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DocM, "However, PUL, from my experience is an active emotion that usually is also directed and expressed toward another. Service to others, charity, kindness - in short, love directs our actions. The idea that we radiate the emotion, without acting on it, misses the heart of what PUL is all about. It is, at least for a brief time, self-indulgence."
I thoroughly enjoy affection, connection, kindness, interpersonal warmth, happiness, laughter, hugs, fun, smiles and good times. The most difficult to explain has been internal, something which reminds me of the aforementioned, but is much, much stronger, yet so gentle and pure; I have no word(s) for it. My red flags rise when it's made into an obligation/expectancy/demand - love 'n light fascism. One must love, if not felt, fake it. Self-indulgence and stroking the praying monkey also applies when working out a sweat cos it feels good to help out, hard to say no, it's expected and the pat on the back feels good too. Being revered, an icon for the helped, getting the 'good' label branded on ones rump, telling stories how one helped someone to make oneself look good, but no really, it's all, unconditionally, about them. Service to others compared to warm baked, butter steamed goat cheese? The cheese doesn't beg or give orders to be eaten. Smells better too, for me. Bon appetite either way; service to others, goat cheese, salvia or something else.
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