2006-08-01 00:28:57 · 12 answers · asked by mrugank_sap 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Unfortunately, in our time love is defined by an emotional response. The original meaning of love though is one that anyone wanting a lasting marriage should consider very strongly before ever getting married. If you base your love on an emotional response, it means you have fallen in love. However, when the emotion goes away, and it always will, you will fall out of love. This is a pretty precarious way to develop a so called loving relationship.
On the other hand, if you choose to go with a true long lasting and time tested definition of love, you will see that love is a choice. We either choose to love or not to love. If you go into a marriage with the idea you are going to love this person for the rest of your/their life and you stick to it, you will truly be loving that person.
You can also go back through different languages and see this concept is born out throughout the ages. For instance in both ancient Greek and Hebrew there are several different words for love. In English you can say something like, “I love hot dogs.” What does that mean? Especially if you turn around and say you love your wife. In both Greek and Hebrew each type of what we call love has a specific meaning. For instance, in Greek you have the word Philleo, which means to have a warm fuzzy response to someone or something. In other words the word we use as love. This definition gives the ability to fall in and out of love. However, if you go to another word in Greek which is used between a husband and wife, you will see there is a very specific definition that you are looking for. The word is Agape. The concept behind it is to have a sacrificial love. To choose to love no matte what happens. It means you choose to love even if you are wronged or when things go wrong. This is a love that makes relationships last until one or both die. Not the selfish concept of love we have in our society today.
You go into the relationship with the attitude and choice of, “how can I benefit this person not, what’s in it for me.” Then you maintain this attitude as well. Always, as much as it is in your power, maintain the attitude that the other person is more important than you are and you will stay married for the rest of you lives.
2006-08-01 01:18:57 · answer #1 · answered by Wolfman 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There's a really good book written by an American (yes, I know) psychiatrist (yes, I really know) called "The Road Less Travelled"
I actually quite like this book. It's one of my favourites. Whether or not you agree with it or where it's argument meanders there is one thing about this book that makes it quite important: it defines love.
(You may not even agree with this definition, but it's up to you. It's the best one I've found).
I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.
Get the book and read it. It's worth it. It's pretty deep and has a lot of implications.
2006-08-01 08:07:05 · answer #2 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is the most undefined emotion and aspect of the natural world. Love comes with so many admiralities yet sex and emotional attachment are last on the list in which we call love.
2006-08-01 08:37:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love, being absolute being, can't be defined completely, since that would put limits on it.. and it is unlimited.
However a close approximation might be loving-kindness, compassion, complete acceptance, etc. desires for sex, attatchments etc. are all seeking something.. Love doesn't seek for anything or need anything.
2006-08-01 07:35:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
love is undefinable not only sex not only emotional attachement but a lot more it is the best feeling and if this feeling stands all the tests of time then it is true love
2006-08-01 07:38:43 · answer #5 · answered by gagan d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is being capable of do anything for the person you love, including let this person to be happy withoutyou, sex could be a part of love
2006-08-01 08:25:01 · answer #6 · answered by pelancha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It starts from emotions and end with sex.So for true love emotion sex both are impotent .
2006-08-01 07:58:46 · answer #7 · answered by lucky s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is an emotional attachment to some thing and you value that thing very well so that if you missing a glimpse of it can make you sick or temporarily make you loose your mind.
2006-08-01 07:38:14 · answer #8 · answered by ahmad e 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will express Love as something good.You don't have to always have sex to be in love.Love and sex is to be in love
2006-08-01 07:52:01 · answer #9 · answered by LovelyTracy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are talking between man and woman and short term it is called lust . between husband wife , mother child its called possesion .
2006-08-01 07:36:06 · answer #10 · answered by MFEMF B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋