What is the true meaning of love and being in love?

Meaning of 'Love' and 'In Love'

Here are opinions:

• Love differs from heart to heart, love can be good and can be bad. To love and be loved is the perefect ingredients to happiness but to love and not be loved will be a darkness in your soul. Being in love is like a drop of water after years of draught, it eases your souls agonies of life. Being in love is a feeling not all humans will experience. So if you have it cherish.......just love it..BIGSAL

• i think love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride; love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it keeps no accounts of wrong; it takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true; love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things. though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

• Love has never been defined since man began, so we have to use our own hearts and minds to decide. Love isn't all about looking at a good looking woman/man and hearing fireworks go off all the time. That's usually physical attraction, but it's normal at the beginning of our relationship. Love is respect, wanting to help that person in any aspect of their lives; protect them from harm's way; knowing that each other will be there 100%; feeling safe with that person; proud of being with them; sharing your hopes and dreams together; and my favorite ... feeling like you can conquer the world together! Knowing you will be together no matter what and continue on until the day you pass away. Now that's love to me!

• The Meaning of Love and being in Love is and this is from my opinion: When two people care for each other so much that they would not let nothing or no one get in there way of being together. And they will go to the end of the world to be with each other and do anything for one another. But no one can explain Love. There is no explantion only what u would call Love.

• well im only 15 but from my opinion of love I just look at me and my boyfriend as a perfect example. Well sometimes we argue and fight but no matter what we always find some kind of way to make up. If you love some one then you trust them, you can count on them when you need them most. Fine things mean nothing but time means everything. You should be able to tell eachother everything. If you never argue then thats not love. And there really is no true definition of love because everyone feels different about the person they love. You can't just speak for everyone. because what i was reading didn't make since to me and this was coming from Adults. But like i said i use me and my boyfriend as the perfect example of love in my eyes. we broke up and went back together 7x in one year and we been together for 2 years. right now we having our differences but trust and believe me we will talk about this and be ok again because no one or nothing is gonna come in our way of love and no one or nothing will ever seperate us.

• The person who said-- You love somebody if you care for them more than you care for yourself. You love somebody when you would rather make them happy then your self happy-- you were absolutely right. Love can be described by that. If your own wants and needs dont matter to you as long as that person is okay, than that is true love

• I believe that love can be described in more ways than one and there sure are different kinds of love you feel for someone but when you can't eat and can't sleep because all you think about is that special someone than you are definately in love. Ever sit on the couch thinking your going to relax and read a book or something and you look down and your on page 10 of the book but because your mind is thinking about the person you just can't seem to get your mind off of you have to go all the way back to page number one.....or you have a date with that special someone and when you glance at him/her for the first time that night your stomach knots with butterflies and you suddenly feel so sick because there's the man(woman) of your dreams standing in front of you....my defintion of love is when you can't wait to see that person again; when you get dropped off at home but run for the phone just so you can hear their voice once again; when you would give anything to be together just five more minutes; you trust them with all of your heart; your comfortable together and know you could talk about anyhting; you are there for each other no matter what good or bad; you stand beside them proudly with confidence and last but definately not least, sharing speacial moments that one day you know will make wonderful memories to look back on and share with the ones you love the most.

• True love is when one cares about someone else's well being as much as one cares about one's own. Making someone else happy is certainly important, and yet one's own happiness in addition to that and as a result of that is what genuinely is true. True love stands together in equality and balance to what is honest, true and caring and not only about romantic love. It is a kindness of heart, soul, and mind. True love can be definited and is also a given, known and reciprocated when two people "share" in it.

• That last post was right on! If we aren't happy with ourselves and tripping over ourselves to always please our partner without expecting anything back, then I don't call this love at all. One thing most of us have made mistakes over is wanting a 100% perfection in relationships and there is no such beast! Love has never been defined because it means different things to different people. Going to bed and making love is only an expression of love, but it's the tough stuff inbetween and sticking together that is the closest to love I've found.

• To me love is putting up with the arguments with that person and arguing your family down for them. Love is always being there but I don't think when you love some one you should love them more than your self because that is totallu unhealty.

• Love is a feeling, an emotion that cannot be explained. Either you feel it or you don't. We call it 'love' because there is no explanation for it. It is not a rational, predetermined action. When you can't rationalize that feeling then you call it love.

• Love has no meaning at all! It is the very essence of our being, It is Life itself. "Infinite Love is all there is, everything else is Illusion". Enjoy it! There is nothing else to do :-).

• "Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast. It is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves. Love never fails!"

• The meaning of love and being loved? I don't think anyone can explain it, love is not something that can be explained it is a feeling that each and everyone should feel at least once in their life (hopefully). Of course it can be expressed but as for explained well it is difficult as everyones love is different. Love is a feeling that only the 2 people involved can understand, and if you don't understand it yet then just wait. Don't try to find a meaning for something which you cant. Love is everywhere it is something to be found and then understand, not explained. There is no explanation that is anywhere near what loving someone and being loved by the same person, truly is.

• I would also like to add a very precise addition to this area that's maybe not so closely associated to the term 'love': I read somewhere that "girls don't want to be the object of adventure only, but rather be part of a joint adventure that the two in a couple can share." So that's a lot like having the feeling of "conquering the world," from above. Maybe that could be called 'freedom' too, which is a highly treasurable feeling to have. Most girls seem to have some pretty good ideas of what they want and maybe more often than not also some ideals for the future. But I do have a theory that love lets many girls become very flexible and often able to adapt to a man who's able to lead. This way, some level of selfishness and target-mindedness can actually become good abilities for a man. I think many girls/ladies may have a life of serial-disappointment if- although they don't know of any alternative sometimes- being forced to attain a "survivor"- role, controlling everything in the lives of a couple, for instance with a man who can't take any initiative. So being kind, sacrificing oneself entirely for the good of another, makes oneself of little value to love.

• I work in a nursing home, where over the years i have seen some of the most touching displays of love. For example, I used to work with a little old lady about age 87 with advanced stage Alzheimer's. She couldn't speak but would still smile at you all day l. Her husband, who was of sound mind, would come every single day, rain or shine, to sit and walk around with her. The person she used to be is completely gone and yet he still is by her side every day. At the risk of sounding maudlin, if thats not true love than I don't know what is. I can only hope to be so lucky one day!

• Love is like a crystal reflecting the sun's rays. Each color represents the love we feel towards another. We may say that purple is the love we feel for our lover. Blue is the color of love we feel towards our children, red towards our family, green towards our friends, etc. Each color is defined by ourself and we create love to be what we wish it to be. But underneath of the reflected colors is pure love, the crystal shining bright, which reflects all of our love. This crystal is the love we create and reflect towards others. Love is always accessible by us, when we seek that inner crystal. Love is an action, it is energy in motion (e-motion), and is not something being done to us, but is rather us being. We often try to say that in order for us to love someone, certain conditions must exist, but love does not rely on those conditions, those conditions are simply a definition we've tried to give to love, but love is beyond that. It's pure, it's unconditional, it's undefinable, it can only be known by the experience of it, and any definition we give to love, is simply only one element of the energy we feel within us and reflect towards another.

• Sometimes whatever small intrigue gained in the beginning turns into your reason "to be", one kiss breaks barriers. Smashing everything and anything you are, you loose yourself in that single moment forgetting where you are, who you are. For only one moment you feel more than you have ever felt, your infractions do not exist. Your doubts are gone...everything, but only one feeling resides in you head. That you have found perfection, bliss and eternity.

• In my opinion love is the great obsession or passion for another sole being. The feeling that you cannot live without them, or you wouldn't imagine a world without them. They also fill you with joy. You even argue with this person, but always seem to get through. You look out for this person, and never let them in harms way. Once you feel that for another person, then you'll know the true meaning of love..

I myself have found this....

That love is the ultimatum between everything. love is what makes the world spin and what also can make your head spin. if you've never been in love than you don't know what i speak of, but that's what love is. when you're truly in love, your head spins, your hearts skips a beat and everything is perfect. when you're with the one you love, you feel like nothing bad can happen to you. when you're with the one you love, you're home. it's perfection. that's what love is to me.

.For me i think that love has no definition. Love is a feeling you have when you are around someone who you are totally comfortable with and makes you feel all weird inside. It's a mushy butterfly (kind of a good throw up feeling) and you just cant control it. You just want to throw your arms around them and never let go. you miss them so much you want to cry. you like them so much you wanna cry. jits a weird but good feeling. and there is no way you can get rid of it. no matter if you break up with someone and find someone new. you may love more than one person at a time. but only you can tell if you yourself are in love ♥ Kristen

• On a darkest night
  looking to the Stars
  I asked to the Heights:
  What love is? Where love is?
  A sweet voice I heard
  coming from the Sky:
  "Just look for it, you will find it..."
  To the Stars I claimed:
  "Thousand times I've tried...:
  Love there is not, illusion is just"
  Then a radiant light
  from the Heights flashed down
  it brightened me up,
  Love has been seeing by me:
  Love is an inner Force
  emanated from hearts:
  it's a noble Virtue
  given to us by God...
  I knelt down, of joy I have cried:
  and I thanked God for this Wonder Love...!
  

• I think love has no definition it is a feeling between two persons they show care, happiness, they will feel comfortable with each other its okay if you sometimes argue with each other because if you did not argue before with your boyfriend then it was not love at all love is understanding not just that you look perfect with each other love is when you don't care about people talks because you just chose to live with that person its okay if you broke up and love again life continue and you can find true love only 1 time in your life or maybe 3 times but its okay if you broke up because the end of a story is a beginning of a new story love has no age don't talk and say I did not love and I am 19 years old look at her she is 14 and she have a boyfriend because sooner or later you will have your true love so just life your life and don't think that much because you are going to have to find that love which you are searching for. Love is when you do anything for that special someone when you argue or fight with all people just because you want that person. So, for me, love has no meaning or definition. It is just a feeling, a kind of need and understanding between 2 souls. Love is two bodies acting in one soul.

Psychological Answer

(because everyone did mushy stuff already)

Being in love is Infatuation that someone experiences for another person after it becomes a sense of security which is often built by trust, comfortability, and excitement.

True love is the sense of security one preserves from their object of desire. their target offers the individual a range of emotions that the person feels they require, be it hope, happiness, courage, etc.

Unfortunately these feelings do not always last long, then becomes a sense of familiarity, comfortability and routine.

Meaning of 'love' has many interpretations (as seen above). From my understanding love is about being true to oneself. If this is the emotion of the highest purity then how can it not make us be free, liberated, safe about being ourselves? Love is paradoxical. It is dependent on the people involved but surely it should make us feel better about ourselves and be able to discover out depths. We are limitless.. to such magnitude that we need a companion to discover what is within.. love should do that. Rather than being adaptive, compromising, accommodating, forgiving etc which in any case a good human would do for each other (in some cases) should we not expect 'love' to free us from all these boundaries? If this is a transcendental emotion, then I would imagine it would break the shackles than impose more of its own.

First answer by Marcy. Last edit by Navidita. Contributor trust: 2 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 223 [recommend question]

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