It seems within most people's minds that spiritual love is good on its own while physical love is not good.
Is that because spiritual love involves no real-life committment while physical love does?
Are we not human: both spiritual and physical.
Why do so many pay lip-service to the spiritual while devoting themselves to the physical?
Why do so many pay lip-service to the physical while devoting themselves to the spiritual?
Are we not both? Should not our love be both?
2007-07-24 12:58:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I do not value one more than the other. Both bodies are energy, the result of the simultaneous occurrence of our thoughts and feelings. Just as our thoughts cannot exist without our emotions, so too our physical body cannot exist without the spiritual.
I agree: why do so many see these bodies as being separate? Our physical is a denser, slower vibrating form of our spiritual body, which is a lighter form generated by our thoughts and feelings. It seems to be that people see separation, where I see continuation. The more enlightened we become, the more energy is devoted toward the spiritual body. The more dense we remain, the more energy is devoted toward the physical body. Our thoughts and feelings are the key. If we keep them clear and unblocked, then both bodies will be served: as the spiritual remains whole and healthy as the result of our clarity, so too the physical body will follow suit. In reality, there is not one and then the other. They are one.
2007-07-24 14:12:32 · answer #1 · answered by Shihan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very good question and analysis. As humans we do need both physical and spiritual love. The big difference is this: Physical love is the joining physically or two (or more) people. This usually includes the joining of emotional and mental aspects too...and sometimes the spiritual aspect. Usually, this lasts for a few years unless the spiritual aspect is involved.
Spiritual love is loving another completely...physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually without any conditions. Which is hard for humans to do because we tend to be judgemental and fearful.
So many people say...I love you unconditionally. Do they actually mean that? NO...what if the partner became abusive? Or a child-molester? Or another Jeffrey Dohmer or Hitler? Would they still love them unconditionally? So most of the love we give is NOT spiritual.
2007-07-24 13:20:26 · answer #2 · answered by ladeemist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been there: trying to escape my sexuality for the simple fact that I did not understand it.
I can say much here, but I will say this: We are both physical and spiritual. We cannot negate one part of ourselves and hope to find the whole of the other. In terms of sex, we must embrace it, love it. If we cannot, we cannot wholly love ourselves. Granted, physical love is not lust; spiritual love is ego driven.
We find an extreme here. All spiritual love and no physical love. There is a balance. I think it's time we find it. It's called the heart chakra!
2007-07-24 13:13:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If by "spiritual love" you mean love for the person independent of their outward physical traits, there is one very good reason to value it:
Good looks come and go. If you're just in a relationship because your partner is attractive, that relationship is eventually going to falter.
One based on love for the person will survive the passing of youth and beauty. It isn't indestructible (people do change, either naturally or through brain injuries), but it's much stronger than just physical attraction.
2007-07-24 13:33:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spiritual love is rare and elusive. It is most desired but hardest to find.
Physical love is often used as a substitute. Many times the physical is just that, physical, with no love at all.
I want both at the same time and with the same person.
2007-07-24 13:14:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that spiritual love is priceless, but that physical love is a burden. If we fall in love with someone's body instead of their personality, then we will not feel the same way about them as they age. We will become attached to a thing that will eventually wither and fade away, and we will suffer. On the other hand, if we fall in love with someone's personality then we will see the same beautiful person, no matter what anyone else sees...
2007-07-24 14:55:16 · answer #6 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To be physical love is nice, but deep down nothing satisfies more than spiritual love. Spiritual love will last past your time here on earth. I know that physical love is just temporary.
2007-07-24 13:22:24 · answer #7 · answered by Charlotte 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because True Love IS spiritual.
2007-07-24 13:05:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Spiritual love will last a lifetime (or more depending on your beliefs) even when separated. Physical love fades with age, as does physical beauty.
2007-07-24 13:06:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sex is the manifestation of Love expressed between a man and a woman in the physical realm (per 1 Cor 13) - it's an example. It is modeled on the Love God shows humanity in the spiritual realm. In both realms, life is the result. Also, be mindful of the following similarities;
- surrender/dependence.
- giving vs. taking/getting.
- morality vs. immorality.
- bride (humanity) vs. groom (God).
- attraction.
Bless you.
JAS
2007-07-24 13:14:50 · answer #10 · answered by minimule67 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋