how to find "the one" - Tommy Dixon

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In an old interpretation of the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, Adam was not created as a man but as a hermaphroditic being, of undifferentiated perfection, who was then split by God into male and female. Love is the reunion of the separated pair that springs from a recognition of identity in the other. Conjoinment reestablishes the initial perfection. The marriage ring symbolizes that unity. Together, both people form one completed circle. They become two aspects of the same being1. The two become one. Who knew the Bible could be so romantic? Dates are difficult. Short, high-pressure, awkward, artificial encounters where both people project an image of what they think an attractive version of themselves should be like. Meeting people in other contexts is more fruitful. To find someone I click with (romantic or not), what has often worked best is engaging in environments where I bump into a bunch of different people. Having a broad random-interaction-surface-area. Until something comes

French Cancan (1955) In an old interpretation of the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, Adam was not created as a man but as a hermaphroditic being, of undifferentiated perfection, who was then split by God into male and female. Love is the reunion of the separated pair that springs from a recognition of identity in the other. Conjoinment reestablishes the initial perfection. The marriage ring symbolizes that unity. Together, both people form one completed circle. They become two aspects of the same being1. The two become one. Who knew the Bible could be so romantic? Dates are difficult.…

how to find "the one" - Tommy Dixon

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