Is Love and Obsession the same thing? or does Love lead to Obsession? many people say they love someone but they don't mean it, they only say it because they feel they're expected to, so this may be the reason why it is difficult to say what Love is, or what it does to people...
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Most human beings confuse Love with attachment. That is they become attached to the object of their love. Love is not attachment, love is always free and without demands, conditions or expectations. Obsession on the other hand is a form of attachment. Love has nothing to do with obsession. When you truly love someone you do not need to cling to them or be attached to them. Genuine love means that you will always feel love for the person no matter where they are or where they go, and you wish for their highest happiness, even if that means you are apart from them. Yes people who truly love may be alone, but that is because they have no need to cling to others for emotional gratification. They experience love in every moment of every day, because it is in everything and everyone, it is everywhere and there is no need to grasp after it. There is no separation in this vibration. There is no other. There no ego. Only and endless ocean of love. Most relationships are based on desirous attachment. Love is where you accept everything and everyone for what it is, and can be one with anything that exists, because in actuality you share the same heart. There is no need therefore to possess, control, make demands or have expectations, because you feel one with the Love that is in everything without limitation. Love frees you therefore, it does not bind you to any person or any thing.
Having said all that, Love mixed with attachment is not necessarily a bad thing. It is a learning experience, and in some cases can be beneficial for all involved. Obsession on the other hand, always leads to a bad place, one way or another.
I found something that I thought was interesting... http://intro2psych.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/love-obsession-and-chem...
If one is romantically attached to the mother, one will be more likely to hunt for both the mother and the child. The obsessive nature of love that...
and it stops there because my school blocked the website, but it makes me think that a man in love and obsessed with a woman will risk his life to hunt for food and protect her from harm, he would feel the need to do whatever it takes to do this, but If a man says he "Loves" a woman, but is not really obsessed with her, he would hesitate, and he wouldn't feel the survival instincts as strongly....
I guess that depends on how much you "love" this person or thing. For example; I love the color Blue, but I don't paint my house blue, or my rooms or buy everything "blue". Therefore, I love blue but am not obsessed with it.
but if you love someone or something enough, wouldn't you be obsessed with them or it? or is Love now the same thing as hate, or indifference...?
Hmm, well it's a bit confusing to compare Love and Hate as being the same for to me, they are worlds apart. Let me give you another example. My wife and I have been married for almost 36 years. We have "loved" each other since day one. Through the good and the bad. We are almost like opposites (hence the saying "opposites attract").
Now, if I followed her around everywhere, sent her a text every 5 minutes, bought her flowers every day, even she and others may say I am "obsessed". Even though I do not do these things she and others around us know that we "love" each other. Now this is my own personal opinion, I feel obsession is very close to Idolization.
Just my thought Brother
ob·ses·sion/əbˈseSHən/
love (lv)
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Well, there you go my brother. It appears you have found the answer :) A short definition for "obsessed" and many definitions for "love". I can't help but notice however that out of all the definitions for "love" the word "obsessed" is not mentioned.
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but I did find:
A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
..they are 2 complete different things... Love is Allowing.... Obsession is Controlling....
you say Love is Allowing, but let's say you've been in a relationship for a long time, and for some reason the other person decides to leave you... you say "I love this person, so I'll allow them to leave" well you must not have loved them very much then... :P
another thing is if someone is obsessed with someone, wouldn't they want to do things so the person they're obsessed with would want to spend as much time as possible with them? they might know that being controlling would drive the person away, so they can decide to not be controlling and still be obsessed with the person