Tuesday 31 March 2015

I can proof to you that love exists

Google 'Does love exist' and it will be immediately obvious that the debate is open. Some scientists say no, arguing that the human being is essentially an animal and not designed for monogamous existence. Surely scientists know better, but maybe not.

Another Google search this time for "monogamous animals" and one can find that more than a couple of
species form life long bonds. The furry, tree-swinging gibbon doesn't monkey around with a lot of partners in its 35- to 40-year lifespan. It's usually "'til death do us part" for wolves. After mating, beavers spend as much time maintaining their relationships as they do their dams and lodges.Some 90 percent of birds are socially monogamous. Even in the animal kingdom not every relationship is perfect. Cheating, breakups, and remarriage all occur within the animal community. Sexting and online dating, however, do not. Yet.

Perhaps the most tangible evidence of love is that it can be “seen”. It may surprise many that advances in neuroscience make this possible. According to the Times Online, scientists studied the brain scans of couples who were in love, after showing those individuals pictures of their loved ones.


The brain scans showed  that viewing the pictures of their loved ones produced chemical reactions in the brain. Even more fascinating is that the brain scans of some individuals who were together for 20 years or more showed similar chemical reactions to individuals that had recently fallen in love! This signals  that love can very well be maintained over extended periods of time.

If you are not convinced don't worry, a Google search for 'definition of love' returned more than 320 million results in less than a second. “How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?” — Albert Einstein. If Einstein could not do it then I will not be presumptuous to claim I have the definition. 

Perhaps it is not meant to be defined but experienced. Perhaps in world were we demand proof beyond reasonable doubt we confuse the issues, and confuse marriage, friendship, monogamy, etc., with love. I'm not saying they are not related but perhaps love just is. In an era when we tend to chose the path of least resistance we tend to forget that there is good because there is evil, otherwise how could we compare. Similarly with love, it does not have to be forever nor it has to be once in a lifetime. Love is experience which is wonderful, enjoy it and 'Don't worry about the future Or know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum' Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen).

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