WHAT IS lOVE???

[seattlegal]

Originally Posted by cavalier

Reading this I can't help but think, "what the hell?"
I don't know, maybe I don't think about things enough, but this just seems to be too much. Why do we need to put everything in a box?

Amen!

[lunamoth]

Originally Posted by Abogado

Love is the loss of self. Love is when the the curtain between "me" and the one "I" love is torn, and their joys and their pain become "my" joys and pain.

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." (Gal 2:20)

"God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. " (1 John 4:16b)

The veil is torn. "38The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and[d] saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son[e] of God!" (Mark 15)

[wil]

Originally Posted by cavalier

Reading this I can't help but think, "what the hell?"
I don't know, maybe I don't think about things enough, but this just seems to be too much. Why do we need to put everything in a box?

Namaste Cavalier...

For me, I'm not trying to put love in a box (I do appreciate the irony though that the system when you pressed quote effectively put it all in a box for you) I've got no interest in putting love in a box, but I think it brings clarity when we know we have a defintion that we agree on when we are utilizing certain words. Many reference G-d=Love....which would make them both already in the box, but not able to be kept there.

[cavalier]

Originally Posted by wil

but I think it brings clarity when we know we have a defintion that we agree on when we are utilizing certain words.

I don't believe that it is possible to have a definitive definition of love. Is it even desirable? This desire to define our existence will serve only to limit this existence.

Originally Posted by wil

Many reference G-d=Love....which would make them both already in the box, but not able to be kept there.

Exactly, they can't be kept there.
There is surely a difference between putting something in a box for the sake of debate, and having a debate for the sake of putting something in a box.

[Abogado del Diablo]

From a theological perspective, it's a pretty important question. After all, as Luna already noted: "God is Love." This means either that Love is something larger than God of which God is only a part or that "God" and "Love" are one and the same. The answer to "What is Love?" should be the same as the answer to "What is God?".

From a linguisitic and social perspective, "love" is a word. Words are symbols used to convey meanings between people. If we make a conscious decision to not settle on what a word means, is it even a word? Enganging in a dialogue about the meaning of symbols facilitates understanding, commonality, and . . .














. . . Love. And if you're into "God" you gotta be happy with that, because God is Love.

[cavalier]

couldn't it also facilitate compromise and sterility?

[Abogado del Diablo]

Originally Posted by cavalier

couldn't it also facilitate compromise and sterility?

No. "Compromise" means to elevate a large container above a train. "Sterility" means to keep more than four dogs in a oval-shaped enclosure. I don't see how it could do either of those things.

[seattlegal]

Originally Posted by Abogado del Diablo

From a linguisitic and social perspective, "love" is a word. Words are symbols used to convey meanings between people. If we make a conscious decision to not settle on what a word means, is it even a word?

Actions speak louder that words. Don't just say it, do it. Talking about it can only scratch the surface. {Compare Chapter one of the Tao Te Ching...}

[Abogado del Diablo]

Originally Posted by seattlegal

Actions speak louder that words. Don't just say it, do it. The more you talk about it, the less you do it. {Compare Chapter one of the Tao Te Ching...}

Perhaps you should talk to Lao Tzu about this idea.

[seattlegal]

Originally Posted by Abogado del Diablo

Perhaps you should talk to Lao Tzu about this idea.

you replied before I got my edit in!

[Abogado del Diablo]

Originally Posted by seattlegal

you replied before I got my edit in!

Why do you think Lao Tzu stopped at the gate to write the Tao te Ching?

[JosephM]

Originally Posted by christine.P

So what is ‘LOVE’?

Is IT?
(snip)
Maybe Love is the result of the continual interaction between Spirit and Matter on the eternal continuum of Life.

What do you think?
Chris

Hi Chris,

I like this one above. But what is 'Love'? I can't say it.

JM

[seattlegal]

Originally Posted by Abogado del Diablo

Why do you think Lao Tzu stopped at the gate to write the Tao te Ching?

[Abogado del Diablo]

Originally Posted by seattlegal

Agreed. So why do you?

The reason I do is

[seattlegal]

Originally Posted by Abogado del Diablo

Why do you think Lao Tzu stopped at the gate to write the Tao te Ching?

Agreed. So why do you?

The reason I do is

Umm, to clean the dark mirror...