The word 'Love' in the english language holds many meanings. It can be used to describe something that gives little pleasure, or it could be used to describe and intense feeling of affection and emotional state. 'Love', to most of us, is the only true, pure emotion that gives meaning to most, if not all of our lives.
Throughout history, philosophy and religion had done the most speculation on the phenomenon that we call 'Love'. Then came the science of psychology, and with it, followed evolutionary sciences and biology, in the attempts of understanding and explaining the primary function of 'Love'. Recent studies in neuroscience indicated that as people fall in love, the brain consistently releases a certain set of chemicals which act similar to amphetamines, stimulating the brain's pleasure center and leading to side-effects such as an increased heart-rate and loss of appetite, and therefore explaining what we experience when we are attracted to someone.
But can science really explain Love?
*disclaimer: the following text that are about to follow may infuriate you, and if you are easily angered, please do not read on. From this point onwards, i do not take responsibility for destroying what used to have a great meaning in your life. Just skip all the way to the last paragraph if you wish to.
One thinks that love is the only true, pure emotion, but it actually isn't so. Love, is actually one of the most selfish emotions ever, but hiding behind it is an even greater meaning: our will to power! When you love someone, do you actually love the person, or love the feeling that he or she brings you? Those who're defensive might go "yes, i actually DO love my partner as a person", but, think deeper, and you might realise that, no matter how you argue, the second option still seems likely.
When you're looking at love from the same angle that i am, you'll see that love is where to mutually selfish people come together because they make each toher feel better. The same can be said for your love of things, you like them because of the feeling they bring when you use them, or when you see them. Underlying all love is our strive towards ownership and extend our power. Our love or social relationships is when people encounter similar efforts on the part of other bodies and ends by coming to an arrangement with those of them that are sufficiently related to it, and conspire together for that power.
When we say we love someone, we will usually think that we know whats best for him/her. Why? Because we want to impose ourselves onto them; our will to power likes it when someone listens to us, because its a sign that we are in control, that we are powerful. We only love things that does or say things that we like because it is an ego boost; and hate things that says or does things that make us feel bad, constantly avoiding them because they hurt our ego
We only make friends that agree with us, we say things that is acceptable inside our clique because we expect them to say something that is pleasing in return, to reaffirm our very existence for power. The same can be said when we do charity for the poor: We always expect a thank you in return, or expect them to smile and nod and treat us with respect. When they don't, we label them as rude, ungrateful.
Our inborn self-defense mechanism too, serves only to protect our powerful ego. Do you always find yourself putting blame on something else? That is the work of our self-defense mechanism. To deny our own inferiority, we tend to blame external factors for our frustrations, and never our own powerful ego.
up to this point i wish to clarify that all these are just what i wish to share with you people, and some of it isn't really in my context, but what i agree with. I do not wish to change them and risk changing the meaning that i want to put through, but i risk being labled as a plageurise-er. and i also have a sudden craving for egg rolls from a particular brand
True love, however, does exist. If you truly love something, you will not expect anything in return for your love. This is the true selfless, pure love. If you truely love someone, you will not try to intervene in their lives. True love is letting nature take its course.
If you truely love someone, set him/her/it free
Throughout history, philosophy and religion had done the most speculation on the phenomenon that we call 'Love'. Then came the science of psychology, and with it, followed evolutionary sciences and biology, in the attempts of understanding and explaining the primary function of 'Love'. Recent studies in neuroscience indicated that as people fall in love, the brain consistently releases a certain set of chemicals which act similar to amphetamines, stimulating the brain's pleasure center and leading to side-effects such as an increased heart-rate and loss of appetite, and therefore explaining what we experience when we are attracted to someone.
But can science really explain Love?
*disclaimer: the following text that are about to follow may infuriate you, and if you are easily angered, please do not read on. From this point onwards, i do not take responsibility for destroying what used to have a great meaning in your life. Just skip all the way to the last paragraph if you wish to.
One thinks that love is the only true, pure emotion, but it actually isn't so. Love, is actually one of the most selfish emotions ever, but hiding behind it is an even greater meaning: our will to power! When you love someone, do you actually love the person, or love the feeling that he or she brings you? Those who're defensive might go "yes, i actually DO love my partner as a person", but, think deeper, and you might realise that, no matter how you argue, the second option still seems likely.
When you're looking at love from the same angle that i am, you'll see that love is where to mutually selfish people come together because they make each toher feel better. The same can be said for your love of things, you like them because of the feeling they bring when you use them, or when you see them. Underlying all love is our strive towards ownership and extend our power. Our love or social relationships is when people encounter similar efforts on the part of other bodies and ends by coming to an arrangement with those of them that are sufficiently related to it, and conspire together for that power.
When we say we love someone, we will usually think that we know whats best for him/her. Why? Because we want to impose ourselves onto them; our will to power likes it when someone listens to us, because its a sign that we are in control, that we are powerful. We only love things that does or say things that we like because it is an ego boost; and hate things that says or does things that make us feel bad, constantly avoiding them because they hurt our ego
We only make friends that agree with us, we say things that is acceptable inside our clique because we expect them to say something that is pleasing in return, to reaffirm our very existence for power. The same can be said when we do charity for the poor: We always expect a thank you in return, or expect them to smile and nod and treat us with respect. When they don't, we label them as rude, ungrateful.
Our inborn self-defense mechanism too, serves only to protect our powerful ego. Do you always find yourself putting blame on something else? That is the work of our self-defense mechanism. To deny our own inferiority, we tend to blame external factors for our frustrations, and never our own powerful ego.
up to this point i wish to clarify that all these are just what i wish to share with you people, and some of it isn't really in my context, but what i agree with. I do not wish to change them and risk changing the meaning that i want to put through, but i risk being labled as a plageurise-er. and i also have a sudden craving for egg rolls from a particular brand
True love, however, does exist. If you truly love something, you will not expect anything in return for your love. This is the true selfless, pure love. If you truely love someone, you will not try to intervene in their lives. True love is letting nature take its course.
If you truely love someone, set him/her/it free
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