Love Implies Two

[Mellowmarsh]

Love is an active force that fundamentally requires an object. Whether directed outward toward people, passions, and nature, or inward toward yourself, love cannot exist in a vacuum; it is the vital connection between a subject and an object.
 

 

[Jirh]

Yes.

[Human Mint]

What you say has nothing to do with the Carl Jung quote. You're fundamentally saying the opposite. Is that what you intended?

[Thought Art]

@Human Mint Maybe that’s just one kind of Love 

[Human Mint]

@Thought Art Nevermind, maybe he was trying to expand on the notion, I can't read his mind. 

[Mellowmarsh]

Kinds of Love.

1: Loving yourself first to be able to love others is a foundation of healthy, sustainable love. Rather than being selfish, it’s about having a "full cup" so you can give to others from a place of abundance. It relies on self-worth, mutual respect, and emotional maturity.

2: Agape (Selfless & Unconditional Love) The Focus: It is outward-focused and completely altruistic. It is a deliberate choice to love, serve, and sacrifice for another person's ultimate good, regardless of whether that person "deserves" it or can reciprocate.

3: Eros (Romantic & Passionate Love) The Focus: It is largely self-centred in its initial stages, motivated by the desire to be with someone and to fulfill one's own needs for passion, companionship, and intimacy.

[Hojo]

Why does sadhguru say to love yourself is schizophrenia.

[Mellowmarsh]

6 minutes ago, Hojo said:

Why does sadhguru say to love yourself is schizophrenia.

I’m not sure, but I’m assuming he means loving yourself as if there’s a self there to begin with.

Who is this self that loves itself is the one question to all our answers. Is Love actually real, or it it just another illusion.

Is love just another survival tactic evolution uses to propagate life to continue. IDK tbh.

[Hojo]

@Mellowmarsh He also says God is not love.

I remember hims saying many time that to love yourself is schizophrenia and God isnt love. And I hear it repeated here over and over again.

This is a massive difference in opinions I want to know.

Edited 4 hours ago by Hojo

[Mellowmarsh]

Just now, Hojo said:

@Mellowmarsh He also says God is not love.

People can say all kinds of things. 
 

Take being aware you are aware as a self-conscious being for example. Being conscious you are conscious can be a curse, insofar as to be conscious you are going to die can cause an existential dread. Or to be conscious of the pain of torture can be a curse because there’s no way to escape this self-consciousness unless you are unconscious which would be like a relief or a blessing. It’s like a mind fuck, being self- aware, tbh. 
Yes, you can also be conscious of all the pleasures in life as well, so it’s all about the price we are willing to pay for being self-aware entities. 

[Ziran]

Self-love isn't a thing?

[Hojo]

@Ziran How can you love something that dosent even exist?