2007-12-16 16:37:47 · 15 answers · asked by Hispanic! At The Disc0 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Hey!
Now, I hate to be the Bible quoter, although I greatly believe in its authenticity. I just don't like people to think that I don't think for myself. I do. But using said thinking ability, I believe the Bible is completely true.
And I also think it best answers your question. It's found at 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
"Love is long-suffering and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, does not get puffed up, does not behave indecently, does not look out for its own interests, does not become provoked. It does not keep account of injury. It does not rejoice over unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails..."
That is found in the Bible. Although it may sound like an idealistic version of love, for instance many people here have said that love is negative and this scripture says that love is completely positive, and you may think that it is silly to believe such things about love when so many bad things happen because of people who are in love.
Why I think that 1 Corinthians covers the subject of love so well, is that I believe, with all my heart, that love is a perfect, pure emotion. And I believe that imperfect humans RUIN it. I believe that we all twist love with jealousy, selfishness, and other petty emotions. Love never fails, but PEOPLE do. I think it is our own imperfect natures that mess this wonderful emotion up for all of us. Also, I think if you try to keep those scriptures in mind when you are in love, and try to follow it as much as your imperfection will allow, you'll find a longer lasting, more fulfilling love than if you didn't (but remember, love takes two people. If one person in a relationship gives their all, but the other person doesn't contribute beyond the slightest obligations, it won't work.).
Anyway, that is what love means to me. I'm sorry to those who find the Bible as an excuse for people not to think for themselves, but I have to tell you I think its the exact opposite. I think for myself, I just look at the Bible and think on what it says. And I just so happen to agree with it whole-heartedly. If that disturbs you, I'm sorry, but that's your problem. You didn't have to read it.
And those are REALLY my own thoughts.
Luv ya,
Tashi :)
2007-12-16 18:19:09 · answer #1 · answered by LilLaTLuv 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Love is many things to so many. To put one meaning to it, is a very hard thing to do. I can say what I think it is in song poems, writings. When it is broken down into its smallest denominator the sum is an unconditional commitment to the personal feeling that is defined by ones self as love for ones self and the other in that persons life.
Bottom Line: Love is a personal expression of ones own feeling to the world around them people and things. ( I do Love Pizza the only problem with that is that it don't love me)
Point I can share love for I love my self and I have plenty to give so here is same for you and Happy Holidays
Live Long Live Free
2007-12-17 16:12:41 · answer #2 · answered by The answer guy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For hundreds of years our small and curious brains have searched for an answer that is as old as the Earth but yet as new as a baby born yesterday. True love does not exist, I daresay it. Think...you are with someone you "love with all your heart and never want to leave." The next day you meet someone better and that person you loved with all your heart is now your biggest enemy. The equation is that you will always love your next lover more than your last. So, if you are with your "true love" right now and you leave them wouldn't you love them less and love this someone new "more than the stars in the sky"?
Love does exist though but I think it is commonly mixed with lust when one is young. When do you say with passion and caring that you love someone, when you are just talking or making out with them? Don't pretend... Love for me is when you are old, you're in a theater and you sh*t yoursellf, and the person to help you is the person you love. When someone looks at you beyond the physical and help you when everyone else leaves, that is love. (by the way that comparison is from "Six Feet Under" good show by the way)
Love as we conceive it to be is a long conversation. When you will be with someone for the rest of your life you must be sure to enjoy talking to them. When two human beings are put together, 90% of the time will be spent in conversation. So for me love is just lust, being happy, and talking.
Even though love possibly is false, whatever feeling we get is good and makes us happy. We must know everything stated above, but one must also learn to stop asking so much and to just enjoy (it hurts me to say to stop asking but oh well). Life is short so enjoy!
....sorry for making it so long....
2007-12-17 15:59:00 · answer #3 · answered by Jimmy I 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love is as variously notable as are shades and hues from delicate pink to ruby red.
Mother love is beautifully given in Martha Beck's "Expecting Adam," which she took notes for her book while earning her Ph.D. at Harvard and bringing her unborn child to birth.
Divine love is beautifully given in "Autobiography of a Yogi," Paramahansa Yogananda, http://www.yogananda-srf.org
"Mary Baker Eddy: Christian Healer," Yvonne von Fettweis, and "The Beautiful Story of a Master," Louise-Marie Frenette.
Sexual love or eros is well-explained in "Soul Mates and Twin Flames," Elizabeth Clare Prophet, and "Sexual Force or the Winged Dragon," Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov.
Artistic love is exemplified by e.g. composer Ralph Vaughn Williams' "Greensleeves" meditation and "Lark Ascending."
Love is "the dynamic harmony of all that really is."
If a couple are able to sit at a parents' dining room table, and feel love, and that sustained, without sexual feeling, they are in love, God-harmony, not in lust.
cordially,
j.
2007-12-17 00:56:51 · answer #4 · answered by j153e 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Love is the stuff of which the Universe is made. It is the energy that fuels Creation. Simply put, it is considerateness for the holiness that is at the center of everything.
2007-12-17 01:55:05 · answer #5 · answered by yet-knish! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love is only a feeling...as sung by the group The Darkness.
2007-12-17 01:19:17 · answer #6 · answered by birdtennis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
love only occurs when you can trust someone completely. see their flaws and still want to be only with them, despite the flaws.
i believe love can happen, but also that a lot of people mistake infatuation or obsession with love.
love is complete. it wraps your soul up tight and captures you mind, body, and soul. it's a scary thing to give a piece of yourself away to another person and never expect it back.
2007-12-17 01:10:48 · answer #7 · answered by AteTheWorld 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you cant really describe it really, iv been in love twice, and its a feeling of never wanting to be apart from that person, loving them no matter what there problems are. its kinda hard to explain, they say love you cant explain
2007-12-17 00:46:06 · answer #8 · answered by MissJay 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a friend to talk to
an hand to guide you
the truly knowing of a person
a partner through all the good and bad things life can throw
and at the end one to remember
2007-12-17 00:59:14 · answer #9 · answered by HaSiCiT Bust A Tie A1 TieBusters 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Love is feeling nice smile and all in one but it is blind you cant see but feel in your heart
2007-12-17 00:43:02 · answer #10 · answered by mile_34 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋