"We Are Discreet" - Forbidden Love, So Heady, So Dangerous
William Shakespeare made his name featuring the obstacles to love in his dramas. The forbidden nature of those matters of the heart can, of course, intensify the force field.
Moving on from Shakespeare's Renaissance times to the 21st century, verboten and undisclosed romances have made headlines and toppled high-profile careers.
Former bankruptcy judge David R. Jones lost it all after his live-in relationship with lawyer Elizabeth Freeman came to light. Now there are lawsuits against him. The famed David Boies is defending him. Yes, the backlash is that serious.
We all know about the downfall of broadcast's T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach. Established media is portraying their now as not an especially happy time for the couple. The two are no spring chickens. Can they have a comeback in a sector that is imploding? In America, we are our professional identity.
Financial powerhouse Leon Black was making headway in reputation restoration from the Jeffrey Epstein fallout when his former lover Guzel Ganieva filed a lawsuit. In the media frenzy, shadow was also thrown on the law firm which had represented his family office - Paul, Weiss. Only now is Black getting back on his game. A few years ago Paul, Weiss noted in an interview that Balck was no longer a client. Since then the law firm has done a reset which has created fresh branding.
From my Tarot readings I know that love can be quite blind - that is, oblivious of threats and realities. Those who come to me for a reading, usually when there is a lover's quarrel, are convinced they are 1) being totally discreet and 2) risk nothing by following their heart.
Yet, there are:
Usually tells. At a public event the two exchange "looks" or touch each others's hand in "such a way."
The spiteful. Sometimes they resent the happiness of the lovers, are aiming for their jobs and/or simply have it in for them.
The breakups. Given the intensity of the emotions, there is bound to be retaliation when the relationship sours. Likely could be legal action about alleged sexual harassment.
Disappointment. It has been speculated that King Edward VIII became restless and bored after giving up the throne to marry Wallis Simpson.
Despite the odds of bliss mutating into, at the very least, heartbreak and, more often, professional upheaval, forbidden love continues. This week I counseled two situations.
The myopia is, actually, quite predictable.
In one of his Sunday talks following meditation at the Cochise Zen Center, Bisbee, Arizona, Zen Master Hye Mun (Barry Briggs) explained how human beings are "profoundly flawed." Shakespeare labeled that "cankered in the grain." In Roman Catholicism it's packaged as "original sin." Psychologist Carl Jung called it our "shadow side."
The problem is this: denial of that faulty wiring. There is especially not enough questioning of a plan to grab onto what will be a forbidden love.
Jane Genova * Tarot Card Reader * Intuitive Coach * Medium.
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