What is love about?
The definition of love (in Greek)
Eros, Philia, Agape, Thelema, Storge

You have a choice. Eros is a spontaneous gift that just happens, but you choose to love. In choosing love, work deep within to keep streaming about love. This takes work. Remember, you brain works on associative memory relating past events and people that in turn trigger emotional chemicals in your body-mind. This is where the work comes in, as you start to understand your history then your history does not run you. This is not to say you must dwell on the past; rather, you need an awareness of where you have come from.

When you choose to jump from one partner to another, you may be confusing the difference between love and Eros. Many times when you are in a relationship and say, I don't love you anymore," you may really mean, "I don't have Eros for you anymore." You learned that you were infatuated with the ideal image of a past person, ideal, or event. You may have gotten past the lust chemistry of your biological urges. The fact is you never got to true love in the first place.

You may have lots of Eros and sexuality, but you are fl at and you continually want more. You are dissatisfied because you don't have love, so you move on.
In the world, the English language, for historical reasons, is the language most used as the common denominator for communications. The English language only has one word for about love. Older civilizations and other languages have more than one word for a single English word. Eskimos, for example, have numerous words to mean different types of the word snow. The Hawaiians have the words "A'a" and "Pahoehoe" for the one word lava. In the roots of the ancient Greek language there are fi ve words that only translate to the English word love:

1. Eros
2. Philia
3. Agape
4. Thelema
5. Storge

Eros - is the sensual, spontaneous desire described above. The spontaneous chemistry does not necessarily led to a sexual relationship. It can be also be an appreciation for another person or have a "more than a friend" but not necessarily a lover connotation. There are even fi ner linguistically distinct meanings that can be discussed beyond the scope of this writing for Eros and the other ancient Greek words for love.

Philia - is the love "friendship" in Modern Greek. Philia is a virtue of loyalty to friends, family, and society as a whole. It is the platonic love-friendship of equality between people. Agape - means love in modern day Greek. Agape would be the closest translation to the English word love. The Ancient Greeks used it mean a general affection for people and things. It is the feeling of love in more general terms. For example, you may say, "I love the Red Sox," "I love that blouse," or "I just loved that dinner last night".

Thelema - is love desire in modern Greek. Where agape is the love of things, thelema is the desire to do some activity or event, or to love being busy doing a task. For example, you may say, "I love my job," "I just love playing tennis," or "I love driving that car." Agape is the love of a noun while thelema is the love of a verb.

Storge - is love affection in modern Greek. Storge is the natural affection that is felt by parents for their children. It is a word exclusively for those in the same family. Love in the context of the English language is a choice. You have the will to love or not to love. You may have the thought of attracting a loving life partner. True love would be the Philia plus Agape plus Eros to form a relationship. And have the will or Thelelma to choose to take action or you will not attain a result.

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