What makes love the answer?

My posts are generally philosophical in nature. Here are a bunch of thoughts to chew on:

Love is a power that can be as strong as greed or any mechanism of evil. A person who is shown altruism may be inspired to reciprocate, and come to the aid of a loved one even at personal expense. Those who enjoy the esteem of others also have their ears, and can spread their own opinion. This is social power, and some will tear each other apart in order to have it.

A good word can get a job, and a bad word can close opportunities. If a bad word becomes widespread, then it can become the definition of a person. Similarly, it is familiarity that protects people from abuse. If a loved one is injured, then lovers will arise to complain. It is more disastrous to harm a popular person than an "undesirable" or a stranger in town. Conspirators choose their marks carefully.

Love is the glue that hold communities together. When communities become disassociated, they can be dominated by other interests, and are less able to defend their local economies from corporate influx. It is organization that permits a town or community to enjoy independence and therefore freedom.

Without love or a common need, people get up and move or shift to other interests. In times of peace or prosperity, fragmentation occurs, and they might be less able to defend themselves when the next challenge arises.

Love is the power to heal emotional wounds, because the lack of sympathy is what hardens people. Those who can offer genuine understanding and assistance are deeply appreciated, and can end up as socially powerful as any evil person or mafia boss. If fact, gangsters often offer support to each other, and the fact is integral to their cohesion.

People fight each other because life in a market society is a competition and inevitably a struggle. People become frustrated because of the scarcity of housing and other commodities. They take it out on each other. Employees and even neighbors will tear each other down and attack faults in the hopes of gaining a social or economic advantage. Humans are rivals even as children, and never stop trying to scramble over each other.

The ideal in life is that productivity is not a matter of fighting so much as realizing personal potential, and yet people are not afraid to fight to get what they want, which is more. One of the most important hippie ideals is sharing resources: several people living in an apartment and carpooling. When more people share, the price of commodities like housing starts to drop.

On the other hand, when people live crammed together, they become more stressful. There is less individual freedom, and they fight over the remote and desk space, for example. Human nature does not disappear because one is a hippie or otherwise desperate: Dissatisfaction leads to frustration, and being in someone else's proximity leads to more frustration. A person must learn control and moderation, often a lengthy path requiring routine self-isolation. It might also help if living space and resources are scheduled in advance.

The final consideration is that some people carry more weight than others, and dependents can be a drag. The person who earns money will naturally not want to share it, since others could theoretically earn money themselves. The efficient will always have more power than their dependents, and must be afforded privileges and extra space. How do people living together for economic advantage cooperate? Who gets priority and how much?

Love means showing favor for those you spend your life with. It means being biased in their favor. An associate will be judged favorably by another associate, as opposed to a stranger, in a dispute. It is inevitable that nations and neighbors will prefer each others well being to those outside the social clique. Nations will always compete, and so there will always be pressure on the worker to perform. On the other hand, reaching out for familiarity and understanding can prevent a number of conflicts, and it is a proud fact there has been fewer wars since the 1960s.

 

Nicely written post. But you should probably put this in the philosophy section!

 

You are correct, and life is so unpredictable that sometimes the best laid strategies fail and sometimes the dumbest strategies win, but knowledge is a strong foundation. It is better to research something and plan than just tossing yourself to the wind and wasting a lot of energy in the process. Be spontaneous, but when that is backed up by something in your noggin, even better.

 

I'll bite

No War!!!

 

Being there is not one thing that we do not do for our well being, I would say love of goodness is a primary directive. Conflicts come when models of goodness seem disparate.

 

"Good" means society's ideals. A culture is a group of people bound together by geography, language, history, and family. On a small level, there is typically a homogenous culture, and that becomes a religion. Societies have different objectives according to the wishes of kings and interests. People want to stay together as a community and an identity, and so they both conform and attempt to defeat their rivals. Ideas are as much about loyalty as inspiration, and when people fight in the name of a creed, they are in fact fighting for their greater country and its interests. People wage war for self interest, even if that means crushing an insulting or threatening neighbor. There are few cures, except for one society to dominate the other, or they both see that conflict does more damage than benefit.

 

Maybe Im just simple minded , but it seems to me that you get back what you give , an if everyone acted with love and kindness in the world , thats what the world would be filled with.
Look what hate and negativity has got us.....

 

Yes, good deeds lend the suggestion of openness while evil deeds causes people to become more defensive. What we do influences the atmosphere of our social environment.

 

Well we certainly know that fear and hate don't work. So perhaps it's time to try the otherside of the coin.

Let the love shine!!!

I'm going to add to the reputation to all the lovers that post messages here.

Edited: I've given out too much reputation and I have to wait 24 hours. But don't worry, I'll come and love all of you tomorrow.

 

Pity on the reputation deal; people would be showering each other with love otherwise.

 

your posts is great. something to ponder on.

 

Love is not something i talk about.. to most people, just something i notice.

 

love is awesome

 

Nice Post.....



Cheers Glen.

 

Great! My reputation function key works again and everyone that posted here got a point. I'm going to keep planting love seeds until a forest grows. Who needs "farmville?"

 

I like this

Sometimes we need to be reminded to show 'love'
Notice it seems to be easier to show 'hate' than 'love' for some

It seems easy to express our bad 'intentions' (scream...swear...judge)
Than it is to show our good 'intentions' (hug...nice word...forgive...)

Learning to 'love' is really 'loving' all over again

:grouphug:

(love baby love)

 

What makes love the answer? ... oops not sure how to answered that

Love is or the expression of kindness..respect..compassion..(good intentions) seems to move a positive directions for some (karma) can be powerful in many ways

Tis best I can answer at moment :seeya:eace:

 

Good points-I have decided to believe that the species should never exist in living groups greater than 200 or so. (As much as we do not want to believe it in North America, we are a tribal. No different than the countries we think as enemies). Beyond that 200 our innate need to dominate kicks in: more agricultural land, more land for crops, the need for more oil (a little more modern take on the issue)

As an earlier poster noted, hate and fear sure haven't been working

 

What? This is totally opposite to what I think of love. There can be no division AT ALL in love, so to have love for one single thing, group or person only is contradictory.

 

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