What is Love?

[Racoon]

Love. :hyper:

Its the magic we all want. But what is it? and why do we feel it?

 

Is it a drug? a combination of bio-chemicals?

Love grows, and makes the heart fonder...

 

What is the evolutionary impetus for love?

Why is it so strong?

 

I love very few things in this world. And when they die or disappear, I am saddened and cry.

That is normal, but I am trying to understand it. If it can be understood.

 

Grandma, my kitty-Cat, and Hypography are some of the few things I love. :hihi:

 

Any thoughts, scientifically speaking?

[Jay-qu]

my girlfriend asked me this question - though I do not think I will give the same answer here. As cold hearted as it may sound I think it is a tool for procreation, to help the species continue on. It keeps the man around for longer because in humans it takes longer for the kids to become independant.

[InfiniteNow]

Reinforcement provided by our evolution as a social species. Simple really. Those who stuck with the group survived more often than those who did not. Those with stronger feelings of love were not only more likely to stick with the group, but to assist it.

 

Here we are... all shiney, happy, people. Well... people anyway. :rolleyes:

 

Love is a many tendered thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love. And all the rest of those lyrics from Moulin Rouge. :cup:

[Racoon]

Reinforcement provided by our evolution as a social species. Simple really. Those who stuck with the group survived more often than those who did not. Those with stronger feelings of love were not only more likely to stick with the group, but to assist it.

 

Good points IN.

 

Is love an Endorphin?

And did that chemical release evolve in those who favored staying with the Tribe?

 

Love is what makes the World go around.

 

Why do many people cry in response to losing a loved one? Is that a release valve, or the Yang to a Yin?

 

getting all warm and fuzzy, :rolleyes:

Racoon

[kamujin]

Love is a word. Thats what it is and always will be. when the word love is processed as bits of information its triggers an individuals mind to remember and searches that persons memory. like a chaotic reaction of electricity it reminds a person of what they think this word means. The word is different for everyone. for example when you first fall in "love" and tell that significant other "i love you" your mind is experience in only unconditional love for family or what u see in the media or the outside world ect. thus the term "puppy love" but the word love remains the same. but u experience this love and then u break up with that person and your memory of love is completely different now because you experienced pain and lack of "love" and all sorts of energy draining emotions. when u hear the word love now, it may trigger you to feel more negative then positive because of these experiences. so love is different for everyone. that is obvious. but to me it is a word i have faith in. LOL if u know what i mean. but anyway since love, attraction, affection, are all different words so love is harder to explain scientifically. but if i were to define it. Love-1-strong affection 2-warm attachment 3-beloved person 4-feeling of affection. LOL websters new dictionary PG-198. love can be explain in infinite different ways. but if i sit here trying to explain how me myself and I feel about love ill be here for to long. so ill stop now. LATR

[Queso]

love is an imbalance of chemicals.

love is a balance of chemicals.

[hallenrm]

Love is an evolved state of mind that enables people to connect with one another without using telephone or Internet:D B)

[kamujin]

love can be felt over the phone i believe. lol long distance relationships work dont they? words can make u feel love and spiritual connections. id like to think of love as magic. chaotic, destroying a persons logic and sense of control. liberating you from what seems to be so intricate and help you understand the simplicity of it.

[Racoon]

love can be felt over the phone i believe. lol long distance relationship work dont they?

 

Theres a saying in Spanish.

 

Amor Lejo, Amor Pendejo...

 

You can feel love over the phone if its a 1-900 number...:cup:

[TheFaithfulStone]

All I can think of is...

 

"Baby don't hurt me. Don't hurt me, no more."

 

Love is a burning ring of fire.

 

TFS

[GAHD]

Love is a state of self-imposed insanity.

 

@TFS: Quite the interesting selection of songs.

 

I think Love Bites.

 

it shure is interesting When Love And Hate Collide

 

but it's all Smoke Rings In The Dark

[kamujin]

Theres a saying in Spanish.

 

Amor Lejo, Amor Pendejo...

 

You can feel love over the phone if its a 1-900 number...:)

 

Yeah i could see how that type of love can be idiotic. but i dont think that saying holds significance all the time. id like to believe in love no matter the distance between 2 people. for example not so long ago i traveled to Atlanta for a time and called my woman back home in Florida. Hearing her words made me feel love. conversating about how things were without me home. how she feels. how ive been doing away from her. The thought of people not believing in it is somewhat shallow and petty. love is definetly not shallow and petty. i think love deserves more words then some saying. ;)

[Queso]

Love is an evolved state of mind that enables people to connect with one another without using telephone or Internet:D :cup:

 

or Zosros,

The romance from mind to mind.

[Southtown]

Good question. What is oneness and unity, or selflessness and sacrifice?

[WildRose1010]

There is no such thing as sacrifice.:) In the end, everyone will choose the path that will cause them the least pain in the future. Even things that seem like sacrifice can be proven to be anything but.

As for love, to quote Heinlein, "Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own." I think that sums it up!:(

[Southtown]

There is no such thing as sacrifice.:P In the end, everyone will choose the path that will cause them the least pain in the future. Even things that seem like sacrifice can be proven to be anything but.

I disagree. First, I highly doubt that you could emphatically "prove" every case. If we could know peoples' intentions, the justice system would not be so confusely over-inflated.

 

Second, how do you explain soldiers going to war and dying for freedom? They consciously go into battle knowing they probably won't come back. What difference does their happiness make at that point?

 

As for love, to quote Heinlein, "Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own." I think that sums it up!:)

I disagree. I love my children, and I discipline them. They are not happy when I discipline them. Though they may later be happier from making right choices, that is inconsequential. I am only worried that they do what is right, not what makes them happy.

 

And I don't spend my life earning a living, changing diapers, and explaining patiently to ungrateful or irate kids in order to experience "happiness". I do this because it's the right thing to do. I brought this on myself, by first seeking happiness when I was young.

 

But don't worry if you only care about happiness. Only those who stand for what is right get mowed down.

[Saitia]

Its the magic we all want. But what is it?

"God is love."

 

and why do we feel it?

Because God indwells your mind.

 

Is it a drug? a combination of bio-chemicals?

No; God is Spirit.

 

 

What is the evolutionary impetus for love?

Increasing awareness of it; willingness to share it.

 

Why is it so strong?

Because it's Divine.

 

I love very few things in this world.

Hm. I love lots of things and beings; more all the time.

 

 

Any thoughts, scientifically speaking?

Through science we discover the material world; we use religion to evaluate it, and philosophy to interpret its meanings, while we harmonize our scientific/material viewpoint with our religious/spiritual concept.

Our budding consciousness of the Indwelling Spirit is based on our intellectual reception of truth, the soul perception of goodness, and our personality motivation to love. But our greatest spiritual jeopardy consists in the predicament of our unfinished growth; i.e., forsaking the evolutionary religions of fear, without immediately grasping the revelatory religion of love.

 

Cheers,

—Saitia