What is love?

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   ronny2005posted 12 years ago

   How do you differentiate between love and lust?

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      Leann Zarahposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Lust is when you treat someone as a mere "sex-object" whom you can just get intimate with on a very superficial level.
      
      Love is when your sexual attraction is less important than giving that person respect, trust, understanding, and unconditional acceptance of her/his value as an individual. Love is when you become a better person because s/he inspires you to be one.

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         ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks Leann Zarah!

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         aisha91posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I completely agree with you, Leann Zarah.

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            ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks aisha !

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      Pearldiverposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      The Absolute Giveaway is how proudly someone walks when completely naked!

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         ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks Pearldiver for the response.

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      couturepopcafeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Lust is physical, Love is ethereal.

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         ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks.

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      Shanna11posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      What is love....? Baby don't hurt me.... don't hurt me no more!

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         ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks.

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      faisal alkhalefiposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Love is the beautiful life of the Standing
      Lust fun temporary
      
      الحب هو الحياة الجميل الدائمة
      الشهوة متعة مؤقتة

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      Stevennix2001posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Lust is when you're only drawn to someone physically, while knowing very little to nothing about them other than they're attractive in your eyes.  But love is when you're drawn to a person for not only physical reasons, but for emotional and intellectual reasons as well.  Love is when you care about the needs and concerns of that particular person, and you're not just doing it to sleep with them. 
      
      Love is when you can describe in exact detail, or at least a brief reason, on why you're drawn to them.  If you can't name at least one reason why you love someone, then a lot of times it's nothing more than lust or a mere crush.

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      setarehposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      With love, even the most mundane things with them means something more while lust is superficial and without depth.
      I could imagine that if i were in love with someone i would even enjoy cutting coupons with him.

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   wellnessguidesjaposted 12 years ago

   Love makes you want to serve the other. Lust seeks to satisfy itself.

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      ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks wellnessguidesja

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   Joy56posted 12 years ago

   love can hurt......

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      couturepopcafeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Hey, duck, where've you been! (I hope that wasn't an insult. I'm trying to learn English English.)

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      ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks.

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   TheAllSeeingEyeposted 12 years ago

   Living One Vibrational Energy
   
   We magnetise energy, that is what we are, receivers and transmitters of emotional energy which effects the environments we resonate within.
   
   The macrocosm universe is the whole ATOM while we are the small part of the whole the microcosm atom.
   
   What is an Atom?
   
   Atom is energy, cannot be destroyed or cease to exist, just is and is ever expanding and susceptible to transformation.
   
   Love is the only dominate force within the creation of energy and all darkness and evil is its shadow.
   
   Light is the creative ingredient, (let there be light to fill the void of nothingness and we have creation)
   
   Light is the creative force and any corruption of light is its shadow,
   
   the great philosophers of antiquity pointed out this understanding with some enlightening quotes
   
   "perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself" (Plato)
   
   
   "Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him" (Paracelsus)
   
   
   "As long as you still experience the stars as something above the head you lack the eye of knowledge" (Fredrick Nietzsche)
   
   
   "As we all know science began with the stars, and mankind discovered in them the dominants of the unconscious, the "gods," as well as the curious psychological qualities of the Zodiac: a complete projected theory of human character" (Carl Gustav Jung)

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      ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks.

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   Joy56posted 12 years ago

   where have i been, here and there.

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      ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, Joy56!!

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   Anti-Valentineposted 12 years ago

   My English teacher told me years ago that love is respect. And most people don't know how to respect, so therefore they can't possibly love.

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      Castlepalomaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Love can wait, lust can't

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         Pearldiverposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         And.... You got it in one mate!

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         couturepopcafeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         +1

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         Joy56posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         that is too funny

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      ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you all for stopping by!

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   PurvisBobbi44posted 12 years ago

   Love is from the heart. Lust is from the mind.

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      Castlepalomaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Scorpions poem
      
      The innocence is gone 
      But still I'm holding on 
      Searching for love that lasts forever 
      Looking for a place 
      Where love can hide away 
      
      Taking a chance it's now or never 
      
      Maybe it's time to draw the line 
      There's just one thing that's on my mind 
      
      Is it lust, is it love 
      Whatever it is I can't get enough 
      Is it lust, is it love 
      When I look around tell me who can I trust 
      Is it love 
      
      Lovers come and go 
      Sometimes it's hard to know 
      If this will be a night to treasure 
      When the damage has been done 
      And the hurting has begun 
      You'll justify a moment's pleasure 

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         SomewayOuttaHereposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         ...did you write that CP?  ....

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            Castlepalomaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            No I took it from
            Scorpions poem
            But it did steal my heart

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               SomewayOuttaHereposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               i liked it too....that last line is pretty good!

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                  snigdha.sposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart,and to sing it to them when they have forgotten. Love is emotional. Lust is superficial, that which doesn't understand pain.

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      ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks.

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   Lady_Eposted 12 years ago

   Love and Lust
   
   Love is when you love someone for who they are, their personality, their heart, their aura - everything.
   
   Lust is when you love what you see. The physical - only the outside. Take away the make-up / hair / body shape / body bits and I assure you, there would be no Lust!
   
   Take away all that from the first paragraph, the Love would only grow deeper.

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      Castlepalomaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Dose not the whole body, mind and soul work together in the behavior of love?

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      ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks !

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   taheruddinposted 12 years ago

   love is just situation when somebody willingly can sacrifice for somebody/thing. Except the master creator,technically only soles can be loved, not thing. Something can not be loved and can not love. Love is possible between two rats but not possible between two statues.

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      couturepopcafeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Do you think animals have the capacity to love, as in rats? Maybe so. I'm not sure their brains are wired that way.
      
      Or perhaps, as you say, they have souls and can indeed know love.

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      Castlepalomaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      All animal love,
      
      Wait a minute I love the sculpture of David, maybe because I am a sculptor

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         taheruddinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Actually, you do not love the sculpture, you like it. Because you love you and you like the sculpture, So you are also weak about the sculpture. Love is a "synonym of willingness to sacrifice gladly". You love as much as you can sacrifice.

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            Castlepalomaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Love is when two people or thing is stronger together than they are apart

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               taheruddinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               I should argue on the point together. A son may not stay with his mother, but it increase affection.

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                  Castlepalomaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  There are many kinds of love. My daughter lives 5000km away, still our love in spirit makes us both stronger.

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                     taheruddinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     yes, I do agree. Love is life. When somebody lust himself, go for suicide. Human being is designed to love, they can not live with out love. It is the stamina of life.

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                        Castlepalomaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                        Good for you
                        
                        There are more Suicide deaths than terrorist, murder and war combined. Give a little love where there is self hate. I have friends who work on the Suicide lines and about 9 times out of ten they are just looking for anyone to love them. When babies are not loved, they can die.  Love is the most important behavior in the world and can conquer all.
                        
                        Thanks for joining me

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                           ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                           Thank you everyone for your views towards Love!

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    konayuki03posted 12 years ago

    Love always miss each others.. Lust only satisfation then forgot complete.

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       ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks konayuki !

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    savanahlposted 12 years ago

    True love is unconditional. It asks for nothing, needs nothing. It just is. Love is selfless.

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       ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you, Savana!

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    DIYmyOmyposted 12 years ago

    I think love is not being able to imagine not having that person or companion critter in your life. It's that simple.

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       Druid Dudeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Lust is for the moment. Love lasts forever.

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       ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks.

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    pharuk temmy tposted 12 years ago

    Love is when you give yourself totaly to something or someone.when you love someone or something truly you will not put yourself first,you will always put them first and then you can think about yourself. The difference between love and lust is the same thing as differentiating good and bad. Love is a beautiful thing when you are in it with the right person.

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       ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks pharuk temmy t !

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    vicki5897posted 12 years ago

    I think love is something that remains there no matter what happens and no matter how much time goes by, it will always be there. Lust on the other hand is a powerful emotion too, but it fades away in time and can leave people in denial about how someone really is.

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       ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks vicki !

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    sassydeeposted 12 years ago

    love is when you constantly have that thing or person on your mind from the moment you wake up untill you fall asleep. lust is when you only seem to enjoy or think of that thing or person when they are in your presence kind of like, out of sight out of mind!

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       ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks sassydee !

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    TheMagicianposted 12 years ago

    Lust is temporary, or really only involves wanting someone for their looks. Love, however, is the complete opposite
    
    I used to think I could never romantically love someone, until I met my best friend. I didn't expect to fall in love with him -- he was good looking, but nothing I'd look three times at, but our personalities matched so well and he was so amazing, I found myself falling for him. Needless to say, the same thing happened on his end. I know what I feel for him is love because the last thing I care about are his looks... I want to stand beside him 100% and cheer him on in whatever he does, and always be there for him and look out for his well being... also, I do enjoy kicking his behind at video games!

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       ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks TheMagician !

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    Diane Insideposted 12 years ago

    Love is staying with someone even when times are tough, or when you feel like getting out.

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       ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks Diane Inside !

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    Tams Rposted 12 years ago

    Lust goes away about as quickly as I'm going to stop talking about it.
    Love is the moment you see a person with all their faults, understand those faults and still want to spend the rest of your life with them without changing them. True love is when they do the same.
    Love is unquestioned and simply happens regardless of the people who do not approve or like your partner. It is complete acceptance. It thrives when disagreements do not become full-fledged arguments and you know you can say what you need to say without being left for saying what you feel. It is not vengeful and it does not do harm.
    Love is the fear of your partner leaving for work and you know you have to hug them as if it were the last time because that is your greatest fear.
    And last on my list: Love is allowing one another to grow and do what each of you enjoys without feeling guilty or abandoned because you know the love is strong and trustworthy and there's nothing to be jealous about.

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       ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks Tams R !

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    Agnes Pennposted 12 years ago

    Love remembers and learns from past mistakes. 
    Love protects as it reveals its vulnerabilities. 
    Love conquers weaknesses while lust accentuates them. 
    Love is willing to give up the one loved when Love asks you to.
    Love is knowing you may never see the one loved again, but you've done everything to protect him.
    Love is accepting Love's will that the other no longer loves you.

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       ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks Agnes Penn !

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    Joy56posted 12 years ago

    Love does not keep account of the injury.....

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       Castlepalomaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Love: is when two people or thing that are stronger together than they are apart. By an attitude of gratitude, with many little acts of kindness.
       
       Lust without love can leave both souls hanging like an empty shell

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          ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Thank you Joy56 and CastlePaloma!

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    Esenbeeposted 12 years ago

    Lust is selfish while love is selfless. Lust growls with selfish desire while love is kind, patient, understanding, worthy...

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       ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks Esenbee!

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          Esenbeeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Your Welcome!

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    microlifelineposted 12 years ago

    Love is just like life,
    It is not always easy & does not always bring happiness.
    But when we do not stop living,
    then why should we stop loving...

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       ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks microlifeline!

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    krishna sandhyaposted 12 years ago

    Lust is something like a physical feeling which is common to every living social animal on this planet...Lust can be fulfilled with anyone..
    
    But,love is something much divine,most possessive feeling which happens once.If it happens twice then question your self what about the past thing and make sure what is true.
    
    Love never comes from lust.B-)

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       ronny2005posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks krishna sandhya for opinion!

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    Beata Stasakposted 11 years ago

    My hub would answer this question from my point of view the best, please read it and let me know what do you think:)
    
    http://beatastasak.hubpages.com/hub/Wha … nd-loving?

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    yssubramanyamposted 11 years ago

    True love accepts as it is with out seeking change, it is the biggest hurdle and disappointment.

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       ronny2005posted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks yssubramanyam !

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