Infinity
Was reminded of a discussion with a friend on love...
She: I just love this friend of mine, a lot, but I'm not "in love" with him.
Me: OK??? Wat's the difference?
She: When you love someone, there is a certain amount of compassion you have for that person, but when you are "in love" with someone, he/she is the centre of your own little universe.
Me:So where exactly do the people who you love but are not "in love" with, feature in this universe?
She: Its like this, the person you are "in love" with is at the center of your universe and the others are like in circles with varying degrees of compassion around that center. Like a slice of an onion.
Me: So the person I "love" the least, is on the outermost rim?
She: There you go. That's perfect!!!
Me: But then, is love not like a Boolean, you either love or you don't. How can you love less or more?
She: You will know when you are "in love" with someone...
Makes me wonder... just what would happen to a circle if you removed the center?? What if there was no point of reference? no way to measure the radius of love or compassion...
I could not find the answer in physics or on Wiki...
I implored myself to think beyond the center and there it was...
She: I just love this friend of mine, a lot, but I'm not "in love" with him.
Me: OK??? Wat's the difference?
She: When you love someone, there is a certain amount of compassion you have for that person, but when you are "in love" with someone, he/she is the centre of your own little universe.
Me:
She: Its like this, the person you are "in love" with is at the center of your universe and the others are like in circles with varying degrees of compassion around that center. Like a slice of an onion.
Me: So the person I "love" the least, is on the outermost rim?
She: There you go. That's perfect!!!
Me: But then, is love not like a Boolean, you either love or you don't. How can you love less or more?
She: You will know when you are "in love" with someone...
Makes me wonder... just what would happen to a circle if you removed the center?? What if there was no point of reference? no way to measure the radius of love or compassion...
I could not find the answer in physics or on Wiki...
I implored myself to think beyond the center and there it was...
posted by LeeB at 12/04/2008 10:53:00 PM
5 Comments:
I guess you are speaking here about unconditional love.... with everyone...
I guess you are speaking here about unconditional love.... with everyone...
:) thats just the beginning...
very interesting discussion..i won't even give my two bits on it, bcos the thing with love is, everytime u think u got it all figured out, something new comes ur way and u realise u can't fit it in the centre, the periphery or even the circle at all...its irrelevant to define things like that...
Aurora... That is a point well made.
In fact, you and I are essentially talking about the same thing. i.e. removal of the definite (a point of referece for the circle). One will never be sure if he/she figured it out at all. Experience has thought me that.
That apart, the only difference here is that I am not talking just about people.
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