399 - Love Won't Make You Happy with Carrie Jenkins
Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships
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Eudaimonic Love Is Still Love
In Buddhism there's the concept of the second arrow like sometimes we suffer and that's the first arrow that you couldn't prevent but then when we beat ourselves up for the fact that we're suffering. If you are not treating somebody well let's say if you're being abusive in a relationship that's not going to be a loving relationship of any kind. demonic love is not about being sad but it has room for sadness and it's not about having a miserable time as long as you're still engaged in these eudaimonic projects. Your love may well be exactly what you need when you're going through this miserable time.
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