To: Solon who wrote (31547 ) 12/8/2012 11:48:09 PM From: 2MAR$ Read Replies (1) | Respond to Joseph Campbell has what i think the enlightened look at marriage here , it does not prescribe same sex but stresses the higher commitment & deeper responsibilities for he chance of participation thru love in the existence of another's life . The benefits are of being mutually responsible & committed... johnmichaeldemarco.com "The fourth level of love is that of spouse to spouse, and here there is the business of the androgyne, of identification with the Other. You have found the god in your heart, and now the god is found in this intimate and most enduring kind of relationship. That’s why marriage is regarded, in such traditions, as a permanent affair. There is only one chance to have this type of experience. Nuns wear a wedding ring, because they are brides of Christ. Their relationship is to this invisible spouse, which, on the spiritual level, is good enough." "Anyone who gets married is going to have problems with daily chores, because the problem of a household is on you whether you are a male or a female...but you can make wonderful little ritual experiences out of the things that have to get done, and life can ride beautifully on these events. I think it is a failure to accept the tangibilities of two people living together that makes marriages break up." "Marriage is not a love affair, it’s an ordeal. It is a religious exercise, a sacrament, the grace of participating in another life." "What I see in marriage, then, is a real identification with that other person as your responsibility, and as the one whom you love. Committing yourself to anyone, turning your destiny over to a dual destiny, is a life commitment. To lose your sense of responsibility to the person who has given you that commitment because something comes along that enables you to think, “I'd like to fly off in this direction and forget that which has already been committed”—this is not marriage. I do not think you are married unless your relationship to your spouse has primary consideration in your life. It’s got to be top."
