What Is The Subtext Of Unification Through Sensual Love?

Love in terms of a relationship can be described as an experience between two people sharing mutual feelings, understandings and the enjoyment of being with one another. What love is varies from person to person; Psychologist Robert Sternberg came up with the triangular theory of love stating there are three main components for any love relationships. Another psychologist Elaine Hatfield suggests that there are two basic types of love for relationships. On the other hand, an anthropologist Helen Fisher explains that love is a primarily a human-mating motivational drive, rather than an emotion (Fisher, H. 2004). With these three theories of love, this essay looks at the different ways of how love can or cannot survive in a love relationship.

Mirabai threw herself into her devotion to Krishna wholeheartedly. Her songs attributed to the deity are filled with feelings love and “tortured longing,” as the saint expresses her need to be united with her one true love, the Lord Krishna (Mirabai 82). The use of

Concepts of love and desire cross cultures and time periods, defining human interaction and goals with its powerful effect on the human mind. The line between love and desire is not always clear and people from philosophers to scientists have attempted to understand these complex emotions and how they may be right or wrong. Desire has been characterized mainly as a distraction that can hinder humans on their solitary paths to self- enlightenment, but rather than abstaining from desire entirely to better reach enlightenment, it is should be transformed through the guidance of the wise and made into a valuable resource in the search for truth rather than being seen as the enemy. Desire, when left unguided, can be a problem for those who give into it, however, a desire that has transformed into a sort of love with virtuous intentions can help one on their way to enlightenment when used in the correct way. The types of desire as they relate to what enlightenment is and the way it can be achieved are all of great importance to the potential use of desire as a resource.

Most of Mirabai's padas seen today, address her love for Krishna in several ways: through her longing, desire, hope, her agony of separation, but also her joyfulness in union. These padas commonly ended with the phrase: “Mira's Lord is none other than Krishna” and is largely an expression of her oneness with Krishna (Cort,

Compare using literary and linguistic techniques how love is presented in “The Perils Of Intimacy” and “The Passionate Shepherd To His Love”

“Love is complex: considered simply in itself, it is neither honorable nor a disgrace-its character depends entirely on the behavior it gives rise to,” (Plato 183d). There are two different types of love that Pausanius refers to, which are the common and heavenly love. The common love is based on your love for someone for their body, sex or beauty making it physical love and desire for a person. Heavenly love is love for the mind such as your intelligence and strength, someone you can benefit from making one more wise. Any love that is encountered has a purpose whether is it the love between a mother and daughter or the love between a husband and wife. In the end, all love leads and is directed to virtue and improves the loved ones.

In a disquieting chapter on “Love and Romantic Relationships,” Kenrick, Neuberg, & Cialdini (2015) list the goals of love and romantic relationships as 1) obtaining “sexual gratification”, 2) establishing “a family bond”, and 3) “gaining resources and social status” (p. 246). The authors use the “unconventional” (p. 273) relationship of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo as a “positive” (p. 273) example of a love relationship. Numerous questions and philosophical issues may be raised by the authors perspective. One of which is that the goals listed above seem to be self-focused. Are love and romantic relationships truly about having one’s own needs met? Questions like this can best be answered by understanding the difference between selfishness, selflessness, and altruism.

"In a perfect world, when he's with her, he would be wishing he was with me; when he looked at her, he would be looking at me; when he smiled at her, his smile would be for me; when he thought about someone, he would be thinking about me. In a perfect world, he would realize that I'm the one he was supposed to be with & I would still be standing here waiting for him still when he finally knows this. But this isn't a perfect world and people do get hurt. Because how can you give your dreams to someone else, yet share your dreams with me? Sometimes the truest love is the love that can never be"

Love works at different stages of life, whether it is romantic love or long term love. This can be the difference between two people who experience ultimate happiness together and or the contentment of settling. Sternberg’s triangulation theory of love helps to explain the different stages of love through three elements which include; intimacy, passion and commitment (Donges,2017)

As one experiences this journey called life, one will encounter someone who will shake, shift and alter one’s world; this feeling is called love. Throughout written history there have been several stories and tales about love, whether it is finding it, losing it or chasing it. Love can be overwhelming to the point that one may feel it is best to part ways in order to preserve one’s own sanity especially if one is unsure of how the other party feels. The concept of love has stood the test of time and the 17th century is no exception. Michael Drayton had a few of his works published during his time, “Idea”, sonnet LXI, is one of his popular works. As on explores Michael Drayton, “Idea”, one will find that a man, who is in love, trying to make a firm decision to walk away from love yet is still holding on to a spark of hope. Letting go of love and walking away is never an easy task.

The centrality and power of love as experienced by humans has led them to write songs throughout the ages. It has also resulted in verses and stories about love which they describe as the indescribable and mysterious force that leads them to the peaks of felicity as well as to the depths of despair. Love is the ultimate human concern. It is also the object of all human striving as well as the universal principle engirdling all human activities (Brent Linge 3). The need to examine and explore love to its very depths has been a major human priority from the beginning of time. Plato’s symposium is an example of a forum, which focuses on myths, and motifs of love. It is an ancient discourse, which records stories and verses in form of speech by six prominent Athenians. Their stories depict the nature and function of love.

The tenth poem stands out after the depiction of the gradually building tension between the lovers in the previous texts as it once again, like the first and second poem, seems to describe just the scenery. The speaker waits and contemplates a beautiful flower bed, which he portrays in detailed sensual images.

It’s said that college will be the best years of your life. So far college has encompassed the most stressful, depressing, challenging, but above all enriching months of my near nineteen years. Rainbow Rowell of Fangirl once described physical time in college, describing that “months are different in college, especially freshman year. Too much happens. Every freshman month equals six regular months—they 're like dog months”. Over this four month semester, which felt like an entire high school year, a lot has happened and I’ve changed significantly. I’ve become more confident, more open, more accepting; I woke up. I woke up from the trance that I was in, living day by day being told what to do and when to do it; a structured, controlled schedule that was my reality. Therefore, in college and in this course, my views on love and devotion have changed; and the studying of great texts such as the Plato’s Symposium, the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible, and the Bhagavad Gita have contributed to the expansion of my knowledge on such abstract topics.

Throughout the ages, many have tried to comprehend the human experience of love and its ineffable and mysterious force that leads us to complete euphoria or utter despair, with songs, paintings, and stories. In Plato’s Symposium, six guest including Socrates, tackle and attempt to define love amongst each other. With each attempt, and our study of Johns gospel, the intertextuality between the symposium and John 15:8-17 helps one better understand the portrait that John portrays of Jesus as the ultimate lover and only way to being fully complete.

I was sitting in third block waiting for the bell to ring when Sabine, Adrian, and a girl I didn’t know walked into the room talking about God knows what. The conversation was quiet, but the three of them were quite animated and into it.