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Angel-likeDevil

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Posted: 13 years ago

#11

Originally posted by: seoulbeats

My argument however does have an exception.

It's the love of a mother for her child. I think that only this love is unconditional, maybe eternal even...However it stems from the fact that the child is her own flesh and blood and while self love is not limitless the love one has for the extension of self is...

I sorta agree. Because, I havent really experienced 'love'..had few crushes, mostly celebs lol, but yes. I agree with this 100 %

I honestly think that, a mother-father's love for their own child is... pure unconditional. It's something too sacred in my eyes.

Just seeing my parents smile, call my name and hug me when I come back home after a tiring day is... :') Nothing beats a mother/father - child love.

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Freethinker112

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Posted: 13 years ago

#12

Originally posted by: seoulbeats
The funny thing is that the love we have for ourselves, even that is not limitless. The most difficult thing in this world is not to love another being but one's own self. We live with our thought and our actions, we know our own truths and after knowing all that it is hard to embrace ourselves yet at some point start loving our self.But then it isn't unconditional or ever present.We love and then we stop and then we start again. But it can't be an unbroken chain, there has to be some stops, punctuation marks if you may...

I disagree with that. We love ourselves the most. Our survival and our happiness, that is the most basic drive that takes us through the life.

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Freethinker112

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Posted: 13 years ago

#13

Originally posted by: seoulbeats
It's the love of a mother for her child. I think that only this love is unconditional, maybe eternal even...However it stems from the fact that the child is her own flesh and blood and while self love is not limitless the love one has for the extension of self is...

That also has exceptions. You must have heard of young mothers throwing born child into dustbins because they don't want them. Yes, it is rare but it happens. And many times I have seen mothers dominating and manipulating their sons, not for his happiness but their own.

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Freethinker112

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Posted: 13 years ago

#14

Originally posted by: seoulbeats
Love, at the point at which it exists, may be selfless. But I don't believe it to be endless...

I think there are some people who love a person till they die. That is endless.

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seoulbeats

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Posted: 13 years ago

#15

Originally posted by: Freethinker112

I think there are some people who love a person till they die. That is endless.

A la Romeo Juliet?

A person may die while loving someone and with them ends the love...

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seoulbeats

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Posted: 13 years ago

#16

Originally posted by: Freethinker112

I disagree with that. We love ourselves the most. Our survival and our happiness, that is the most basic drive that takes us through the life.

We are all searching for happiness or contentment. Agreed.But that doesn't mean we love ourselves at all points. I, for one, have hated myself sometimes for the kind of acts that I did or the words that I said. My love breaks and then picks it self up and I start all over...

Edited by seoulbeats - 13 years ago

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Freethinker112

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Posted: 13 years ago

#17

Originally posted by: Angel-likeDevil

I honestly think that, a mother-father's love for their own child is... pure unconditional. It's something too sacred in my eyes.

I also thought so and hoped so. But that's not the reality I see. Parents, especially in India, are ready to sacrifice the happiness of their child to save their so called "ijjat". There are many examples ranging from foeticide to forced arranged marriages, etc. Honor killings are the proof that they are even ready to kill. That is selfish.

BTW, don't take this as an attack on your parents. Many parents are like yours, loving unconditionally. But unfortunately, not all of them are.

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seoulbeats

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Posted: 13 years ago

#18

Originally posted by: Freethinker112

That also has exceptions. You must have heard of young mothers throwing born child into dustbins because they don't want them. Yes, it is rare but it happens. And many times I have seen mothers dominating and manipulating their sons, not for his happiness but their own.

I can't refute that however I just wanted to say that unconditional love does exist in this form...

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Freethinker112

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Posted: 13 years ago

#19

Originally posted by: seoulbeats
A la Romeo Juliet?

A person may die while loving someone and with them ends the love...

Not a big fan of romantic novels. I am actually talking about loving couples who grow old together, though I guess you can also count the example of Romeo and Juliet.

I think when we say endless, that means till the person dies because after he is dead how can he love? Endless means it didn't end while he/she was alive.

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Freethinker112

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Posted: 13 years ago

#20

Originally posted by: seoulbeats
We are all searching for happiness or contentment. Agreed.But that doesn't mean we love ourselves at all points. I, for one, have hated myself sometimes for the kind of acts that I did or the words that I said. My love breaks and then picks it self up and I start all over...

You may get upset at yourself but i don't think one ever stops loving themselves. Otherwise, why will one live? At those times also you will justify your acts to yourself, blaming others or your environment because on the inside all of us want to believe that we are a good person.