{"id":190629,"date":"2026-08-29T05:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T05:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=190629"},"modified":"2026-08-31T07:57:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:57:40","slug":"dumping-my-dream-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=190629","title":{"rendered":"Repost: Makow &#8211; At 76, My Biggest Regret is Loving Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I had just seen the movie, &#8220;The Gingerbread Man.&#8221; The girl in my dream looked like actress Embeth Davidtz (above) <\/em><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>HenryMakow.com \u2013 Aug 28, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>You may have noticed that Western society is <em>obsessed with sex.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sex and the chimera &#8220;love&#8221; are the main reason Western society is collapsing.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My biggest regret in life is loving women: seeking validation from another person.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Romantic love is a delusion<\/strong><strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/henrymakow.com\/2026\/08\/why-humanity-is-a-train-wreck.html\">Most people, men or women, are <em>not that lovable.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Romantic love is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/henrymakow.com\/our_love_affair_with_god.html\">an ersatz religion<\/a> to teach us to seek ourselves<u> <em>in another person<\/em><\/u> instead of in <a href=\"https:\/\/henrymakow.com\/2022\/08\/self-mastery-lies-at-the-heart.html\">Self-realization.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our souls contain the blueprint for our personal and collective development.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Movies taught us that sex is a &#8220;mystical experience,&#8221; the best life offers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Sexual intercourse is a sacrament.\u00a0\u00a0Orgasm is union with the universe.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/henrymakow.com\/kabbalah-how-sex-became-our-religion.html\">Cabalism- How Sex Became Our Religion<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We come from Heaven &#8220;trailing clouds of glory.&#8221; Our souls seek reunion with God. The Moral Order. Perfection.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The tendency to idealize other people is a mistaken quest for the God within. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This mistake (&#8220;transference&#8221;) often leads to disaster. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The spark of Divinity in our soul is the principle of our self-development. We were made in the image of God. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>God is speaking to us all of the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Women represent the force of nature. They are always trying to seduce men and utilize them for their reproductive purpose.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>They seek to control men but as soon as they succeed, they lose interest. Women want to be lovingly dominated by a man.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heterosexuality is based on the exchange of female power for male power expressed as love. When women sacrifice power for love,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>they become more feminine. When men do it, women lose interest in them.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Dumping My Dream Girl&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Updated from Feb 8, 2011<\/em> &amp; April 9, 2026<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>by Henry Makow PhD\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>I am proud of<\/strong> a dream I recently had.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_325932\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Embeth-Davidtz-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-325932\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt size-full wp-image-325932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Embeth-Davidtz-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"288\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-325932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Embeth Davidtz<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was young again and single. My beautiful girlfriend and I were shopping. I suggested we go back to my apartment. I was feeling loving and wanted to hang out and cuddle. Just be happy together. Sex wasn&#8217;t an issue.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after arriving, she says she has to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Thwarted in love. Again.<\/p>\n<p>In the dream, I press her for an explanation. She doesn&#8217;t have one.<\/p>\n<p>She doesn&#8217;t want to be with me. I grant her wish.<\/p>\n<p>I tell her I&#8217;m not interested in games. We&#8217;re finished.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The End.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t come back.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I wake up pleased by my subconscious bravado.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/henrymakow.com\/dumping_my_dream_girl.html\">Continues \u2026\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romantic love is an ersatz religion to teach us to seek ourselves in another person instead of in Self-realization. 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