The Concept of Love and Lust

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The Concept of Love and Lust

The fine line between 'love' and 'lust' may often confuse people. Many a times we have seen others and often even found ourselves indulge in a weird sensation or emotion which we ourselves seldom understand. The emotion which we call "LOVE". All of a sudden we feel this bond between ourselves and this person who, so to speak, pops out of no where and changes our world upside down.

Why did it happen? Why can't i sleep at nights? What happened to me? Why am i feeling this way about this person? Why did i develop this obsession with this person? These are some the questions we often ask ourselves once we are trapped in this "Circle of Life and Death", "Confusion and Mystery", this both "Sweet and Sour" feeling at the same time. The feelings often start in the mental planes of one's own mind. Our own brain deceives us. Our thinking faculty slowly loses its grip and we deeply get intimate with this person, if not on a physical level, but surely on a mental level. Till this point we cannot and will not differentiate between our feelings, whether they are that of LOVE or LUST. Our brain tricks us into assuming that the feelings are that of love. But do we really know what love actually feels like? Do we even know what LOVE is in its purest and truest form? As said above, we do ask ourselves "Why do i feel this way about his individual?". But how many of us are even successful in finding the answer to this question? Most of us are unable to find the answer because, as discussed above, our thinking faculty slows down its work.

The question arises, "How can we even know what emotion are we even going through?". One may do the following in order to find the answer.

1. Ponder and reflect upon why you love this person. (Will be discussed later on)

2. Are your feelings and emotions matching the "standard" of love. (Will be discussed later on)

1. The feelings of LUST may often be confused with the feelings of LOVE. Most often, we are moving through the period of 'Finding Love' through the age (13-29) when our hormones are raging with fire. Each and everyone of us (male and female both) during that particular period is a walking machine looking for someone to satisfy and quench our hormonal needs. The moment we look at someone physically attractive, we are instantly attracted to them. Why? Not because we LOVE them so much, but only because we want our bodily needs to be fulfilled. Hence, the hormonal rage taking over our brains, make us feel that we are in LOVE- that is why most of us are not quite sure whether it truly is love or not.

The Concept of Love and Lust

2. The factor to determine whether we truly are in LOVE or not, lies in our own homes. Have we not seen our parents? The way our parents love us is the truest and the most purest form of love. Since it is without any conditions.

Moreover, while crossing the road with a chicken burger held in your hand, you see a home-less person, sitting on the walk-way, looking at him, this urge comes up in your heart and mind of handing over that which is in your hands and giving it to the homeless person just because you want to help him, not because you want something in return or that you expect something from them, but only for the sake of good will and LOVE. Or when you offer a cup of milk to a stray cat, out of good will. Is all this out of LUST for the cat or the homeless person? No! In fact it is the call of your innermost being and a voice that has been instilled in you since birth.

This LOVE has been with us since our births and we can even extend it to our partners, if the selfish fire to quench our LUSTS is extinguished.

PEACE and LOVE to ALL BEINGS!

The Concept of Love and Lust
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