Passion vs Love
“Rama glanced at her whenever a beautiful object caught his eye. Every tint of the sky, every shape of a flower or bud, every elegant form of a creeper reminded him of some aspect or other of Sita’s person.” Here Rama is seen exemplifying the virtue of love, by not just thinking about Sita in a physical way, but seeing her mentally in aspects of nature. In the story, The Ramayana, there are elements of both passion and love, but passion and love are not the same. They evoke two different reactions, passion being negative and love being positive. Passion is stimulated by the visual elements of a person while love is internal and looks at the core beauty of a person.
Passion represents a dark, eerie side of love often described
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Can love exist without passion? Although passion can be an element in love, it is not detrimental that passion exists. There may be moments of passion but love can prevail without the existence of passion. The same goes for passion. Because passion is rooted in different principles than love, it does not rely on love to flourish. Passion can sustain even with the absence of love. As mentioned earlier, passion to me, is seen as a negative. So why is love a positive? In the story we see this love as timeless, spanning through different lives and taking place in different locations. Rama and Sita are connected with this love, which accompanies them in each life. Today, love is an overused, misunderstood love. The once sacred word, has turned into a mere word used interchangeably with other mediocre words such as like. Society still has a solid idea on love, but this idea has been twisted to give love a more casual meaning. The connectedness of Rama and Sita shows a true love, where it is their destiny to be together. Comparing their love with how we view love today shows just how far we have strayed from the idea of tradition love. Love is a mental and physical connection that does not entail multiple emotions that lie in passion. Love is not many emotions, but love produces many emotions. Love acts as a catalyst that evokes feelings, but all these
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...or expression of desires and needs. Passion is not necessarily stable in relationships it can’t be controlled but you can feel how much you are feeling for someone. The final component is decision/commitment which can be a short term commitment, the decision to love a particular person or a long term commitment which is the decision to stay with someone over the long term. We control the amount of commitment we have in a relationship which is important in a long term relationship (Feenstra, 2011).
Love is a powerful emotion that affects everyone at some time in their lives. According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, love is defined as a feeling of strong and constant affection for someone(1). Love can refer to the feelings between a couple in a romantic relationship, or it can refer to the affection one would have with a friend. When love is shown, each person cares about the other. Sometimes, love can be hypnotizing, causing one to do something they would not do normally. In “Gift of Magi” by O Henry and “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe, it shows that love can make one do crazy things.
Love is affection, devotion, passion, desire, warmth, respect or loyalty. You choose. It doesn't really matter which one because they are all forms of love. Some are powerful and demand attention while others are more subtle and just below the surface. In recent years, love has drifted from these subtle levels to the more noticeable ones, namely passion. In my opinion, our society downplays the real necessity for genuine affection. By this I mean that we, as a society, spend so much time focusing on only one level of love (passion) that we tend to neglect and not recognize the need for closeness and trust (friendship). Love is an all-encompassing emotion that can be powerful and demanding, but also rewarding and pleasurable.
What is love? The age-old question arises once more. In truth, a universal definition has not been agreed upon, but generally one can define love as “an indication of adoration” or an “an ineffable feeling of intense attraction shared in interpersonal and sexual relationships.” Love can be directed towards kin, a lover, oneself, nature, or humanity- but regardless that love in an emotional sense is eternal. Some fall into love, and some claim they fall out. Love should be endless, lasting, and pure, but half of the time that love ends up being a sham. There is solid record of this false love- love that is meant to look pure- in the famous writings The Lottery and To His Coy Mistress.
The word “love” has always caught attention with its meanings. There have been many definitions used for this word throughout history, beginning with its start during the ninth century. With the examples of current use(from Urban Dictionary, Twitter, a student survey, a song, and a film) it is obvious that the definition of this word has been lost in translation in many different ways. Looking closely at the synonyms, along with the history and current use, the true definition is clearly seen through a usual worldly haze.