Love is a word that is thrown around everyday. It seems as if it lost some of its meaning.
But I’m not here to talk about that. I’d like to know about your views on love… But first, here’s my share:
Love is a state of mind; not so much just a regular “feeling”. To me, it’s a mosh posh of emotions put together which triggers certain actions and feelings over time. The physical effects of love, for example, may be something I’d like to call, “that tingly little feeing that you get when that special someone gets very close to you”. A mental effect may be increased sensitivity / concern you’ll gain for that special someone, or something that they may care about. (Even though you wouldn’t really care if it wasn’t for that person.)
I don’t believe in “love at first sight”. I say that’s just another way of saying, “I have a good gut feeling that this person really likes me / I really like this person.” Falling in love takes time and mental conditioning in some cases (some people make themselves love another person despite treatment, conditions, etc.) and would certainly take more than one day to love.
Can someone lust and love at once? Does lust equal love? Is love nothing more than just desire? I think lust and love is one in the same. By lust, I don’t mean that it has to be sexual lust, but just an extreme desire for someone. Some people love their partners so much to the point of obsession… Should that be considered lust, even if the person claims to love the other? Love is desire for a person / thing / preference, right? So is lust.
Well, that’s all for now. I’d like to know your thoughts and whatnot. By all means…
I can’t say what love is, but I think I can say it involves a willingness to sacrifice self for the person loved. (Sacrifice not necesarily meaning dying on a cross and such, but smaller too, as in not having dinner with your boss because your loved one is ill.)
As such, lust cannot be equal to love. I think lust involves wanting something for yourself, like greed, whereas love is wanting to give yourself to another.
‘Love at first sight’ is a cliche to denote the circumstance where the lust of initial physical attraction turned to love within a short period of time. Coincidence to be sure, but I’m sure it happens all the time.
This is quite and interesting topic… I have had some experience with love. It’s a funny thing… one can trick themselves into being in love. For the longest time i believed that I was in love with this girl and as soon as we broke up It became clear to me that what i experienced was not love at all. But if you would have asked me while i was in that situation i would have told you that i was in love…so its almost unclear where it begins and where it ends… like all things
Yeah, why not? You’ve got to give something to the relativists to fight over, otherwise they try and bring their nonsense into proper philosophical discussions about proper philosophical topics…
Love is complex amalgum of reason.
I have many reason to love inanimate or animate matter.
It depends all on what i need and want.
I want world peace and eternal life, it is what i wish my destiny to be, so then that makes me love charity and life instead of focus on just my own well being.
In basic terms it is “i like that” or “i like him” or “i like her”.
There is the love based on compassion,
in which you base it on the needs of the other,
there is the love based on your own needs,
in which guides to to health.
Love of pleasures = lust.
Lust is like drug, it can get dangerious for you and destract.
I think it has to do with needs and wants.
‘Love’ is as complex as life itself,
and i “love” both of them.
