@sarabollman That's a bummer. I struggle with it, but keeping my heart open and soft is worth the hurt. Might be more of an issue around linking online identity to the real.
@manamajere The Bodhicaryavatara (Bodhisattva's Way of Life) by Shantideva says, "At night in darkness thick with clouds a lightning flash gives a moment's brightness" in the first page.
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl and Enchiridion (Handbook) by Epictetus also helped me.
@sovietsoleri "Don't say that, Ananda. Don't say that. Admirable friendship, admirable companionship, admirable camaraderie is actually the whole of the holy life."
@sarabollman In a word, sex. It is, until certain technological horrors manifest, inherently linked. But there's a pretty dismissive attitude towards it as a desire despite eroticism being the catalyst. We have much clearer signals around other aspects or sexuality.