Pay careful attention to the metaphors that shape your thinking and perception. They reside in the background of consciousness, and function like templates for our experience of reality. Only occasionally do they come to awareness and become objects of thought or conversation. They have a way of being determinative.
It's okay, even vital, to have a fairy tale view of love, so long as it is not mistaken for reality.
It's okay, even vital, to have a fairy tale view of good versus evil, so long as it is not considered identical with what actually is.
The cost of confusing fairy tale and reality is that both get lost. You need one to navigate the other.
When the illusion is shattered: that's when things become interesting.
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