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November 2008 
Love vs Chemistry
Posted on Dec 19th, 2006
by 
Vivek
Vivek
Rilke once said that love is two solitudes that reach out, protect, and greet each other.
This I firmly believe is what true love is. There is another love, a biochemical thing associated
with oxytocin, vasopressin, and so on which is far more common however.
More info here: (Economist article)
I think people frequently get confused between the two.
The love I'm talking about is an inhabitant of the mind, it is not a thing of pure rationality but it has respect for the rational. It is a meeting of souls, a decision to trust in a world where that decision frequently seems mad, it is the warmth of companionship in a world which increasingly only has room for icy superficial relationships.
This I firmly believe is what true love is. There is another love, a biochemical thing associated
with oxytocin, vasopressin, and so on which is far more common however.
More info here: (Economist article)
I think people frequently get confused between the two.
The love I'm talking about is an inhabitant of the mind, it is not a thing of pure rationality but it has respect for the rational. It is a meeting of souls, a decision to trust in a world where that decision frequently seems mad, it is the warmth of companionship in a world which increasingly only has room for icy superficial relationships.
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