tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1864693920424946435..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: What Is Love?Assistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-9398718075522190662010-05-14T12:36:06.882-04:002010-05-14T12:36:06.882-04:00The notion of decreasing direct experience of God ...The notion of decreasing direct experience of God as life unfolds is something that many of the seminarians I know have spoken about. They tell me that their spiritual directors often discuss this with them. Certainly, it has been true in my own experience. The reaction at first is to ask "where the hell did You go?"<br /><br />I had not considered the notion of revelation by subtraction. It's an interesting idea and it does ring true. I suppose that much of the experience of revelation is subtractive. It isn't simply what you're shown directly. It involves illusions that fall away.Dr Xhttp://drx.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-15951143074064955852010-05-13T23:38:37.193-04:002010-05-13T23:38:37.193-04:00I should add that yes, I read the post. But the co...I should add that yes, I read the post. But the comments seem to be trying to answer to several kinds of love at once, and leaving out others.<br />For instance - love as an act of will. Hmmmm. This must be from a man who is old enough to know that there is more to love than the urgent itchings of the adolescent body, but still young enough to be more confident in his own powers than is perhaps warranted.<br />At least when it comes to affection and eros. See. It matters which kind of love we are talking about.Dubbahdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-82518199987952332492010-05-13T23:34:15.306-04:002010-05-13T23:34:15.306-04:00Ummm...with a nod to Lewis, i would humbly ask...w...Ummm...with a nod to Lewis, i would humbly ask...which love are we talking about?<br />It affects the answer to the question.Dubbahdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-48442587353323591142010-05-12T23:53:09.973-04:002010-05-12T23:53:09.973-04:00Once upon a time, I heard a recording of some rap ...Once upon a time, I heard a recording of some rap by a Christian group. (I don't listen to rap much...in retrospect, this group was the slowest set of rappers I ever heard. But I digress.)<br /><br />The recording was titled <i>Luv is a Verb</i>.<br /><br />I don't claim to know what love is; I have only one dead relationship to my credit. But I know that love is defined by actions, not feelings.<br /><br />And I know that feelings can get in the way of clear thinking.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-31814610141559871812010-05-12T19:31:06.944-04:002010-05-12T19:31:06.944-04:00Love is an act of the will.Love is an act of the will.GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-59349512651381186452010-05-11T18:11:51.113-04:002010-05-11T18:11:51.113-04:00Katherine, You should definitely take credit for &...Katherine, You should definitely take credit for "having the law written on your heart."Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1794167185863751792010-05-11T16:27:42.257-04:002010-05-11T16:27:42.257-04:00I am terribly embarrassed and ashamed to admit tha...I am terribly embarrassed and ashamed to admit that this weekly mass going catholic mom didn’t KNOW I was paraphrasing the bible.<br /><br />So should I feel ever lasting shame at my ignorance, or should I allow in a small scintilla of hope that the lesson, if not the chapter and verse, appears to have been learned?<br /><br />I like S.S.’s comment too.<br /><br />KatherineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-15972036524575705062010-05-11T14:17:53.307-04:002010-05-11T14:17:53.307-04:00Love is when another person's happiness become...Love is when another person's happiness becomes essential to your own.S.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08844855638202553654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-89848140997483642282010-05-11T01:04:18.669-04:002010-05-11T01:04:18.669-04:00I think Katherine cheated by paraphrasing Paul'...I think Katherine cheated by paraphrasing Paul's letter to the Philippians. :)boxtynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-18991910205854399952010-05-10T21:32:09.638-04:002010-05-10T21:32:09.638-04:00It is rather simple really.
Love is wanting what ...It is rather simple really.<br /><br />Love is wanting what is best for another person, regardless of ones own desires.<br /><br />Lust is merely wanting the other person to satisfy one's own desires.<br /><br />KatherineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-28272512656911141772010-05-10T20:48:48.677-04:002010-05-10T20:48:48.677-04:00Love is...not being embarrassed or self-conscious ...Love is...not being embarrassed or self-conscious with someone, not fearing their disapproval, and trusting...that they will generally give you the benefit of the doubt when you blow it.....and vice versa.<br /><br />True...it's hard to get away from Hallmark-y sentiments....but that's why they sell millions of cards I guess.<br /><br />Re: revelation by subtraction. Reading that really hit me square in the head. <br /><br />I understood the term immediately, although the word "revelation" conjures up all kinds images that I wouldn't apply to myself.<br /><br />I've had many subtractions lately, but there is still something there. I can't name it, but I feel it.terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399706958844399216noreply@blogger.com