What really is love? I never really grew up with that as far as I know. All I got was orders don't do or

else remarks like: children should be seen and not heard. Even the bible doesn't explain love just more don't do's such as in the 10 commandments. Is the word love just a word like normal that doesn't really mean anything? Just words to control society? Even Reiki talks of love but what is love? Please don't give me the Christ talk cause that's just the 10 commandments thing. I want to really know what is Love.


Can anyone explain Love to me? Oh I do have a pet cat


what she wants seems to come first but she is kissy when I'm trying to sleep at nights. I like my cat alot is that love?


No one has ever defined Love to me. The dictionary says:


Love is the opposite of Hate. I look up the word Hate and it says the opposite of Love. that didn't tell me anything!

What really is love? I never really grew up with that as far as I know. All I got was orders don't do or
Love is being true to yourself! Not letting others control you. Love is those who give you good advice, but do not tell you how you should live your life! Those who love you do not care about your flaws. Love is not changing who you are or who you want to be! Love is happiness.
Reply:love is unconditional and hard to define. You may cite lots of reasons for wanting to be with some one both phisical and emotional and no matter what they do or say will never change how you feel about them. Yes including all those so annoying things that make them them! Love is something that comes back to you once you let it go. Give unconditional love out and you will recieve. Its the sort of love that parents have for their children
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Reply:love sorta depends on the person's point of view but that doesn't help you any lol so i'll just tell you my opinion... i think love is when your willing to put the other person's needs or wants in front of your own.. it's the type of thing where when your not near or with the person (or cat lol), you tend to htink about it alot... it fills you up with joy when you see them and you feel safe in a way, it's just a strong attatchment in a way, i mean you like gum and you like starbucks but love should just be a few things. : )
Reply:I define love as caring about someone. If I don't want them to get hurt, and I always think of whats best for them, then I know I love them, ditto for people that love me.
Reply:Love is a decision to meet and continue to meet a person's needs for the rest of your life, irrespective of the person's behaviour or attitude towards you. The best example of love is that God sent His Son, Jesus, to die on the cross and continue to meet the human need for salvation from sin, peace, joy and abundance as long as the world exists.
Reply:Good question - one humanity has been struggling to answer for centuries. :)





Generally speaking, love is an exceptionally powerful emotion, one that can make you do extraordinary things be it either good or bad. For example, if a car accident happened right in front of you and someone you loved was inside but couldn't get out of the car, you might try to get them out by any means possible. There are loads of true stories where people have moved objects that were incredibly heavy to save their loved ones, like shifting a whole car a few inches to allow their loved one to move away. Incredible, yes? Their love made that possible, but it can also make people do really stupid things, too - like in the 80's when what's-his-name "loved" Jodie Foster so he shot president Ronald Reagan thinking that act would make Jodie interested in him. Also incredible, but not in a good way.





Hate, by the way, is also an incredibly powerful emotion, but it basically makes people do bad things, not good. If we take the example of the car accident again, and say that the person stuck inside of the car was someone you really hated, you wouldn't try to help at all but just stand there and watch them die. This is also incredible, but in a completely different way. While the shooting of the president was horrible, the intention was essentially benign - for love, albeit a twisted version (the guy had mental issues). Deliberately refusing to help someone in mortal danger is blatantly cruel.





So, to recap - love and hate are both emotions, powerful enough to make people do some pretty wild things, which can be good or bad. Personally, I think that love is when I trust someone completely. As for the "rules" and religion things you're talking about - it's also about trust. The 10 Commandments are actually pretty decent ideas (love thy neighbor, etc), but it's more about putting your trust in God to lead you the "right" way. Same thing with parents saying don't do this or that - they're older, they know the stove is hot and if you trust them you won't touch it, but if you don't trust them you'll get burned, etc. Finding out the parents were right may make the child feel love for them, and trust them more. Trust and love are often intertwined.





By the way, in my opinion, the "children should be seen" statement has nothing to do with love, that's all about control. We are human beings, we tend to twist things around and manipulate them to our advantage. We each should decide what to love, and what to bestow our love onto.





Hope this has helped, at least a little! :)
Reply:Actually Christ also said that " no greater love has a man than to give his life for another" Sacrifice for another is one form of love.


Love can be so many things though, do you miss your cat when gone? Do you enjoy waht you feel when it greets you at the door? These could be sings of love.
Reply:Love is just an emotion. Emotions are just neural connections in the brain. When ever you have enough of a chemical called Seratonin in your brain then the switch is ON. The OFF switch is not having enough Seratonin.





As long as you know the above then you can choose to control your reality. Choose who you want to love by taking an intake of Seratonin through a pill or liquid. The way it works is a little more complex through re-uptake blockers but that is not the important here.





Hate - Seratonin depleted from your system


Love - Seratonin remains your your system





You can control your own emotions as you choose
Reply:I remember a line from the TV Series, Frasier (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106004/). In one of the episodes, Dr. Frasier Crane is kind of shaky to know that he is going to become a father and was wondering if he would like or love his child. Then he talks to a female friend and she says to him (these may not be the exact words), "You don't love your children, you fall in love with them."





I guess, when you like someone or something without expecting anything in return, it is truly Love.





Love changes with time and may not give you complete satisfaction. When that happens, the feelings of Love are going down.





When something or someone brings happiness and joy, it is Love.





Love is an experience, cannot be fully explained in words. Hope you go through it. Good Luck!