No, it is not all the same love. Love of science and technology does not come with the bonding hormone (I think oxytocin?), while love of mother and wife, for example, do. Love of self, mother, and kids does not come with associational links to sexual attraction and orgasm, while love of wife does.
On Apr 20, 7:55 pm, Marco Afonso <[email protected]> wrote: > Xarasea, I totally agree with your post. > > Maybe I add to that a cyclic process: emotions -> reasoning -> > emotions. This means that if i want, i can fall in love to something; > seems that 'will' have a strong influence over emotions. > > Besides this, Love has many faces: > - I love myself, my mother, my kids... > - I love my wife; > - I love philosophy, science, technology, etc... > > It is all the same Love? > > On Apr 20, 10:52 pm, Rouzbeh Xarasea <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Rosey, certain regions of the brain will always be affected when someone is > > shown/thinking about a stimulus - that's the job of the brain and rather > > than jumping with glee, we should be worried if it didn't react to > > something. The fact that the brain reacts to anything and everything is the > > basis of behavoiral screening mechanisms at airports. That's not so say you > > can't "supress" these feelings though. As many people know, it is possible, > > with some practice, to fool a lie detector. > > > Why is is not possible to "control love and feelings of love"? What makes > > love so different from our other emotions such as anger or guilt? With > > regards to anger, people attend anger management classes in order to re-gain > > control over their feelings. And as for guilt, it is a well known fact that > > the amount of guilt felt by a murderer is inversely proportional to his/her > > "kill count". Yes, emotions and impulses are as natural and involuntary as > > breathing. However, akin to breathing, it is possible to control them. Why > > is love given such a heavenly status above all other feelings and emotions? > > > Love is irrational and illogical. It is known to warp morals and impair > > judgement. And yet, in spite of this, people choose to be governed by this > > feeling - blindly obeying any of it's commands. > > > Mind over heart - any day, place or time zone. > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Defining 'Love' is required for a discussion of its effect. > > > Love is Everything (All), according to the Roman writer of the book of > > > Corinthians. God is Love by many definitions. Therefor All is > > > God, is Love is All is God is Love is All is God... > > > My definition :-) of Love, God and Everything. > > > > So, in answer to the question, How does Love affect our (your) self- > > > being? In Every Way. > > > > peace & Love > > > > On Apr 20, 3:41 pm, Matthijs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello to all, > > > > > I do not know if this is the right place is to ask this question. > > > > Because I have the feeling that philosophers let their mind rule over > > > > their heart. I will ask it anyway. > > > > > How does Love affect our (your) self-being? > > > > > Our live on a thin red line, > > > > Matthijs- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
