i dont think their IS a specific nature to love, as it comes in all sorts of sizes and colors. there is love of nature, love of your pet, your friends, your kids, your mate, spiritual love, etc. each one is different yet has one thing in common, love within. in my opinion, one cannot truly love something without possessing internal love.
as far as mate love is concerned, i feel that one cannot love their mate unless the reverse is true. this is shared love (one love) and the only true love between mates. the rest of what some express as love between mates is actually compassion, infatuation, lonliness, dependancy, a need for a sexual partner, etc. if one has spirit-love they have the potential to love just about anything, without recipricocity. one cannot give what one does not have. although two may have the potential to 'create' or 'develop' love, i think the likelihood of a successful love relationship improves dramatically if one is self-sufficient in love. On Apr 29, 10:31 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > And no,this isn't a wide open generic question. I'm not interested in agape > here, this is strictly for eros. > > I'm a hopeless romantic and serial monogamist. I fall in love hard and > quickly if I find someone worthy of such, put my all Into maintaining long > term romantic relationships, despite my personal challenges, and against all > logic remain a believer in the concept of a happily ever after relationship > despite a spotty relationship record and a generally rational to cynical > worldview on every other topic. Love is such a basic human instinct to me. > > Perspectives on Love vary drastically though, and I've heard a surprisingly > diverse number of them recently. So, I'm putting the question out to each of > you, not as a debate, but as an invitation to expound what your perception of > the nature of Love is, in your life. There are no wrong answers, so have at > it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
