Conscious love evokes the same in response.
Emotional love evokes the opposite.
Physical love depends on type and polarity.
Sayings of G.I Gurdjieff
If one thinks that "love" is an emotion rather than an act of will - well, good luck with that definition :-)
Thanks! I really like that quote, it's very insightful. Over the years, I've begun to understand what you mean by an act of will instead of emotion. But I still remember very fondly the feeling of being in love and having no control over it what so ever. So, I guess the distinction should be between being in love, and loving someone.
What do you think?
"Free will is the function of the Master within us. Our ‘will’ is the supremacy of one desire over another."
"An ordinary man has no ‘Master.’ He is ruled now by the mind, now by the feelings and now by the body. Often the order comes from the automatic apparatus and still more often he is ordered about by the sex centre. Real will can only be when one ‘I’ rules, when there is a ‘master’ in the house.
"Doesn’t every extraordinary first time sweep me off my feet? Doesn’t it take me to God for a few minutes? Doesn’t it let me fall violently to the floor right after? After all love is a drug; but if it breaks me so hard, why do I want to feel it again? But no, I am not an addict."
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I think love works best when a mix of all, emotional, conscious and physical
I think over time, everything in moderation works out best. Obviously at different periods of the relationships there will be more of one than the others.
My father once told me:
When you're young, you seek a partner for sex.
When you're middle aged, you want a partner to start a family with.
When you're old, you want a partner for companionship.
The challenge is to find one person that fits all three.
Indeed, but you need the mix of all three all the way through ;))