The Heart Symbol is Two+ Lives Embracing

A human and robot hugging will not evoke the heart symbol unless the person who created the robot makes a strong enough impression in the broader culture and is associated with that robot. Still, it's doubtful circuit boards and transistors will ever suffice for one half of the heart symbol.

I once had a very rational therapist who advised me to take time away, even consider moving away, from people in my life who were not respecting my boundaries. I asked wasn't life about shared experiences? He replied "you shouldn't need other people in your life. You have yourself."

It was shortly after that I entertained the idea of God for the first time.

I wasn't a "believer" but I chose to consider the God concept, if only to supply myself with received love and a route to reciprocation.

At some point after launching this blog I became fascinated with the heart symbol. Where did it come from, was it cross-cultural? It dates back to Greek and Roman times, if not earlier, according to Dr. Marylin Yolam, a Stanford gender research scholar and author of “The Amorous Heart: An Unconventional History of Love”.






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