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Is Love an Illusion?

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    Fahad1
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    love is a test .

    peace.

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      Prince
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      It's very suprising someone posted this. Love is a real thing. Scientists have discovered a broken heart is a physical pain that is felt by the heart. To tell you the truth I don't know whether love is an illusion or an obsession or whether it is a unique feeling that cannot be described by words.

      Love isn't a good thing at the moment for me in my books cry

      PEACE

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        neo
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        Why do you work? - 'cause i needs the moneys

        Why do you give? - 'cause i believe in a cause greater than I

        Why do you sacrifice? - it's inevitable

        Why do you compromise? - inevitable

        Why do you lie? - 'cause I'm an asshole

        Why do you tell the truth? - 'cause I'm an asshole

        Why do you learn? - 'cause it's my passion

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          Jaxal
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          SaLam

          Lolll Love is no more special than the rose you see in a garden. Its like making an ant hill outta nothing. God roll

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            idontknow
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            jaxal, i can kinda see where ur coming from, but maybe you just dont want love to mean anything more than a ''rose''
            or maybe you have a flaud definition of love,
            love is a good thing, the rest of the world isn't crazy
            peace

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              Jaxal
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              SaLaM idontknow

              IF you are reffering that love is so good and yada yada becoz how to people care for each other. Then here is a secret. 2 people dont have to be in love to actually care for each other. 2 people are just fine without love. Its when they love that things go wrong.

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                Elena
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                Peace,

                I have read about love in connection to oneness and peace --in oppostion to affection or love for a person or family or group.

                If we are one in essence, the good or the bad we do to others we are doing to ourselves. From this perspective, the aim of becoming a loving person for all looks easier. 'All' includes our enemies too. This can be possible if we are in the state of peace. This love demmands not seeking anything in return.

                The other concept of love, for specific people and expecting something in return, say for the children or familiy or friends,or the husband and wife would be called differently, maybe affection or something else.

                Anwering the question, my answer is not, love is n ot an illusion.

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                  SwedenMajidah
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                  Salaam all,

                  I think there are people here who have had their heart broken.

                  But we must go on always and we might could find love again )

                  Both men and women can be hurt in love and that can also be a test from God to see how tolerate we are and so on.

                  Peace
                  Sis Majidah

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                    idontknow
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                    sure 2 peopel can be fine without love,
                    i believe love (like most things)isn't somthing you can have a clear view on, unless you've honestly experienced it, as far as male/female relations go,
                    i dont know when it is honeslty 'experienced' in a relationship, i guess you jsut kind of know...i have yet to feel that, i'm tired....etc....)

                    peace

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                      SwedenMajidah
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                      Salaam Br Jaxal,

                      I agree with you that two person can have a relationship based on friendship and they don't have to be LOVERS.

                      But if this relationship would grow, what would you do then, close your feelings?

                      I think we have to be and stay open for love.

                      The problems is that some people love too much and too deep and it can create problems if the partner will end the realationship and the other part isn't ready for that.Yes love can be painful but we shouldn't give it up!

                      Peace
                      sis Majidah

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                        Jaxal
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                        SaLaM My Lovely Cutie Sis

                        Love is nothing more than an emotion that you get after eating a box of chocklate. That how powerful this emotion is. A box of chocklate Looooooooooooollllll. I dont know if that is sad... or funny Loooooll

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                          SwedenMajidah
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                          Salaam Cutie br Jaxal,

                          Man, you are hopeless o

                          Yes of course love is an emotion but often it last longer than the time it can take to eat a bar of chocolate, right!?

                          How can you compare women and chocolate!? shock

                          So we are only a tasty bit of chocolate!?

                          Peace
                          Sis Majidah

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                            Elena
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                            Peace,

                            I have read about love in connection to oneness and peace --in oppostion to affection or love for a person or family or group.

                            If we are one in essence, the good or the bad we do to others we are doing to ourselves. From this perspective, the aim of becoming a loving person for all looks easier. 'All' includes our enemies too. This can be possible if we are in the state of peace. This love demmands not seeking anything in return.

                            The other concept of love, for specific people and expecting something in return, say for the children or familiy or friends,or the husband and wife would be called differently, maybe affection or something else.

                            I forgot to mention the book wherer I have read those things, Maat, The 11 Laws of God by Ra Un Nefer Amen.

                            Anwering the question, my answer is not, love is n ot an illusion.
                            This is mine.

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                              Jaxal
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                              SaLaM My Lovely Cutie Sis

                              Im not hopeless, im mearly stating my observation http//www.geocities.com/bigjaxal/s1.gif. I can think of many reasons why women are similar to chocklate. As for women being tasty bit of chocklate, I would say, that this is a very complicated question to which the most simple simple answer would be, Yes and No. http//www.geocities.com/bigjaxal/s1.gif. Ofcourse, that being my personel opinion.

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                                SwedenMajidah
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                                Salaam Cutie br Jaxal,

                                I know what you meant dear, but I couldn't resist to tease you a little bit too.

                                Peace
                                Sis Majidah

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                                  unknownuser
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                                  Hello All,

                                  Thank you all for the varied replies. It seems that most of us are focused on the love of another individual in a romantic way. That is why you get the broken-hearted denouncing love as a joke and a bad illusion! But I say to you what about love of God or love of a child? Is that a joke and illusion too, for you?

                                  Perhaps we all first learn something of the Power of Love through a romantic attachment to others? And perhaps that has always been the starting point in our understanding of the meaning of Love? But as we grow and come to terms with love so does our understanding of the power of love grows too. It is then we start to realise and come to this view point Love is not Sex but sex can be part of Love. But whatever Love is it is never an illusion nor it is a joke. Love is very transforming, love is very redemptive...

                                  Regards,

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                                    idontknow
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                                    i agree with you loteTree

                                    jaxal was refering to the type of love you experience with your partner as a 'joke...etc

                                    i hope he/she doesn't think the love you have for God or a child is a ''joke'' )

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                                      SwedenMajidah
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                                      Salaam all,

                                      Yes I do also agree with Lote tree, love cannot be an illusion and sex cannot be love only a part of love.

                                      Love of a child can never die out because they are your own flesh and blood.

                                      Peace

                                      Sis Majidah

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                                        Tay
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                                        Peace Neo,

                                        Why do you work? - 'cause i needs the moneys

                                        Besides food, shelter, and clothing, why do you 'need' money?

                                        Why do you give? - 'cause i believe in a cause greater than I

                                        Please explain the correlation. Do you give to your family for a greater cause, or do you give to your family for them?

                                        Why do you sacrifice? - it's inevitable

                                        How? What would happen if you didn't sacrifice?

                                        Why do you compromise? - inevitable

                                        How? What would happen if you didn't compromise?

                                        Why do you lie? - 'cause I'm an asshole

                                        We're all assholes wink But that doesn't answer the question.

                                        Why do you tell the truth? - 'cause I'm an asshole

                                        Please see above.

                                        Why do you learn? - 'cause it's my passion

                                        I see, so you love knowledge?

                                        Peace,
                                        Tay

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                                          sytalls
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                                          peace all

                                          Lots of cynicism here. Wow.

                                          I liked your questions, Tay. )

                                          And an interesting thread, LT. Doesn't King Arthur have a lesson on love that fits with what you're saying?

                                          Romantic love is superficial, shallow and fleeting. So is it really "love"? It seems to be just a starter emotion that could lead to deeper love.

                                          For real love seems to be a far sturdier emotion and one that pushes us beyond seeking our own gratification. And this includes love for others besides romantic partners.

                                          For love, I give more of myself. I go out in bad weather, go to places I would not normally go. I've sat through difficult conversations, gone hungry, been thirsty, spent money, cried, and even said goodbye. Whatever I have done, the same has been done for me in return--and perhaps more.

                                          Even for healthy self love, I do what is best for my well-being, rather than what feels good. This includes walking away from romantic "love" when I know the relationship isn't good for me.

                                          The emotion we feel, what we call "love," may be only an internal barometer of sorts, a way of letting us know something's there. Otherwise, love seems to be a force we can tap into and act upon, unseen yet affecting us and connecting us with others. Empathy and care seem to be involved, although I'm not sure if they're the seeds or the water. If anybody finds a lost metaphor, it could be mine. D Or if you find a lost love, that could be mine too.

                                          So I don't think love is an illusion. It's similar to gravity--we know what gravity is when we feel it. At least, however, we've figured out how to measure gravity!

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