What is Love?

According to Google this was the most searched phrase last year, racking up a lofty 458 million
search results!

What does it mean? a dictionary definition would be 'a strong affection toward another person and/or intense emotional attachment'. Love can bring 'trembling happiness', ecstasy and relieve loneliness.

Jason Silva, performance philosopher and film maker on what is Love

Jason Silva in his enthusiastic, flamboyant style -

Love is immortality

Love is listening to a beautiful song that induces a cathartic emotive transcendence.

Love is Goosebumps

Love is tears that feel like a orgasmic release of energy

Love is infinity, love is what you want to stretch on for ever.

Love is two minds, two souls merging into one and over. It's the possibility of immortality.

Impermanence

Jason Silva -

Perhaps the greatest existential bummer of all is 'entropy'. When were in love there's a sadness to the ecstasy. Beautiful things make us sad because it hints at the exception, a temporary one. The impermanence of beauty and love triggers melancholy.

I'm nostalgic over something I haven't lost yet because I see its transience. How do we respond to this? love harder to adopt Buddhism creed of no attachment?

Dylan Thomas "I will not go quietly into the night but rage against the dying of the light".

We defy entropy and impermanence with our films, our art and our poems. I think we hold onto to each other harder and say 'I will not let go', 'I will not accept the ephemeral (short-lived) nature of this moment'. I'm going to extend it forever, or at least try.

How to Maintain loving relationships

Results from recent studies looking at how long-lasting relationships are sustained found that simple acts of kindness came high on the list. Factors such making your partner feel appreciated - through completing mundane tasks and complimenting your partner underpinned lasting relationships.

Furthermore sharing interests and values also ranked highly among couples, research has shown that this will help to create a deep form of companionship which will grow over time.

And finally, the strength of a relationship is determined by the amount of satisfaction. This is linked with the number of 'stressor factors' participants experience, such as birth of a child, redundancy or new job, etc.

Why is Love important? Because it's good for your health

Scientist have proved that if your married or happily cohabiting, you will experience:

-Less depression

-Healthier heart

-Longer life

-Stronger immune system

For example: Holding your partners hands, touching, looking into their eyes and simply being next to them increases 'oxytocin' levels. This is the 'cuddle hormone' which promotes a feeling of happiness and peacefulness.

I'll end my article on a beautiful quote by Max Muller - 'A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.'