how do you define it? I define it as a melting together with another or with what is. your turn!:cheers2:
I am not a Christan but I consider this to be one of the best definitions of love. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
I am not per say a christian either but that corinthians verse is amazing. here is another one i love and try to hold as an ideal of how to love. and btw another thing about love is that i think love is a VERB not a noun. you LOVE as an action... you don't go FIND love like it's a car 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Yep, I think that is my definition too. Though in some of the biblical versions...instead of love it says compassion. Its really hard to love people in that way though...isn't it....well it is for me....so much in my ego wants to be right and to fuck someone else up when they are wrong sometimes. I find myself getting further and further from trying to be right all the time though
well im sure to many if not most i sound like a hypocrite by saying this but i am not perfect at it... but the first "ego death" i had kinda came at me without me trying it... as an act of God or Love to me... after that I have to purposely experience the death of the ego in order to love sometimes... or seriously the whole "let go, let God thing"... cause I am often not strong enough to love people by myself and almost every time I let go and let... something amazing happens so yeah... it's what I try to do... but I have to consciously do it because if I don't ... I'm a really sensitive person who gets hurt and can be very non loving. So, yeah have to go beyond me...
It's not hypocitical. You are human and you have flaws. You ride the waves of consciousness up and down....so sometimes you will falter. All you can do is do your best. Its all a process and sometimes you will fuck up.
The most enduring and long lasting relationships that I have cherished, are the ones in which both people can finish each other's sentences.
Well I am not the best one to ask about love. I have only loved one person in my life. I suspect a lot of it is finding the right person. I can relate to what you are saying though. I have to constantly keep my ego in check.
The only people and things I have loved are the only ones that have been able to trigger a strong emotional reaction out of me.
I don't have a clear definition, but it's when you feel like family, but family you choose and you will do anything to try and help them do the best for themself.It's weird in other relationships I always was worried I wasn't getting enough-love, attention, sacrifice-you name it, but now all I worry about is that I am not giving enough. Sometimes I wonder what I really bring to the table. In other relationships, I would think 'well i am young or more atractive or am cooler than whomever I am with, so therefor I don't need to do much and they should treat me like a princess because I am me'. I feel like crap for acting that way, but am also grateful because of how it lead me here, home.
I think I am the same way. I suppose that is why I try not to get close to others. Oh, crap another personal insight I have to look at.
like a callous on my hand. the relationship can be torn, it can bleed, it can hurt a lot - but it can also provide lots of support, tough (love), a feeling of protection, and its always there no matter the ups and downs of everyday life
Love is that which you choose to be true with... I am working on loving my birth family right now... the people I was born and raised with... I noticed recently that in the bible there are lots of parts mentioning people who don't love their parents, their brothers, etc. and I realize, we all want to love, we might even love a little, but to be loving, is to be permanently, unwaivingly, incessantly true... I personally had many years of peeling back the layers of myself, to not be afraid to be true to me, then I connected with my spiritual partner and had to work on staying true(love) to him and now I am working on my birth family... I have come a long way, but it is coming along! I think as a whole, the vast majority of my life, I had a completely inaccurate perception of what love was... I had compassion, I had lots of beautiful emotions and feelings for others, for myself, for life and lessons... but not love, love is permanent imo and that is something I've only just discovered... it feels totally different than what I've been thinking love was all this time, though what I was feeling was great... it doesn't compare. ETA: I really only learned to stick to love this year...
Love is a drug Love gets you high Love makes you laugh Love makes you cry Love makes you strong Love makes you weak Love can destroy Love can teach Love is happiness Love is despair Love isn't forced Love isn't fair Love is family Love is friends Love is hopeless Love never ends
