Judaism is a religion centered on loving our neighbors, loving G-d and using this love to direct action towards goodness. But what is love? And how does love connect us to the natural world?
Nice piece. How do you think about self-love? Your definition of love is big on how we relate to systems and objects outside the self, so Iām curious how love for the self fits into that framework, if at all. Would we be better off just calling self-love something else entirely?
I think defining love may be useful in terms of understanding ourselves and our world, but I don't think that an individual can ever really define their love for other things, and certainly not their love for other people (or pets š¤·āāļø). It's just something we feel, and we can examine its impact on ourselves and our society (ecology?) to try to glean some understanding of ~it~.
Nice piece. How do you think about self-love? Your definition of love is big on how we relate to systems and objects outside the self, so Iām curious how love for the self fits into that framework, if at all. Would we be better off just calling self-love something else entirely?
First of all, I can't not read "dear reader" in the Lady Whistledown voice (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs9r1UbmFAI&t=6s). Very comforting.
I think defining love may be useful in terms of understanding ourselves and our world, but I don't think that an individual can ever really define their love for other things, and certainly not their love for other people (or pets š¤·āāļø). It's just something we feel, and we can examine its impact on ourselves and our society (ecology?) to try to glean some understanding of ~it~.