Narcissus was a hunter in Greek mythology, son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. … Nemesis, the goddess of retribution and revenge, learned what had happened and decided to punish Narcissus for his behaviour. She led him to a pool; there, the man saw his reflection in the water and fell in love with it.
We all knew the legend of Narcissus, a youth who knelt daily beside a lake to contemplate his own beauty. He was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into the lake and drowned. At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called the narcissus.
But this was not how the author of the book ended the story.
The author said that when Narcissus died, the goddesses of the forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake of salty tears.
“Why do you weep?” the goddesses asked
“I weep for Narcissus,” the lake replied.
“Ah, it is no surprise that you weep for Narcissus,” they said, “for though we always pursued him in the forest, you alone could contemplate his beauty close at hand.”
“But… was Narcissus beautiful?” the lake asked.
“Who better than you to know that?” the goddesses said in wonder. “After all, it was by your banks that he knelt each day to contemplate himself!”
The lake was silent for some time. finally, it said: “i weep for Narcissus, but i never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, i could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected.
What does the story of Narcissus teach us?
Narcissus is so attractive that he practically has to carry around a spear to keep the girls away. The real and major problem is that he knows how attractive he is, and so as we. Essentially, beauty becomes self- love and represents self- destruction.
From this story two things evolve:
- The Narcissistic flower, often found next to bodies of water, which leans itself over the water before it blossoms – in its own reflection.
- NPD – Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Ultimately the question becomes what is NPD? Or what to come of NPD? we know that a person suffering from such a disorder unfortunately end sum is that all of their actions revolve around feeding the false self, or, false image of oneself, and this leads to self malignant love – that is, a love that will never grow, and always dies in infamy.
But then what defines the false self? The false self is the image of oneself, i.e. is what everyone out there thinks and says about you. This is NOT your true self, rather it is a refection of you.
So feed YOUR TRUE SELF!
Nourish your true self, and you shall know true love.
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