I think that love is an expression of spirit (I know you are all surprised.) We are all born with this connection and ability. Our love for others and life allows this expression. We loose ourselves in the beloved, meaning that we find our connection to everything and all that is. This is where eros and agape meet. To loose ourselves in eros, we open the way for agape, both feeling the same. We surrender to it to sustain it, giving up our egos to eros. When we struggle with it, when our egos step in and our feelings and thoughts that we are separate, that we need more or have less than we would like, agape is gone and the struggle is left to eros, whose sensual demands cannot sustain that feeling of freedom and unlimitedness. When we come at love through eros only, the thrill is quickly gone with the pleasures of the senses. As much as we would like - sex cannot go on forever, it takes more to sustain life. So, eros requires agape for rapport with the infinite nature of love. It is there, always, all around us, within us, between us. It can enliven the senses and all other aspects of being. We get there, to "true love" through eros, but not without agape.
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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
