Is love the product of thought?

Answer 1

True Love? Definitely NOT.

True love comes from the recognition of pure consciousness which is the awareness of who we are.

Egotistical love which is controlled by 'wanting', by 'neediness' and which is the much more common form of love is a product of thought and that is why many of those relationships are dysfunctional and ruled by jealous THOUGHTS, possesive THOUGHTS.

We are not what we think, we are the stillness behind thought which is far more inutitive and intelligent then thought or the 'ego' could ever be for it is where we come from. It is our 'spirit' as such.

Thought is just a tool for solving practical problems.

Answer 2

The reasons that we love are infinite, immeasurable, we can only see it as completely illogical, so to some degree love is detatched from concious thought. But logic, which could be said to govern our concious thought processes, is a human construct, it is used as a step by step process that at each point everything makes sense.

What we call "intuition" is a much more fundamental concept and I believe can be related to this. We all have "hunches," which are really an analysis of the world around us based on our perceptions. The reason that many of these hunches seem illogical is that we can't possible analyse everything through logic that we do in this way. We process potentially millions of stimuli to develop a hunch, how are we able to match that through several "logical" deductive steps?

Love is the same way, we may find them beautiful, intelligent, engaging etc. but that's not what in the end is why we love someone. It's the million little things, the innate understanding that we just "know", through this illogical, potentially leap of faith process, that this person is perfect for us in every way imaginable.

Answer 3

No.

Love is an expression of how highly you value the loved person (or pet or whatever). Thought is about facts. Values can never be reduced to mere facts.

I suppose you could point out that love is the result of brain and bodily processes, such as the production of humans, in response to the perception of a desired object such as a member of the opposite sex. These brain processes are a sort of thought, and thoughts about things like philosophy and when I can get to the shops are other sorts of thought. But is that helpful?

Love is a powerful emotion and love is wonderful.

Answer 4

Human love is based on instinct, want, and need. Thought does get involved, and typically makes a mess of things.
True love (divine love) has nothing in common or reliant upon the physical world or body. It does not come because you call it or think it, but comes when you least expect it. After divine love has touched you, you are filled with understanding that has nothing to do with conscious thought.
In short, (true) love is not the product of human thought.

Answer 5

I think in life first we feel and then we think - at least this is what the baby does in the begining. First he loves the one who takes care of him/her and then and then thinks "oh, it's my mum".

There are many kinds of love - some of a purely physical origin (I love chocolate or a hot soup on a cold winter day or anything related to feeling good - a painter may love a certain setting, view or colour) and a warm feeling pervades us.

Then there is a kind of love one feels without thinking. Why? Because we don't have time to analyze deeply - for example the warmth we feel when we see a puppy, a kitten, etc... "Awww... it's cute"

There is also the feeling of treasuring the things we strived to get or the "team spirit" we feel for our co-workers or fellow students sometimes, there is also self love (which one needs to a certain degree to stay mentally and physically healthy) and the opposite of it - altruistic feelings we sometimes have when we sacrifice part of universe for others, etc...

Sometimes one is lucky and finds a little of them all along with the "self hypnosis" process in ones love.

Good luck !

PS - Of course the opposite is also true (one has feelings based on his/her thoughts) and it is much more frequent than what I described.
I just wanted to show that things aren't limited to that...

Answer 6

Some will tell you that love is a derivative of a chemical passing through the body producing endorphines released within.....

but, I'll tell you the truth.... Love requires the heart, the soul, the mind and the spirit to cooperate...... If anything is out of sync, it is deception......

True love is stirred within from the heart and spirit.... It can be deceived by another who does not utilize all the parts required for love.....


your sister,
Ginger

Answer 7

Love is a natural phenomenon and thought is the product of it.

Answer 8

Thoughts when romantic, whimsical, fanciful and heightened in their pitch can rouse emotions of longing for beauty alongside sense of incompletion in the self. It is in my view possible that thoughts can make you eventually fall in love, call these thoughts for love instead of thoughts of love. If thoughts can turn into love then can love turn into thoughts? Thoughtfulness and love are often two opposite states of mind. Thoughts of love are different than the thoughts of rationally brooding mind. I do not think that love can ever turn into pure intellectual thoughts. There can be memories, emotional repercussions, flashbacks and dreams but never smooth and calm rational thoughts once you fall in love.

Answer 9

I think.... No it is not...

Love exists even before man was made..
God made first the water, the land, the, sun moon and stars, the plants, the animals... and so on and so forth...
Simply because He loves the Final Creation that he will do..
He knows that man can't survive without the things that was first made, so he made those essential things first before him (the man).

Maybe the term "LOVE" was not yet there.. But that is "love" whatever term you use for it.

And it is not from thoughts... But it is from the heart...

Answer 10

love is a feeling. nothing more. its all in your hed so mite not evn b real. wot u feel as love cud b totally different 2 wot i feel. r thorts n feelings related? evryfin u think has an effect on the way u view the outside wrld, the way u view urself, the way u FEEL. yes love is just certain chemicals produced n u like that person bein der n finkin of dat person cos it reproduces those chemicals (not dat romantic but hey) but i fink u control those chemicals. thort can do so much. luk in2 quantum physics.