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Please clarify how any of these quotes are about love when the author clearly hates all humankind. "We are vampires who no longer resist our lifestyle of disregard for human life and human suffering." (9)
He then points out that politicians are vampires as well. "In what ways-really- is a self-serving politician sucking at the profitable teat of the violent military-industrial complex different than a literal vampire murdering children?" I guess we're all no different than politicians if we're all vampires.
He talks about people as if they are meat puppets. He calls humans "creators" and says that our bodies are the ones creating addiction. He describes humans as "silly primitive flesh," "fleshy material (105)," and so on. Whenever he calls human bodies things such as "fleshy material," it feels like a cry for help that he needs to learn to love and accept his own body.
"Most of your human body is not even your brain. It's mostly a meaty sack of dumb ocean water that grew legs (81)." Is this self-loving or hating?
On the book’s sleeve, there are reviews that say, "Written with a lot of heart." How is, "Simple psychopath selfishness is not what causes a wealthy neglected trust-fund baby to cut her wrists vertically, bleeding out to death by her own hand, crying (24)," written with a lot of heart? This is very violent.
Some more disturbing quotes from the book with very little love:
"Another example of manic-like loving overcompensation-taken from the spatial instead of the temporal side of things-would be the grand gestures made by a textbook repeat physical abuser, such as buying expensive flowers for the victim the next morning, after repeatedly slapping the victim with a frying pan the prior night (53)."
"Accept and love the dark side of life too. If you look in the mirror and see a human with tears in his or her eyes, or a bloody smile, love that human just the same, more maybe.
Just love it all.
Love everything (166)." This one sent a creepy chill down my spine. Why is this so violent and manic?
"If the truth hurts the body and ego, then laugh in disobedient glee as the honest truth beats you bloody (167)."
No real self-help book uses gore to inspire people.
One last point, this book focuses on you and you alone. There is no "uniting" us with anyone else. So the title itself is deceiving.
If anyone has dark thoughts about their life, this is not the book they should be reading.