What is LOVE?

[Steven]

Ops, sorry I will take back my platitudes...

[Steven]

Another platitude here... gone.

[Scarab]

I was hoping for more thoughtful discussion and fewer platitudes.

[waitinginthewings]

Love is watching two birds on a tree branch nuzzling each other as they sit side by side.

Love is someone who stops to open the door for a mother loaded with grocery bags & holding on to her children

Love is standing in the dawn hours on a spring morning, watching the sun rise, & smelling the perfumes of the cedars, pines, & grasses. my heart swells with love for all that is given to me in that moment.

Love is my little dog who does circles of delight as I arrive home.

Love is when a little child picks a flower to give to grandma

Love is sitting still & just breathing when someone who needs me in that moment

Love is having compassion for myself when I am not being all that I could be

Love is stepping into anothers shoes to understand their pain

Love has many faces, many facets.....love is magnificent

Love makes the heart sing with delight

Love is where we came from & where we return to

Love is all there is

[Gevaudan]

Love is a word meant to describe something that transcends language. It means many different things to many different people, but those who've glimpsed its essence are forever changed by it.

For me, love is balance, harmony, and mortal recognition of the force that some have chosen to call God, Source, Higher Self, Supreme Architect, etc. It is as if the Source emits a constant frequency that we can all access if we but balance our own microcosm. In much the same manner as a tuning fork, as we bring the universe within ourselves into balance, we resonate with the Universe we perceive to be outside of ourselves. Synergy manifests and we begin to perceive a completely different world. We need not fight the outside world; we only need to change ourselves. The rest will follow. Beautiful in all aspects...

Peace

G

[Swanny]

Originally Posted by burgundia

The wisest words on this thread. Are they your own Swanny?

Certainly are but you can have them if you like

[Scarab]

Are anger and LOVE mutually exclusive?

[Céline]

They are both born of passion.....

[Scarab]

My family pisses me off and makes me angry sometimes. I always love them. In fact, when they make me mad I go to them and say "I'm angry with you and here's why...."

They know I LOVE them - so it's OK. In fact, it tends to resolve a lot of situations when we don't take the anger personally. It's natural I think.

I think the trick is to not take it personally. Then, there aren't any hurt feelings about it. It's like MAGIC

[Céline]

Originally Posted by Scarab

I think the trick is to not take it personally. Then, there aren't any hurt feelings about it. It's like MAGIC

its no trick..its Love

[Leunamros]

none knows what is love but everyone thinks they know what it is, it´s as ****ty issue, as god itself.

[Céline]

i know what love is.

[Swanny]

Originally Posted by Céline

i know what love is.

So do I

[Leunamros]

Originally Posted by Swanny

So do I

ooooh, the **** again, you havent understood what i said.

I think the mistake is to ask what love is, in the first place.

[Céline]

You seem upset? what is wrong?

[Leunamros]

Originally Posted by Céline

You seem upset? what is wrong?

is wrong for you to have an opinion?.

[Céline]

i never said that....i said you seem upset..

[Swanny]

Originally Posted by Leunamros

none knows what is love but everyone thinks they know what it is, it´s as ****ty issue, as god itself.

I've experienced a love so strong it has consumed me and always will. Today that love still burns as strong if not stronger than it did nearly 18 years ago even though we live in different dimensions

[bushycat]

Originally Posted by Swanny

I've experienced a love so strong it has consumed me and always will. Today that love still burns as strong if not stronger than it did nearly 18 years ago even though we live in different dimensions

To speak of love is one thing, but in truly knowing love, there is no doubt.

Reminds me of words by the poet, Mark Nepo

"I have only now realized that something endless has broken ground in me,
and I have no choice but to live and love until it grows me like a tree."

Love- As I Know Love -Always,
Bushycat

[GaiaLove]

Love is as critical for your mind and body as oxygen. It's not negotiable. The more connected you are, the healthier you will be both physically and emotionally. The less connected you are, the more you are at risk.

It is also true that the less love you have, the more depression you are likely to experience in your life. Love is probably the best antidepressant there is because one of the most common sources of depression is feeling unloved. Most depressed people don't love themselves and they do not feel loved by others. They also are very self-focused, making them less attractive to others and depriving them of opportunities to learn the skills of love. This has been proven here this week at Avalon.

There is a mythology in our culture that love just happens. As a result, the depressed often sit around passively waiting for someone to love them. But love doesn't work that way. To get love and keep love you have to go out and be active and learn a variety of specific skills.

Most of us get our ideas of love from popular culture. We come to believe that love is something that sweeps us off our feet. But the pop-culture ideal of love consists of unrealistic images created for entertainment, which is one reason so many of us are set up to be depressed. It's part of our national vulnerability, like eating junk food, constantly stimulated by images of instant gratification. We think it is love when it's simply distraction and infatuation.
One consequence is that when we hit real love we become upset and disappointed because there are many things that do not fit the cultural ideal. Some of us get demanding and controlling, wanting someone else to do what we think our ideal of romance should be, without realizing our ideal is misplaced.


“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix



Love always

[Leunamros]

love is the awareness of being mortal.

[Céline]

Originally Posted by GaiaLove

Love always

i love you babe

[Scarab]

How far does it go? Should we be willing to die for someone we LOVE?

I say YES. I would die for anyone I LOVE.

(I'd also kill to protect anyone I LOVE)

[burgundia]

Originally Posted by Leunamros

love is the awareness of being mortal.

WOW...a real revelation...

[burgundia]

Originally Posted by Scarab

How far does it go? Should we be willing to die for someone we LOVE?

I say YES. I would die for anyone I LOVE.

(I'd also kill to protect anyone I LOVE)

another deep thought to ponder upon...wow!!