Hey all 🙂
As the title suggests
'Why is there the need or the longing for love' ... is it a need? Is it a longing? .
Whats happening ...
x daz x
If water started wondering why it 'needs' to be wet....
Why would someone want to live without love of any kind? Wouldn't that be a bleak/cold reality? It's a complex question since, on a biological level, you might say we are driven to seek out a partner to reproduce and so love would enter into this equation. Perhaps the need and longing may be to do with the conditioning of our society, certainly there seems to be a stigma about remaining single.
On a basic level, seeking love is motivated by the need for acceptance. Is it also to continue the affection we were once shown when we were children - by our parents? I can see that this is a longing. For it to become a need may indicate our lack of self worth. The more in turmoil we are, it would seem that the more we need to be loved.I have been celibate, by choice, for decades and have high self esteem. I do not feel the need for a partner at all but love, in the form of acceptance by friends, is healthy and desirable I feel.
If water started wondering why it 'needs' to be wet....
From where does water wonder from?
From a place where water knows that it is water ?
x daz x
Why would someone want to live without love of any kind? Wouldn't that be a bleak/cold reality? It's a complex question since, on a biological level, you might say we are driven to seek out a partner to reproduce and so love would enter into this equation. Perhaps the need and longing may be to do with the conditioning of our society, certainly there seems to be a stigma about remaining single.
On a basic level, seeking love is motivated by the need for acceptance. Is it also to continue the affection we were once shown when we were children - by our parents? I can see that this is a longing. For it to become a need may indicate our lack of self worth. The more in turmoil we are, it would seem that the more we need to be loved.I have been celibate, by choice, for decades and have high self esteem. I do not feel the need for a partner at all but love, in the form of acceptance by friends, is healthy and desirable I feel.
Lots in the mix there Amy, Its interesting when one relates to need and when one relates to longing . I suppose they share very similar traits if I can call them that .
When there is a longing or a need could it be safe to say that there is something missing within the individual that needs or longs for anything ..
x daz x