Describe what 'LOVE' is?

Answer 1

Soused herrings straight from the oven with white pepper and plenty of bread and butter.

Answer 2

an old man was caring for his wife who had advanced stages of Alzheimer's... He fell...broke his hip... crawled into bed with his wife... the phone was right at the bed side table. He knew if he called 911.. they would separate him and his wife... so he laid there...a few days later... the old mans Dr. called the son of the couple to tell him that he didn't make is weekly appointment... they broke the door down and called 911.. the couple was still alive.. the son asked why he didn't reach over and call someone.. the old man said I cant be with out my wife.. The son took the old man to the hospital and the other son took the wife to a different state to live with him..3 days later the old man died of complications from the broken hip.. when the wife was told that her husband had died.. she started singing (she hadn't talked in years)... a tear rolled down her cheek... she died 1/2 an hour later...if that's not love.. I don't know what is.

Answer 3

Love is:

Patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. It is not conceited; it is not rude and does not act unbecomingly. Love does not insist on its' on way, for it is not self-seeking: it is not touchy or fretful or resentful: it takes no account for the evil done to it. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. Loves bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, it's hopes are fade-less under all circumstances, and it endures everything without weakening. Love never fails.

Answer 4

"Soul Mates and Twin Flames," Elizabeth Clare Prophet; "Sexual Force or the Winged Dragon," O. M. Aivanhov; and "Expecting Adam," Martha Beck, Ph.D. have good examples of "what love is:" a dynamic, joyful, harmony of All that really Is.

Ann Ree Colton in "Watch Your Dreams" and "Men in White Apparel" also works with this "divine Love," which is the most-opposed vibration on earth. "Mary Baker Eddy: Christian Healer," Yvonne von Fettweis, and "The Beautiful Story of a Master," Louise-Marie Frenette, give examples.
Yogananda http://www.yogananda-srf.org "Autobiography of a Yogi," is regarded as an Avatar of divine Love.

http://www.klove.com is also good with some of its music.

cordially,

j.

Answer 5

I tend to change my mind about this frequently.

The most boring definition is that it's an emotion which involves treating the interests of the object of love as at least equal with one's own - that is, the desire to do so is emotionally motivated rather than it being an intellectual decision to do so. This means it is easier to love someone one knows well.

Sartre said that love is the desire to possess another's freedom as freedom. One wants the other to love one back out of their own choice.

There is also a theory of love which involves a combination of passion, commitment and intimacy, with the different types forming different combination.

There are said to be different types of love: philia - friendship, eros - romantic love, storge - fraternal love, agape - religious love, ludus - playful love, mania - obsessive love and pragma - practical love.

Then there's the question of limerence, the feeling of being in love or infatuated. This involves an intrusive passionate desire to know the other well, to spend all one's time with them, please them and so forth. This is love provided one has a good idea of what a relationship is like and one knows them well, but it tend to be dismissed as infatuation if unrequited.

I moderate a group on Yahoo called unrequitedlove where much of this is discussed and the Files section contains lots of documents on the subject.

Answer 6

Love has many different meanings in English, from something that gives a little pleasure ("I loved that meal") to something one would die for (patriotism, pair bonding). It can describe an intense feeling of affection, an emotion or an emotional state. In ordinary use, it usually refers to interpersonal love. Probably due to its psychological relevance, love is one of the most common themes in art and music.

Just as there are many types of lovers, there are many kinds of love. Love is inherent in all human cultures. It is precisely these cultural differences that make any universal definition of love difficult to establish. See the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

Expressions of love may include the love for a "soul" or mind, the love of laws and organizations, love for a body, love for nature, love of food, love of money, love for learning, love of power, love of fame, love for the respect of others, etcetera. Different people place varying degrees of importance on the kinds of love they receive. According to philosophers, the only goal of life is to be happy. And there is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved. Love is essentially an abstract concept, much easier to experience than to explain.

Answer 7

Love is the end of happiness.

Suppose you enjoy sitting on your sofa watching the Cowboys game. It makes you happy.

Fall in love, and the only way to be happy is to be on your sofa watching the Cowboys game WITH the other person.

Watching the game alone suddenly seems empty and useless.

Answer 8

Love is not so much wanting to spend the rest of your life with someone as not wanting to spend the rest of your life without them. Love is having really strong feelings for someone, so much so that you can see their faults but are prepared to ignore them. Love is caring for someone through good and bad times. Love is stronger than friendship. Love is the joy you feel knowing that someone loves you too. Love is wanting to share all of your life's experiences past, present and future with the one you love.

Answer 9

Love is life

Answer 10

Love is a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse, etc...