What is Love? [Day 1]
Love is one of the most profound emotions we experience as humans. It’s bigger than us, meaning, though we can invite it into our lives, but we do not have the control over the how, when, and where love starts to express itself.
Love is the most powerful emotion a human being can experience. The word "love" is not the same as one’s feeling of love. The word “love” is used and abused for the expression of different sets of feelings. The word “love” also expresses a human virtue that is based on compassion, affection and kindness. This is a state of being, that has nothing to do with something or someone outside yourself. This is the purest form of Love.
The ancient Greek used 7 words to define the different states of love:
Storge: natural affection, the love you share with your family. Philia: the love that you have for friends.
Eros: sexual and erotic desire kind of love (Pertaining to marriage). Agape: this is the Unconditional Love, or Divine Love.
Ludus: this is playful love, like childish love or flirting.
Pragma: long standing love. (The love in married couples). Philautia: the love of the self (negative or positive).