauthor.substack.com/p/before-religion-there-was-love Before Religion There Was Love] is a great examination of the relationship between love and [[religion]] from a [[secular]] [[spirituality]] perspective.		[https://jimpalmerauthor.substack.com/p/before-religion-there-was-love Before Religion There Was Love] is a great examination of the relationship between love and [[religion]] from a [[secular]] [[spirituality]] perspective. Here is the summary:<blockquote>
			* Any conversation about what it means to live well eventually leads us to love, not as sentiment or romance, but as a fundamental orientation toward the world.
			* Toxic religion doesn’t just distort belief—it warps the very meaning of love.
			* You don’t need religion to love because love is not a doctrine—it’s a human capacity.
			* Far from being religious artifacts, love and compassion are evolutionary and existential necessities—qualities that helped humans survive, cooperate, and build communities long before formal religions existed.
			* In the end, love is the most powerful thing we can choose, not because it fixes everything, but because it keeps us human.
			* It was always love.
			</blockquote>

	== Broken Hearts are for Assholes ==		== Broken Hearts are for Assholes ==

Fractalguy at 13:49, 4 February 2026

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	In [[death]] we will share a single coffin.</blockquote>Another great one is [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/49493/i-carry-your-heart-with-mei-carry-it-in I carry your heart with me] by [[wikipedia:E._E._Cummings\|E. E. Cummings]], which is not yet in the public domain.		In [[death]] we will share a single coffin.</blockquote>Another great one is [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/49493/i-carry-your-heart-with-mei-carry-it-in I carry your heart with me] by [[wikipedia:E._E._Cummings\|E. E. Cummings]], which is not yet in the public domain.
	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sabTQjZs4hs\|\|center\|E E Cummings ~ I Carry Your Heart With Me I Carry It In My Heart\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sabTQjZs4hs\|\|center\|E E Cummings ~ I Carry Your Heart With Me I Carry It In My Heart\|frame}}

			== Religion is (Supposed to Be) Love ==
			The underlying motivation for [[spiritual]] pursuits and the creation of [[religions]] and the [[concept]] of [[god]] is all love. Unfortunately, many manifestations of [[religion]] have lost sight of this fact.

			[https://jimpalmerauthor.substack.com/p/before-religion-there-was-love Before Religion There Was Love] is a great examination of the relationship between love and [[religion]] from a [[secular]] [[spirituality]] perspective.

	== Broken Hearts are for Assholes ==		== Broken Hearts are for Assholes ==

Fractalguy at 13:48, 23 December 2025

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	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmzzFB_mTQ4\|\|center\|How to be a more loving person, in 3 steps\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmzzFB_mTQ4\|\|center\|How to be a more loving person, in 3 steps\|frame}}

			== Love Questions? Love Questions! ==
			Falling in love means connecting with someone on a deeply personal level. To do this, you need to ask questions! Which questions? [https://www.remento.co/journal/36-questions-to-fall-in-love-or-at-least-bring-you-closer-together Research has shown that these 36 questions] [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0146167297234003] are highly effective at developing the deep interpersonal bonds that lead to love. It helps if you actually like the answers that they give, but if you don't ask the right questions you can never know whether or not this a person you can have a deep [[spiritual]] connection with. Sure, there are probably other questions that would be effective at doing this, but these are the ones that have been tested in the lab and shown to be effective.

			[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0146167297234003 The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness]

			[https://www.remento.co/journal/36-questions-to-fall-in-love-or-at-least-bring-you-closer-together 36 Questions to Fall in Love]

	== Art is Love ==		== Art is Love ==

Fractalguy at 16:07, 30 November 2025

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	[[File:Love-heart-marriage-partnership-romance.jpg\|thumb\|The [[Universe]] loves you no [[matter]] what]]		[[File:Love-heart-marriage-partnership-romance.jpg\|thumb\|The [[Universe]] loves you no [[matter]] what]]
	Love is an [[inevitable]] [[emergent property]] of any [[consciousness]] created by a [[self-replicating]], [[evolutionary]] process, which are themselves an [[inevitable]] product of any [[complex]] [[universe]]. <blockquote>''"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."'' -[[wikipedia:Laozi\|Lao Tzu]]</blockquote>It is the [[subjective]] [[experience]] of our drive to [[reproduce]] [[Sex\|sexually]], so any [[self-aware]] [[self-replicating]] being will experience some version of it. It is also the [[subjective]] experience of [[In-group\|belonging]], [[Relationships\|friendship]], and [[community]], so any [[social]] being will experience it, using shared [[neural]] circuits with [[evolutionary]] roots in [[Sex\|sexual]] love.[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198134555-sex-god-and-the-brain]		Love is an [[inevitable]] [[emergent property]] of any [[consciousness]] created by a [[self-replicating]], [[evolutionary]] process, which are themselves an [[inevitable]] product of any [[complex]] [[universe]]. <blockquote>''"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."'' -[[wikipedia:Laozi\|Lao Tzu]]</blockquote>
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			It is the [[subjective]] [[experience]] of our drive to [[reproduce]] [[Sex\|sexually]], so any [[self-aware]] [[self-replicating]] being will experience some version of it. It is also the [[subjective]] experience of [[In-group\|belonging]], [[Relationships\|friendship]], and [[community]], so any [[social]] being will experience it, using shared [[neural]] circuits with [[evolutionary]] roots in [[Sex\|sexual]] love.[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198134555-sex-god-and-the-brain]

	This makes love [[universal]]. It is an intrinsic property of the [[universe]], since [[self-replication]], [[consciousness]], and [[Society\|sociality]] are all [[inevitable]]. Therefore, [[god]] is [[wikipedia:Omnibenevolence\|omnibenevolent]] since love is built into the very [[Fractal Geometry of God\|fabric of the universe]]. You can't even [[Creation Story\|create]] a [[universe]] without creating love. It's been proven.		This makes love [[universal]]. It is an intrinsic property of the [[universe]], since [[self-replication]], [[consciousness]], and [[Society\|sociality]] are all [[inevitable]]. Therefore, [[god]] is [[wikipedia:Omnibenevolence\|omnibenevolent]] since love is built into the very [[Fractal Geometry of God\|fabric of the universe]]. You can't even [[Creation Story\|create]] a [[universe]] without creating love. It's been proven.

Fractalguy at 20:42, 30 September 2025

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 This makes love [[universal]]. It is an intrinsic property of the [[universe]], since [[self-replication]], [[consciousness]], and [[Society|sociality]] are all [[inevitable]]. Therefore, [[god]] is [[wikipedia:Omnibenevolence|omnibenevolent]] since love is built into the very [[Fractal Geometry of God|fabric of the universe]]. You can't even [[Creation Story|create]] a [[universe]] without creating love. It's been proven.
-See the [[theory of everything]] and [[god concept]] pages for more on this [[perspective]].
+See the [[theory of everything]] and [[god concept]] pages for more on this [[perspective]]. <blockquote>''Oh no, I don't believe it''
 == The Cognitive Development Perspective ==

Fractalguy at 13:08, 30 July 2025

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	But of course, this has been said a million times in a million better ways so this [[wiki]] will focus more on things like [[fractals]], [[spirituality]], and [[ethics]] where a unique [[perspective]] can be found.		But of course, this has been said a million times in a million better ways so this [[wiki]] will focus more on things like [[fractals]], [[spirituality]], and [[ethics]] where a unique [[perspective]] can be found.

			{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmzzFB_mTQ4\|\|center\|How to be a more loving person, in 3 steps\|frame}}

	== Art is Love ==		== Art is Love ==

Fractalguy at 17:01, 8 March 2025

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	[[File:Love-heart-marriage-partnership-romance.jpg\|thumb\|The [[Universe]] loves you no [[matter]] what]]		[[File:Love-heart-marriage-partnership-romance.jpg\|thumb\|The [[Universe]] loves you no [[matter]] what]]
	Love is an [[inevitable]] [[emergent property]] of any [[consciousness]] created by a [[self-replicating]], [[evolutionary]] process. <blockquote>''"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."'' -[[wikipedia:Laozi\|Lao Tzu]]</blockquote>It is the [[subjective]] [[experience]] of our drive to [[reproduce]] [[Sex\|sexually]], so any [[self-aware]] [[self-replicating]] being will experience some version of it. It is also the [[subjective]] experience of [[In-group\|belonging]], [[Relationships\|friendship]], and [[community]], so any [[social]] being will experience it, using shared [[neural]] circuits with [[evolutionary]] roots in [[Sex\|sexual]] love.[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198134555-sex-god-and-the-brain]		Love is an [[inevitable]] [[emergent property]] of any [[consciousness]] created by a [[self-replicating]], [[evolutionary]] process, which are themselves an [[inevitable]] product of any [[complex]] [[universe]]. <blockquote>''"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."'' -[[wikipedia:Laozi\|Lao Tzu]]</blockquote>It is the [[subjective]] [[experience]] of our drive to [[reproduce]] [[Sex\|sexually]], so any [[self-aware]] [[self-replicating]] being will experience some version of it. It is also the [[subjective]] experience of [[In-group\|belonging]], [[Relationships\|friendship]], and [[community]], so any [[social]] being will experience it, using shared [[neural]] circuits with [[evolutionary]] roots in [[Sex\|sexual]] love.[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198134555-sex-god-and-the-brain]

	This makes love [[universal]]. It is an intrinsic property of the [[universe]], since [[self-replication]], [[consciousness]], and [[Society\|sociality]] are all [[inevitable]]. Therefore, [[god]] is [[wikipedia:Omnibenevolence\|omnibenevolent]] since love is built into the very [[Fractal Geometry of God\|fabric of the universe]]. You can't even [[Creation Story\|create]] a [[universe]] without creating love. It's been proven.		This makes love [[universal]]. It is an intrinsic property of the [[universe]], since [[self-replication]], [[consciousness]], and [[Society\|sociality]] are all [[inevitable]]. Therefore, [[god]] is [[wikipedia:Omnibenevolence\|omnibenevolent]] since love is built into the very [[Fractal Geometry of God\|fabric of the universe]]. You can't even [[Creation Story\|create]] a [[universe]] without creating love. It's been proven.

Fractalguy: /* Broken Hearts are for Assholes */

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Broken Hearts are for Assholes

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	== Broken Hearts are for Assholes ==		== Broken Hearts are for Assholes ==
	When love goes awry, it can cause a lot of pain. As [[wikipedia:The_Buddha\|the Buddha]] taught us, all [[suffering]] is due to craving and attachment. When you stay attached to someone who doesn't love you back, it causes [[suffering]]. The only cause of that [[suffering]] is ~~you~~ own desire.		When love goes awry, it can cause a lot of pain. As [[wikipedia:The_Buddha\|the Buddha]] taught us, all [[suffering]] is due to craving and attachment. When you stay attached to someone who doesn't love you back, it causes [[suffering]]. The only cause of that [[suffering]] is your own desire.

	Therefore, if your heart is broken, you're the asshole.		Therefore, if your heart is broken, you're the asshole.

Fractalguy: /* Broken Hearts are for Assholes */

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Broken Hearts are for Assholes

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	== Broken Hearts are for Assholes ==		== Broken Hearts are for Assholes ==
	When love goes awry, it can cause a lot of pain. As [[wikipedia:The_Buddha\|the Buddha]] taught us, all [[suffering]] is due to craving and attachment. When you stay attached to someone who doesn't love us back, it causes [[suffering]]. The only cause of that [[suffering]] is you own desire.		When love goes awry, it can cause a lot of pain. As [[wikipedia:The_Buddha\|the Buddha]] taught us, all [[suffering]] is due to craving and attachment. When you stay attached to someone who doesn't love you back, it causes [[suffering]]. The only cause of that [[suffering]] is you own desire.

	Therefore, if your heart is broken, you're the asshole.		Therefore, if your heart is broken, you're the asshole.

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Broken Hearts are for Assholes

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	Taking a [[Humor\|humorous]] perspective on heartache can help reduce craving and attachment by lowering the perceived stakes. Losing that partner is not the end of the world. They weren't right for you in the first place. All of your whining and pining is pretty silly when you think about it.		Taking a [[Humor\|humorous]] perspective on heartache can help reduce craving and attachment by lowering the perceived stakes. Losing that partner is not the end of the world. They weren't right for you in the first place. All of your whining and pining is pretty silly when you think about it.

			You could say that [https://www.npr.org/2025/02/17/nx-s1-5292139/health-stress-cardiomyopathy-heart-attack these people are the biggest assholes of all], but that probably crosses a line.

	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8B5FiVg5HA\|\|center\|Frank Zappa - Broken Hearts Are For Assholes\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8B5FiVg5HA\|\|center\|Frank Zappa - Broken Hearts Are For Assholes\|frame}}