Post by KittyLane on Jan 29, 2007 10:35:11 GMT -5
Everyone's talking about it... And everyone wants to know more about it... Almost everyone wants it… And no one truly understands it. People have been trying to understand it and explain it (i.e. put it in a nice secure box for safer observation) for as long as there have been people.
If you don't have it in your life, then you want it. But the harder you look for it, the more elusive it becomes. Once you have it in your life, then you want outside confirmation you've made the right choice. If you once had it, but then lost it... in your abject misery and pain, you demand to know why. But no reason given is ever enough to satisfy and soothe the pain of loss. And if you've decided you're one of those people who have great difficulty keeping it alive – then you search endlessly through books, magazines, and gurus for magic formula instructions on the care and feeding of it…
What is it?
The Thing Called Love
Truth is… the more we try to pick love apart... the more we attempt to dissect it, scrutinize it, dismember it, analyze it, control it, and subject it to the light of reason and rational thinking – the more love elusively slips through our fingers like so many grains of sand.
Modern science is now reducing "the thing called love" to being little more than a "chemical communication" called pheromones that we share with the rest of the animal kingdom. As a result of these new discoveries, many 12 Step program advocates are finally beginning to feel vindicated. 12 Steppers have known of love's darker, destructive, addictive qualities for many years. They've labeled love's darker side as a dysfunctional and co-dependent behavior similar to drug addiction.
DUI - Let's face it! When we're DUI (Driving Under Love's Influence) – the world around us feels like a brighter place to live, the chirping of the birds sounds so much more beautiful, and the air smells oh so much sweeter. But if (God forbid) your lover suddenly, unexpectedly leaves you high and dry – then love's effects often feel as if you're undergoing the excruciating, painful withdrawal of a highly, addictive drug.
It's Greek To Me?
The ancient Greeks had a wonderful non-rational way of explaining and giving meaning to many of the universal experiences we mortals share in.... Falling in love is one of those commonly shared experiences.
Once upon a time in Greek mythology – there was a god named Eros. Originally in Greek mythology, Eros was one of the oldest and most powerful of the Greek gods. He was the dynamic force behind the creation of our world (i.e. It's love that makes the world go 'round.). Later on in the development of Greek mythology, the god Eros became a bit more civilized and was known as the handsome son of the love goddess Aphrodite.
These days we know Eros best, by his Roman counterpart Amor or Cupid. And over the passing of time we've attempted to further tame Cupid by picturing him as a chubby, harmless, innocent little imp who comes out on Valentine's Day. However, make no mistake, the Greeks knew Eros as being the most beautiful and desirable of the gods. Eros was a god not to be taken lightly.
Two Types of Arrows
It's a little known fact that the god Eros had two types of arrows with which he pierced the hearts of mortals and gods. Eros had golden tipped arrows which would evoke desire and irresistible attraction... but Eros also had leaden tipped arrows which brought about irrational feelings of disgust and repulsion.
To the mortal or god wounded in the heart with one of Eros's special tipped arrows, it was a wounding of either irrational desire or irrational disgust which suddenly, seemingly came from "out of the blue" (i.e. out of the sky). The mortal or god struck by the arrows of Eros was then destined (and under the compulsion) to live out this wounding of the heart, often acting in irrational ways and committing mad, passionate crimes in the name of love.
And isn't that an excellent bottom line description of what "falling in love" feels like?
astrology.about.com/od/sunsignlove/l/aa061499.htm
If you don't have it in your life, then you want it. But the harder you look for it, the more elusive it becomes. Once you have it in your life, then you want outside confirmation you've made the right choice. If you once had it, but then lost it... in your abject misery and pain, you demand to know why. But no reason given is ever enough to satisfy and soothe the pain of loss. And if you've decided you're one of those people who have great difficulty keeping it alive – then you search endlessly through books, magazines, and gurus for magic formula instructions on the care and feeding of it…
What is it?
The Thing Called Love
Truth is… the more we try to pick love apart... the more we attempt to dissect it, scrutinize it, dismember it, analyze it, control it, and subject it to the light of reason and rational thinking – the more love elusively slips through our fingers like so many grains of sand.
Modern science is now reducing "the thing called love" to being little more than a "chemical communication" called pheromones that we share with the rest of the animal kingdom. As a result of these new discoveries, many 12 Step program advocates are finally beginning to feel vindicated. 12 Steppers have known of love's darker, destructive, addictive qualities for many years. They've labeled love's darker side as a dysfunctional and co-dependent behavior similar to drug addiction.
DUI - Let's face it! When we're DUI (Driving Under Love's Influence) – the world around us feels like a brighter place to live, the chirping of the birds sounds so much more beautiful, and the air smells oh so much sweeter. But if (God forbid) your lover suddenly, unexpectedly leaves you high and dry – then love's effects often feel as if you're undergoing the excruciating, painful withdrawal of a highly, addictive drug.
It's Greek To Me?
The ancient Greeks had a wonderful non-rational way of explaining and giving meaning to many of the universal experiences we mortals share in.... Falling in love is one of those commonly shared experiences.
Once upon a time in Greek mythology – there was a god named Eros. Originally in Greek mythology, Eros was one of the oldest and most powerful of the Greek gods. He was the dynamic force behind the creation of our world (i.e. It's love that makes the world go 'round.). Later on in the development of Greek mythology, the god Eros became a bit more civilized and was known as the handsome son of the love goddess Aphrodite.
These days we know Eros best, by his Roman counterpart Amor or Cupid. And over the passing of time we've attempted to further tame Cupid by picturing him as a chubby, harmless, innocent little imp who comes out on Valentine's Day. However, make no mistake, the Greeks knew Eros as being the most beautiful and desirable of the gods. Eros was a god not to be taken lightly.
Two Types of Arrows
It's a little known fact that the god Eros had two types of arrows with which he pierced the hearts of mortals and gods. Eros had golden tipped arrows which would evoke desire and irresistible attraction... but Eros also had leaden tipped arrows which brought about irrational feelings of disgust and repulsion.
To the mortal or god wounded in the heart with one of Eros's special tipped arrows, it was a wounding of either irrational desire or irrational disgust which suddenly, seemingly came from "out of the blue" (i.e. out of the sky). The mortal or god struck by the arrows of Eros was then destined (and under the compulsion) to live out this wounding of the heart, often acting in irrational ways and committing mad, passionate crimes in the name of love.
And isn't that an excellent bottom line description of what "falling in love" feels like?
astrology.about.com/od/sunsignlove/l/aa061499.htm