On Love: It's Pursuit in Material Culture As a Cure for Lack of Meaning

Psalm of the Platapus, the rather meandering musings of Mae, aka Siberianveggies, poses some questions for her readers to ponder about love in the excerpt below. Got any thoughts, pop on over there. -gw

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August 22, 2006 by Chino's Art, some rights reserved

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Wherefore, wed Thou in the heaven of Thy mercy these two birds of the nest of Thy love, and make them the means of attracting perpetual grace. —‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 107.

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Speaking of love, i've been thinking about it a lot lately, the man and woman kind. Any thoughts on what love means to you, or society? How love should be pursued? The Baha'i writings say love must come with detachment, so we can examine our partner's traits (and our own) objectively to decide our suitability for marriage. By contrast, it seems that secular material culture sees love as the ultimate form of attachment, and the final cure for lack of meaning and any other problem for that matter. It's almost like a replacement for religion in some ways. Thoughts?
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Mae (siberianveggies) wrote, @ 2006-08-21 10:48:00, LiveJournal