What is love according to your imagination, ideal or experience?

Question

What is love according to your imagination, ideal or experience?

Answer 1

Love might be summed up as: Everything good.

And as a Catholic, I believe God is love, and since God is all powerful, love is the most powerful thing ever.

Answer 2

"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.

Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. -

Answer 3

I don't know if man can experience true altruistic love, a spiritual love that has no ulterior selfish motive. Maybe highly ascended people like the Dalai Llama...

I rule out puppy love because everyone knows that's just a phase the relationship goes through.

I think it's hard to say because people use the word love for so many different ranges of emotion and meaning. Love is a very hard thing to define specifically because how can you quantify or measure an emotion?

I don't know if love is necessary for successful long-term relationships because what usually is the source of the longevity is a lot of patience, understanding, and having a healthy sense of perspective.

Answer 4

Pure Being - all embracing - all inclusive - eternally now :)

Answer 5

imagination: five senses rewarded

ideal:  unprovoked kindnesses

experience: public facades

*future:  fitted spirits

Answer 6

True love is one of the feelings that the pure of heart and soul experience and must protect from lust and the lies of charismatic people.  

Answer 7

Love is our pure divine essence. We ARE Love. We experience ourselves within this love through everyone and every thing we encounter. Love is not what many of us have been told to believe it is. Love is not exclusive, though our egos tell us it is. Love is boundless but we treat it like a precious commodity not unlike gold, and we hoard it and covet it, keeping it only for a select few. Love is our experience of our true Self and it is limitless and infinite.  

Answer 8

It's as mysterious as the stars it was written on, as elusive. It is everything it's hyped about to be. It's worth taking every risk, it's worth fighting for, and the problem is if you don't risk all then you risk even more. Love is kind of an elixir that lures us out of reality and into the realm of fantasy. It's like a drug creating an altered state of consciousness.

Love is the moment when an unfavorable act becomes favorable, when you make excuses for some one else's mistakes, when you learn to tolerate, when you learn acceptance, when sacrificing becomes the beauty of life. :)))

Answer 9

"Love" isn't a single emotion, it's a meshing of two or more emotions of varying degrees, put together in different combinations by each individual, which change from moment to moment throughout their lifetimes. This definition covers all types of love, not just "perfect" or "true" love.

Each person decides throughout their lifetime at any moment what love is to them, whether it is on a conscious level or not; what combination of emotions they should be feeling, how strongly they need to be feeling each of them and how important each of them is. This is why people fall in love with strangers or those they barely know, because those types of people are basically blank slates whom we can convince ourselves meet our criteria. It's also why we become brokenhearted later (which is almost inevitable) when we get to know them through a closer relationship and discover that they didn't meet our criteria after all, if that ends up being the case.

As a person ages and experiences different things, then their views also change, sometimes slightly and sometimes drastically. So what they attribute as love changes, too. This is why people fall out of love with others, or why their love will develop or grow stronger.

Since we each decide which combination of emotions at any time come together to be love, then it is us that chooses love and not the other way around. You aren't made to fall in love with a certain person, you've chosen to by the choices you've made concerning what love is to you, whether it's a conscious choice or not. We are also each responsible for any "destructive" love we may feel if we include emotions such as jealousy and anger into the combination.

There are all kinds of love and infatuation is one of them. It's more commonly known as "puppy love". People tend to discriminate against it and belittle it because it doesn't fall into the category of what they consider to be "true love" or "perfect love", but it is love nonetheless. The thing about the love known as infatuation is that it tends to be an obsessive and very passionate kind of love, so the one possessing it views the person they are infatuated with through very narrow blinders and the fire of the love burns bright and fast, and in turn dies just as quickly and thoroughly.

Answer 10

HMMMMMMMMMMM

For me it is the connection of the spiritual the mind and the body and the soul I can have it no other way...................

I need someone that I can connect to with the spiritual if not than I shall stay alone.........................

It is rare to find but why be disappointed in love if I can not have this in my connection with another human being and boy it will be magical and uplifting for all to see hehehe

That is my IDEAL and I have stuck to it as long as I have been on this earth :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Answer 11

love is made from two hearts if ur love is true u wins share each others feelings and unforgettable memorable moments between both  in my view love is great  its a gods gift  

Answer 12

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perhaps love is like a resting place

a shelter from the storm

it exists to give you comfort

it is there to keep you warm

and in those times of trouble

when you are most alone

the memory of love will bring you home

perhaps love is like a window

perhaps an open door

it invites you to come close

it wants to show you more

and even if you lose yourself

and dont know what to do

the memory of love will see you through

oh, love to some is like a cloud

to some as strong as steel

for some a way of living

for some a way to feel

and some say love is holding on

and some say letting go

and some say love is everything

and some say they dont know

perhaps love is like the ocean

full of conflict, full of change

like a fire when its cold outside

or thunder when it rains

if i should live forever

and all my dreams come true

my memories of love will be of you...

john denver  

Answer 13

The meaning of love will change with each different relationship and depends more on its concept of depth, versatility, and complexity....for me love is to be  together, share your joy and sorrow, understand each other, provide space to each other, but always be there for each others need.

Answer 14

Sux couldnt have said it better. Real deep stuff you know lol.

Answer 15

When self-centred activity stops what remains is love.

Answer 16

The concept of truth might possibly be entertained apart from personality, the concept of beauty may exist without personality, but the concept of divine goodness is understandable only in relation to personality. Only a person can love and be loved

The experience of loving is very much a direct response to the experience of being loved.

God is love, but love is not God.

Love gives and craves affection, seeks understanding fellowship such as exists between parent and child.

The love of God saves the sinner; the law of God destroys the sin.

"he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him."

Is the love of truth and the willingness to go wherever it leads, desirable? Then must man grow up in a world where error is present and falsehood always possible.

Answer 17

It is experiential only. An experience of feeling one with everything that exist with abundant succor and regard!

Answer 18

Love for me is just taking care of myself & being a good example to others. I help others when they want help & mind my own business when they don't. I know what it valuable & don't put my energy into anything that isn't. By loving myself I am loving everyone else. Treating everyone the same with unconditionally love is love. ...My husband & I hang around each other & are soul mates. We give each other freedom we accept each other but that doesn't mean we don't get on each others nerves. We know what we don't like is just our decision & we can choose to be more accepting. So we learn from each other...Love can be grieving the transition of a loved one. This can be a unique journey & very emotional one but if we didn't care we wouldn't feel so love can be tears.