March 22, 2009
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Love is the Greatest Power
Love is the only power that has no way to be countered. For an example of another type of power, suppose I want to hurt you by gossiping about you. Then you can counter it by talking to all your friends, or you can start another rumor against me. Lots of options, because gossiping is so weak.
You can’t do anything against love though, because all I want is your happiness. If you are happy, it will make me happy too. If you want you can try hurting yourself, and that will make me sad, but it will hurt you more than it hurts me. All love wants is you to be happy, and so the only way to hide from it is to pretend it doesn’t exist, pretend it’s fake, or run away.
You can do nothing against love, there’s no way to control it, manipulate it. What will you do, withhold sex from me? That’s ok, I don’t want to do it with someone who doesn’t want to. Will you gossip about me? You can if you want, but it won’t make you happy, so it’s strange that you’d want to. Besides, I know how to defend myself against it.
The only thing you can do at all is love me back, want my happiness unconditionally. That is something I have no defense against. Not unfortunately.
Comments (15)
You know, it’s really amazing how people don’t understand this sometimes. When you love someone, you want that person to be happy, whether or not that happiness includes you. (Of course, it’s always nicer when it does.) But it seems like some people don’t understand that, and think you are going to try to force yourself on them or something. And, really, I think that when you truly love someone, you wouldn’t do that — you wouldn’t do anything that s/he obviously doesn’t want.
What love do you meant? If it is “Man and Woman” love, I already rejected that out from my void heart.
@Murazrai -
No, I am talking about man-woman love.
@IfonEarth -
You make it sound so easy.
When someone makes you wildly excited, happy and basically rocks your world, it can be hard to sort out your feelings of what is good for them and what is your own selfishness. It can hurt.
@phantomFive - Maybe because it’s sometimes easier and sometimes harder. Or maybe it’s because I’m accustomed to detaching myself and (over-)analyzing the situation from multiple points of view before I allow myself to speak, let alone act. I think it becomes fairly clear what actions would harm the person, and what actions will let them be happy.
Unfortunately, I know all too well how it can hurt. People who know about what has happened have told me that I’m too sacrificing and that I need to be more selfish and not just do everything to make him happy while making myself miserable. Neh. It happens.
@phantomFive -
Well, we meant the same thing, I guess, just using different terms. Seriously, I don’t believe in that and I don’t need that kind of love.
@Murazrai -
It’s ok, I am talking about real love, not the fake love people sometimes talk about when they say love. It is different.
@IfonEarth -
lol you sound pretty well adjusted.
@phantomFive -
I don’t need that too. I’m trying to ensure that I won’t need that forever.
@Murazrai -
You can do so, that is possible, but it will come at a great cost.
By the way, the best love is when you love other people, not when you are hoping they love you. If you need other people to love you, as you said, then you’ll be in trouble. The problem is when you close your heart to everyone, then you will suffer.
@phantomFive -
Despite what I give to others is not love, but sometimes they feel it as love. I walk my own path, which others won’t understand and go with. Don’t worry to much, I get used to that. But then, after I pay the grat cost, I’ll be a strong man who can fight alone until death.
@Murazrai -
What do you give to others?
@phantomFive -
Help, commitment and devotion.
@phantomFive - Not at all. Just naïve.
“A being of infinite light and truth.”
I dig this. COMPLETELY.
Thank you for your interest in my mother’s project. Definitely a subject that needs some light shined on it for the world to see. I am excited it about and many, many people are interested.