Love.

The process of thought is a complex and baffling concept. As human beings, we design elaborate mazes and obstacles for ourselves within our own minds, sometimes without realising or understanding how or why.

As humans, we seem to unquestionably, accept the feelings of anger and happiness as caused by chemical balances and imbalances inside our brains. But chemicals cannot control, cause or erase the 'feeling' of love. Love is a concept more complex and mysterious than anything else. More so than the presence of God or Gods, more so than the existence of fate. Why then is something so strange and seemingly foreign to us simply accepted? From birth we know what it is, yet we cannot describe it, define it or make predictions about when it will occur. Why do we accept? Why don't we challenge it? We accept it because deep within our hearts we know that love will save us from a life of uncertainty, isolation and insignificance.

We choose not to question the foundations of love, or where it originated, because we all were born with the knowledge that love will bind us, support us, and generate fulfilment and meaning in our lives.

Explanation, logic and reason are irrelevant. Love is something that we all desire to reach, to achieve; to feel. Questioning, denial or ignorance seems possible, plausible, possibly helpful at times. But subconsciously, love cannot be erased, covered or hidden. The process of thought is a complex and baffling concept, but the process of falling in love is something so unfathomable, seemingly impossible, yet something so magical.

Fiction can stir emotions deep inside ourselves, sometimes more powerfully than reality. Did humans create love to stimulate a similar effect? Did we design it to rationally explain our existence? The presence of such questions arise only in times of complex thought processes; doubt. But we don't doubt the existence of love, we doubt the capabilities of ourselves to acquire love. To find love. To love. Humans are weak, but when partnered with the one we truly love, we become that much more enriched by each other, that such doubts become irrelevant.

While all of that philosophical stuff you said is true, you simply cannot deny that love is a part of the human instinct. We are primordially coded in our DNA to mate with ONE partner. That such a complex emotion as love can be triggered by a chemical reaction that is caused by attraction is nothing short of a miracle.

Still, you cannot belittle or deny the fact that love is indeed caused by such a reaction. The construct that follows, this emotion of love that we as humans feel is a perfect example of a maze we build around ourselves to explain why we tend to prefer one mate. It's an over-complication of a very simple event really.

In other words..."It is what it is."
We simply do not question it because we already know everything I just said above. There's no need to question the roots of love, because the roots of love are just that simple.

Love is perceptual, not conceptual; you've made that mistake.

Pachy;bt53599 said:

While all of that philosophical stuff you said is true, you simply cannot deny that love is a part of the human instinct. We are primordially coded in our DNA to mate with ONE partner. That such a complex emotion as love can be triggered by a chemical reaction that is caused by attraction is nothing short of a miracle.

Still, you cannot belittle or deny the fact that love is indeed caused by such a reaction. The construct that follows, this emotion of love that we as humans feel is a perfect example of a maze we build around ourselves to explain why we tend to prefer one mate. It's an over-complication of a very simple event really.

In other words..."It is what it is."
We simply do not question it because we already know everything I just said above. There's no need to question the roots of love, because the roots of love are just that simple.

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Wait what..? What proof do you have that it's in our DNA to mate with ONE partner and ONE partner only? If that's the case, then you blow Homosexuality out of the water- because it's human instinct to procreate. : | How could you argue that? It's pretty ridiculous, unless you show me a study where you read about this or something.. cause man.. .___. I really don't see where anywhere, except for in a bible, it says we should only be with one person.



To me, there's so much more to love than just instinct, infatuation, or attraction. Trust might be one word for it, and with trust comes comfort and balance. We are balance-seekers and different people have different "balance" levels. And that's why some people seek more "thrills" than others. We all work towards Homeostasis and self actualization, but I think we also seek to share this with others that keep us in balance Biologically (sexually), Safety, Love and Belonging, Esteem, and Self Actualization (Maslow's Triangle of Drives/ Desires) Although this is only a theory, I feel like it rings true, because a synonym for love is also.. desire.
Maybe we do tend to love only one person, because with two people, there is a chance of jealousy.. favouritism.. which brings lack of trust and throws off the balance.


I enjoyed this entry.

I like to believe that 'love' is entirely different to each and every person, in their own variety of ways. I suppose it seems simple and obvious to say that there are many kinds of love, and I'm sure that anyone could present a story as to where they've felt stronger towards someone (or something) than they ever thought was initially possible; but unfortunately, I cannot give a definite answer or description to sum up why the entire human population could feel and react in such a way. Like you said, perhaps humans can take solace and gratification in the fact that something so magical can exist within a world that can seem so painful at times. As sad as it may seem, I can't really think of any situation where a person can feel so happy without ever having to have experienced great moments of sadness. For example, if the entire world was beautiful, there would be no beauty. The same could be implied here. If the entire world was full of happiness, there would be no happiness. I'm afraid it's simply a matter nobody could say. But, I also like to believe that makes the very thing even more magical. Because only you can feel it, and it's special only to you. Or maybe I'm just selfish that way! ^.~

((I've also spoken about the emotions and feelings of animals and whether or not they are capable of understanding and relating to what we, as humans, experience throughout our lifetimes. Are emotions existent to each and every creature, or do we unknowingly generalise them? If you have the time, please give the topic a look; I'd love to hear your views! > > http://fluticasone-fantasia.deviantart.com/journal/33790645/ < < ))