What does the heart really have to do with love?
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The ancients considered the heart the center of both emotion and intelligence. The connection between the heart and emotions is derived from that early false belief. Incidentally, that belief left them with the problem of what the purpose of the brain might be. A common theory was that the brain was a cooling mechanism for the blood.
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the shakespeare play "romeo and juliet" was based on love, which can be linked to the heart, which is sometimes thought of as the "love muscle"
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Based on what I think love is ... I think it's a connection between both.\n\nTrue Love ....\n\nIt's as mysterious as the stars it was written on, as elusive. It is everything it's hyped about to be. It's worth taking every risk, it's worth fighting for, and the problem is if you don't risk all then you risk even more. Love is kind of an elixir that lures us out of reality and into the realm of fantasy. It's like a drug creating an altered state of consciousness.\n\nLove is the moment when an unfavorable act becomes favorable, when you make excuses for some one else's mistakes, when you learn to tolerate, when you learn acceptance, when sacrificing becomes the beauty of life. \n\nIt's the courage to tell the truth especially when you believe its unspeakable.\n\nIt's the time when seeing some one, being seen by some one and thinking about some one feels good, when you learn to find happiness in the smallest of moments.\n\nThat's love--when you learn to put down your ego and love some one more than that.\n\nLove is forgetting your self and remembering some one else. \n\nLove is choosing your partner exactly as he is, and supporting him in his choices. It's honoring your partner's truth and wanting best for him.\n\nIt's not controlling or possessing but rather respecting and trusting.\n\nIt does not mean owning some one, getting some one, rather it means being happy in your loved one's happiness.\n\nLove means living without judgments. It means treasuring your beloved and never taking him for granted. \n\nLove means being able to forgive and learning to give more then you get. It means reaching out when you don't want to, communicating rather than assuming and asking questions rather than jumping to conclusions.\n\nIt means working things out rather than fighting, fighting rather than leaving, and staying through the hurts and disappointments, knowing that through commitment all can be healed. \n\nFalling in love is like being enveloped in a magical cloud. The air feels fresher, the flowers smell sweeter, food tastes more delectable, and the stars shine more brightly at night. You feel light and lofty as though you are floating through life, and your problems and challenges suddenly seem insignificant and easily surmountable. Your body feels alive, your skin tingles and you awaken in the morning with a smile on your face. You are suspended in a state of supreme delight.\n\nLove is a feeling and an action that arises from the most primal place within us. Making a relationship however, is a process that is learned. A relationship is the vessel that carries the precious cargo of love through time.\n\nRelationships are like a precious antique lamp; it takes a little polish and some effort to restore it to its valuable condition. A relationships love and luster will only improve with age if you continually give it the care that keeps it beautiful. But once you uncover its essential beauty it will bring you joy for years to come.\n\nAfter having said all this I want to say that you have to make the decision on your own, on one hand love is magic, on the other it's time tested relationship worked hard and furiously at.
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Well for me, it was just something i knew in my heart. Everytime i saw this person my heart would skip a beat and for some reason, i always had to smile when i saw him. There really isnt a how-to to true love. If you feel it with all your heart and soul that you really and truely love this person, then that is your true feelings.
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u r true,love is really somethine divine,since its source is  ur heart,the abode of god. and it can't be with the material things,its spritual.
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There is no such thing as real love. Because love is there if you work on it. If you love with pure heart thats real love for you.
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love is an inner soul feeling about a person,whom u feel is best n with whom u can spend ur life,yes there r love at first site coz a person is always thinking of a partner who is best in all n any person whom we interact first time acts same as we thought in our minds then we fall in love with him/her the very first time.n true love never fails thats my challenge!
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The meaning of life is to love.
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It goes back to Aristotle in the 400's BC ! He thought that the heart was the basis of emotions.  This notion kind of stuck around, as you have pointed out.
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There really is no perfect answer to this question for any one person.  It's something that definitely can be overplayed.  My personal opinion is if it always comes from the heart, then it's all good ... otherwise, why bother?
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I believe we decide to love other people. What we think of as love or the way we feel when we're in love is really just a lot of chemicals playing tricks on us. To really love someone and to commit to them it has to be a conscious decision or we'll give in to an illusion and it won't last.
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I think that your feelings are the only thing that really matter in this life,what would life be without a heart and love?if you love someone enough and are willing to meet half way on religion and culture and respect eachother I think you will have a beautiful relationship and a happy life together
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Love is all the states of mind put together into a complex state of bliss...in love one can feel every emotion intensified. Like states of mind which come and go, love does not easily come and easily go, it adheres to all tests of time and patience.
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Generally in cinema romantic love is like a theme park-everything is perfect. People aren't plagued by problems, the rides are non-stop fun.  It's an illusion (real theme parks are not that way from the inside). This is why people get the idea that love should be like riding a ferris wheel all the time. Lots of fun.\n\nIn real life, love is like a garden-the end result can be beautiful, but you have to pull a lot of weeds, baby some things, ignore others, basically know what you are doing to get the desired end result.  Sometimes it doesn't work out like you plan, but you end up the wiser for it. It's lots of work, for little result at times-but other times, it is relatively low-maintenence.
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To make room for the heart.
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Love is an attachment to something/someone. It's the desire to be with someone. I believe that there isn't One True Love or a Soulmate. Anybody can be with anyone. It just depends how much your personalities match and what you are willing to put up with. If you find someone with the same habits/hobbies/outlook on life, then chances are you will both enjoy each others company and continue a relationship, where love forms. It is possible to love someone without them loving you back. It's your desicion. But true love is when that person loves you the same amount that you love them. :)\n\n\nREPLY:\nI didn't say there wasn't True Love. I said there wasn't "One True Love". Anyone can be with anyone. And I have found True Love.
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there is really no right answer to your question, the only thing i can say is that when you are truly in love you will feel it in your heart. love isnt anything to take lightly, but when you are in love you will feel it everytime you see him/her, or hear their voice.