Random Thoughts - Love and rules
Posted 09-19-09 at 12:39 PM by mega_option101
It has been a long time since I found the time/energy to really put some thoughts down in my blog.
As of late, I have been busy dwelling upon this quote:
I think that it is important to note that the above can have various different meanings/connotations.
What I would like to acheive with this blog is to give you a minute understanding of my thoughts about the significance of it in my eyes.
I think that this explains, how love can be found/had at a distance (not limited to your immediate environment). Whether that person is close to you or not physically, changes absolutely nothing.
In my opinion, love is not something that you can find somewhere else. Love comes from within the self. It's like what they say, "how can you love someone if you do not love yourself."
I think that it is important to notice that you can find love everywhere that you go. Love demands no rules, follows no obligations. You are free to love and to be in love.
I guess this is where my connection of "love demands no rules," comes into play with the quote seeing as even the laws of gravity do not apply.
Please leave your comments below.
I would love to hear what your interpretation(s) of the above quote were.
As of late, I have been busy dwelling upon this quote:
Quote:
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. - Albert Einstein
What I would like to acheive with this blog is to give you a minute understanding of my thoughts about the significance of it in my eyes.
I think that this explains, how love can be found/had at a distance (not limited to your immediate environment). Whether that person is close to you or not physically, changes absolutely nothing.
In my opinion, love is not something that you can find somewhere else. Love comes from within the self. It's like what they say, "how can you love someone if you do not love yourself."
I think that it is important to notice that you can find love everywhere that you go. Love demands no rules, follows no obligations. You are free to love and to be in love.
I guess this is where my connection of "love demands no rules," comes into play with the quote seeing as even the laws of gravity do not apply.
Please leave your comments below.
I would love to hear what your interpretation(s) of the above quote were.
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I was always under the impression that gravitation is a force that makes things attract to each other and that gravitation can be anything really, right?
So I don't understand how gravitation can't be responsible for love, since there is obviously always something that draws you to someone or anyone.
Or maybe I am just reading a bit too much into this :PPosted 09-19-09 at 01:14 PM by catmmm
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That's quite an interesting approach to this thought. I see where you are coming from.Quote:Originally Posted by catmmm
I was always under the impression that gravitation is a force that makes things attract to each other and that gravitation can be anything really, right?
So I don't understand how gravitation can't be responsible for love, since there is obviously always something that draws you to someone or anyone.
Or maybe I am just reading a bit too much into this :P
Gravitation is the natural phenomenon of attraction between physical objects with mass or energy.
Is love physical?
In a sense of the word, I would have to say yes. But love does not arise from the physical; therefore, it cannot be solely physical in nature.
Perhaps, what you were trying to suggest was that attraction follows gravitation. Of which, I would have to agree with you. However, does this mean that you cannot be attracted to someone you are not close to?
From that perspective, I would have to disagree. The way that I see it is that a negative will always be attracted to a positive (magnets for instance). If a negative end is located apart from the positive end, will the two be naturally inclined to "attract" one another regardless of space? I think so.
If the two come together, they will attract. Of course, you could turn my arguement around on me by simply stating that the farther the distance apart, the weaker the attraction. But an attraction is an attraction nonetheless.Posted 09-19-09 at 01:39 PM by mega_option101 
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I was trying to hint at the fact that gravitation happens between physical objects...but what is the mass or energy that draws two people together? It can't purely be physical attraction, there is a lot more to love than that. Therefore any distance doesn't or shouldn't matter.
Love is a feeling. Feelings aren't physical things. Yes, you express your feelings through physical things but at the end of the day, it's just a feeling. Just because two people can't physically be together doesn't mean that they cannot love each other or be drawn to each other.Posted 09-19-09 at 01:52 PM by catmmm
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I could not have said it any better myselfQuote:Originally Posted by catmmm
I was trying to hint at the fact that gravitation happens between physical objects...but what is the mass or energy that draws two people together? It can't purely be physical attraction, there is a lot more to love than that. Therefore any distance doesn't or shouldn't matter.
Love is a feeling. Feelings aren't physical things. Yes, you express your feelings through physical things but at the end of the day, it's just a feeling. Just because two people can't physically be together doesn't mean that they cannot love each other or be drawn to each other.
Love demands no rules, follows no obligations.Posted 09-19-09 at 02:02 PM by mega_option101
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I used to be in a long distance relationship. Honestly, now that I look back on it, I think it was one of the most meaningful relationships I have ever had because of the distance. Of course, that relationship ended for various reasons but I don't think I ever been as close to anyone as I was with my ex.
I used to live by this quote:
Quote:Contrary to what the cynics say, distance is not for the fearful, it is for the bold. It's for those who are willing to spend a lot of time alone in exchange for a little time with the one they love. It's for those knowing a good thing when they see it, even if they don't see it nearly enough
Posted 09-19-09 at 02:16 PM by catmmm
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That is quite a moving quoteQuote:Originally Posted by catmmm
I used to be in a long distance relationship. Honestly, now that I look back on it, I think it was one of the most meaningful relationships I have ever had because of the distance. Of course, that relationship ended for various reasons but I don't think I ever been as close to anyone as I was with my ex.
I used to live by this quote:
It certain speaks truth. I am sure that you didn't take a lot of things for granted while you were in a long distance relationship. I never had the opportunity to share something like that.... I have used other experiences to open my eyes on my own ways of doing things, but the thought that a long distance relationship could bring me something that I could cherish for the rest of my life never crossed my mind.
This kind of reminds of of the line that goes, "if you love someone let them go."Posted 09-19-09 at 02:30 PM by mega_option101
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It's mostly the emotional attachment you form with someone in a long distance relationship. For example, when I dated this guy we would fall asleep on the phone with each other every night...after talking on the phone for at least 4 hours before falling asleep. Can you honestly name a time in any relationship you were in where you actually sat with a girl right next to you and just talked to them for hours?
Posted 09-19-09 at 02:44 PM by catmmm
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My relationship with my GF Jaime looks like THE poster child for this discussion.
She lives in Mississippi, I live in California. She and I met online many years ago, but we found out and decided that we were right for each other. I guess we found were just compatible enough to become a couple, and despite some rather significant challenges (which I won't specify here) we are still each other's best friend and lover.
She and I have been together only once in our six-and-a-half years of "couple-ship," a glorious four days in Austin, Texas. But rare are the days when we do not talk to each other; we go to sleep on the phone with each other almost every night.
I have not loved anybody else in this way, and I doubt that I ever will. She and I gravitated to each other through a couple of common interests, but this was the key that unlocked the door to our present relationship. Love is abstract, but is no less real for its abstraction.
My greatest hope is that our plans for marriage and children together become reality, and for this to happen sooner rather than later.
Speaking of gravitation and magnetism, if opposites attract, that's probably why Jaime and I work together so well in the first place. Often I'm on the negative pole, and she's the positive that that gets stuck to me. She really is my better half.Posted 09-19-09 at 04:23 PM by txtmstrjoe
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You have only seen each other once in your six-and-a-half years of being together?
The force is strong with this one!
The dynamics behind that puzzle me... I guess that I would have to try it out in order to understand it better.Posted 09-19-09 at 06:35 PM by mega_option101
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You really do. It's unlike any other relationship challenge because you're basically forced to focus on the person and their mind and soul. A lot of people will claim it's crazy, it's ridiculous and the sort... All that I can really understand, because I was like that before I was bought over. Of course, not everyone will come out with the same cookie cutter results.
Long distance stuff really takes a lot out of you when there's problems, but when everything is going right.. Well, I can't recall any other situation I've felt so free. Although I never came out and said it (privacy reasons), my early blogs had much to do with this type of thing. It's the reason I was hit so hard by it all.
As for what angle I take on the quote you shared, I share the same opinion as cat. While that's the strongest of my opinion of the quote, I also think "Maybe it's not gravitation. Maybe it's magnetism".
Being a fan of philosophy, these ambiguous quotes are the best. For better or for worse, I like thinking. (lol, and maybe too much)Posted 09-21-09 at 12:14 AM by timxirish
