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I'll open a thread on love so the conversation can go on there

Exactly! It's all relative from degree to degree, within extremes/extremities, of (whatever the check we are referencing).

Lol, you are kind to let both the worms and I off the hook.

Totality .... of self

:) lol, thanks I can agree, mostly, but it is useful to understand our emotional mind too - the best we can. The group of five I put up are from a neuro-psychologist I know and are, from what I've understood, base emotions. Other emotions stem from there and some we think are emotions are...

Can we move on ... it's a bad sentence I cannot take back :(

I really wish I could delete my sentence. It makes sense to me but not anyone else because it was an add on/after thought, with a context I did not explain, to the other post I made on page 2. It's a bad sentence exemplifying what I was trying to say in the very worst of ways. I'd rather...

I may be misinterpreting how I read and botching what I write, but that doesn't mean I don't understand. I hope you're not being quick to judge or unmoveable in seeing the perspective of an other because - that is not love.

hmm, I've reread from my first post here onward.... I think my head is off a bit today. Disregard whatever. I'll start fresh when I'm feeling more with it. I quit smoking 5 days ago so the scattered thinking should pass soon.

And yes, empathy is "your capacity to take on anothers emotions" in a way.

Empathy isn't derived of sadness. I just imagined in that example that I felt compassion due to someone's sadness.... hmm, my hubby had issue with my example sentence too. Let's see. When I love someone I act according to what I feel - warmth, care, admiration, anticipation, acceptence...

Interesting stuff. I'll have to do some research. The last of the epic blood moons comes this spring.

Love would be the action you take after a compassionate thought, derived from empathy (a form of sadness)

Cannot entirely disagree. But, FYI, psychologically we have five emotions and love is not one of them. Love is a verb; it's something you do - an action, not an emotion or feeling! Your five feelings/emotions are happiness, fear, sadness, pain and anger. We experience, then feel, then think...

There you are... was starting to feel you were sputtering to no one in particular, not the OP nor as response to me.... all things can be considered programing/conditioning. Our objects of love and hate are programed no less than our language, our world view, or our ability to be flexible (or...

Umm, yeah ... tis da reason for mediation and why Buddhist follow the precepts ... anyway, your first statement captured the essence of what I was saying.

Philosophical truth

I wrote a similar yin yang comparison in a thread just now, lol.... okay, I remember now *bows*

I have some knowledge on the Tao and I totally love it. I don't mind conversation regarding it at all. Offers there any time. <- love these emo-cons

I did, right after signing up a week ago. For me, that was a lifetime ago because I quit smoking on the first. I do recall you mentioning the hyphen now though. I'll go re-read it