Love is an emotion too deep to truly capture with the written
word. It embodies our feelings towards family, friends, lovers, pets.
There is old love, new love, puppy love.
We trust those who we deem
worthy of trusting and when that escalates and mixes with
caring or
desire or comfort, or all three, we end up with a cocktail of positive
feelings.
The
World Transformation Movement talks about the human condition as an
elusive concept where we agonize over our ability to both love and hate
with equal strength.
It seems incomprehensible that the type of uncaring
beast that starts wars and kills coldheartedly can also be capable of
such unconditional everlasting love.
The love a mother feels for her
child, for instance, is an example of the truest form of love.
True
love, unconditional love, is the act of putting another before
yourself. Love is sacrifice. Love exists between two people when both
know they cannot live without the other and the world would be an empty
place without them.
From an evolutionary perspective, it is
perplexing why unconditional love would come into being. It is basic
human nature to self-preserve, so if love is so strong it causes us to
sacrifice ourselves for another, that would be a counterintuitive
characteristic.
Yet, it seems we learn over time that love can be
beneficial to the human race at large.
Through natural selection we
learn that if a mother values her child's life above her own, she will
sacrifice herself for her baby. This act of pure love, or selflessness,
helps perpetuate the human race by favoring the younger, more vital
generation over the older. An act of love is essentially when one part
of a whole protects the welfare of the larger whole. Or, specifically,
when a mother ensures the welfare of her child as a means of protecting
and preserving humanity.
What is love?
Today, romantic love is the focus of endless pop culture debates. It
plays a starring role in all forms of media from essays to music to
film. The ultimate indication of love between a couple seems to be an
element of comfort; Of fully being yourself.
Love demands nothing and
simply lets two beings exist in orbit, supporting and valuing each
other. Commitment is key for a lasting bond. New love implies
passionate, effortless, mutual admiration. Over time, that love deepens
and becomes something softer, quieter, enduring.
As human beings,
we are capable of love in various forms. The intricacies of the emotion
certainly differ between husband and wife, mother and child, friends,
or lovers, but the basic biology of the emotion is the same. People bond
on a chemical level. Oxytocin, in conjunction with dopamine and
serotonin, plays a part in most loving feelings and keeps us feeling
positively towards others for considerable periods of time.
Love makes us whole.
Michael is passionate about deep psychological issues, including
love, the human condition, and much more. He is currently learning about
The World Transformation Movement, which has him studying their text and videos.
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