Mother as the Well of Endless Love
The author's personal love, discussed as the Flow of Pleasure, originates from the most primary and significant experience – the bond with the mother. It is the mother who, serving not only as a source of physical support and nourishment, becomes the first object of love around which our entire capacity for attachment and subsequent life experience is formed. In this sentiment, the mother appears as that continuous life force that enlivens consciousness, instills confidence in our existence, and directs us into the “flow” of life energy and delight.Supporting citation(s):"However, the capacity for personal attachment and love is initially established in infancy through interaction with the mother. The child has an instinctive need to make the mother's presence constant, to turn the connection into possession—a constant and unceasing source of nourishment, a possibility for life. To possess the mother, the child attempts to master her by voraciously consuming maternal milk. This is a need to replace the risk of connection with the certainty of possession—a life renunciation of illusory independence. The first steps on the blade of life see the onslaught of death counterbalancing the flow of life. The infinitesimally small presence of the mother counteracts the fatal consolidation of egocentrism, transforming aggressiveness into a benevolent yearning, turning an impersonal object of nourishment into a subject of life dedication. The mother not only provides support for the functioning of our body, but she also places us into the flow of Life, centering us in love." (source: link txt)Thus, in the author's reflections, the primary object of infinite attachment and the source of pleasure is the mother, whose influence becomes the foundation for all subsequent experiences of love.