What IS love?

Is love just a state of mind?

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What exactly IS Love?

Can everyone tell me what they think please?

Thanks.

It is a biological state that lasts approximately 18 months, which is enough time for you to have a baby and then forget about the person.

everything is just a state of mind…

but that’s a different question isn’t it?

-Imp

1 - It’ going to hurt me more than it’s going to hurt you syndrome

2 - An alley cat.

3 - Temporary insanity

4 - The precondition to Neurosis - love once, regret forever.

5 - A Hallmark Postcard

…that’s enough for now; profundities must be fed in teaspoons :confused:

There have been some contemplations about love posted here before:

ilovephilosophy.com/phpbb/vi … p?t=141083

ilovephilosophy.com/phpbb/vi … p?t=139634

No, really, it is just a biological state. They have proved it. Can’t recall who. Well accepted scientific fact.

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I just hate the word lovely. It adds nothing to the english langauge, and should be abolished.

I have an allergy to the word “beauteous”. Wordsworth used it often and I have great respect for him but there’s something about THAT word I detest!

love is wat all , not all , lot of people wish to care ,share and grow every mornin they get up .

Love is an emotion. You can even choose to love or not. Alot of people believe love cannot be controled but I do not believe this.

~Barstool

If you are just talking about the emotion/feeling that you get when you have a crush on somebody then yeah, it’s just chemical/biological.

But oh! love is so much more than that…

Oxfordwill said “No, really, it is just a biological state. They have proved it. Can’t recall who. Well accepted scientific fact.”

Well then, end of discussion then! lol! not.
“accepted” by those who haven’t got a clue what it is maybe!

To learn what real love is, is the reason for our being. It is the goal of our existence. The best explanation I have found about this is in this book (free e book) thefreedomofchoice.com/

From a personal perspective (which agrees with that book) I experienced the truth of my nature, which is that I am a singular consciousness existing within all parts of myself (that means that the real I is the same I as YOU! and your mum!) In this respect, to “Love” would be to recognise this true non-separate self within each other. It is the coming together of the individual parts. How can you hurt somebody when you know they are you? Love is truth and wisdom. Love is glue!

DALE

love is an intoxicated state, caused by a combination of hormonal activity in conjunction with a delusional state of pleasure

love is a state of mind is biological at the same time because the love (or connection) of someone is absorbing and cherishing their caring and personality (maybe even looks) but also the hormones invovled is the biological part and the possible “heart like a hummingbird”, or “stars in front of your eyes” is the biological reaction to the state-of-mind parts of love.

Love is everything.

Did you know that you cannot reply to your own thought?

Worldly wisdom thinks that love is a relationship between person and person. That’s not how it is.

The fruit of silence is prayer.
The fruit of prayer is faith.
The fruit of faith is love.
The fruit of love is service.
The fruit of service is peace.
–Mother Teresa

I was being sarcastic DALE.

Sarcasm can be one of the most difficult emotions to express with text alone.

What is hate?
What is fear?
What is any emotion?

My point is, it could help trying to consider other emotions, and then find the connection. I haven’t done much on this yet. The only thing that I came up with is that love is the extreme end of like.