ECHO AND NARCISSUS

"WHAT YOU SEEK IS NOWHERE;BUT TURN YOURSELF AWAY AND THE OBJECT OF YOUR LOVE WILL BE NO MORE. THAT WHICH YOU BEHOLD IS BUT THE SHADOW OF A REFLECTED FORM AND HAS NO SUBSTANCE OF ITS OWN. WITH YOU IT COMES, WITH YOU IT STAYS, AND IT WILL GO WITH YOU ALWAYS..... (METAMORPHOSES 3.433)

I am sure most of you are familiar with the Greek mythological story of "Echo and Narcissus", poor Echo was madly in love with Narcissus she died of a broken heart after casting a spell upon Narcissus, the spell was if he could not love another he could only love himself, Narcissus died looking at a reflection of himself he could not love. That is a very very brief summary of the story you can google it for a more descriptive narrative.

This is not a myth to those who are truly pathological in nature, as we all know there are people running around like this, and it never ends well, I think all of us died of a broken heart, (the feeling dead inside) and now must find a way to live again with hope.

I will never again tolerate a narcissistic individual. Psychotic behavior plays no part in my reality. I wouldnt consider connecting with such an individual for 10 million dollars.

We must all find a real currency to life that far outweighs a life of illusion, deception, manipulation abuse and falsities NONE OF IT WAS LOVE, none of us walked away from love. I once knew what love was. True love feels great. It is warm, supportive, safe, trustworthy loyal respectful and real. It is constructive not destructive. I must work hard to find that again, especially within myself first.

(your spelling of 'Narcissus' has been corrected - webadmin)