Why We Pursue Love: Understanding Its Roots in Human Nature
1.
2. human beings seem to learn
only by two major life forces:
pain and love
3. Why we constantly
continue our pursuit of
love?
Love is rooted in the
human nature.
Love is a natural goal
that can be accom-
plished and can be
learned. Love is a
drive, a necessity, an
e s c a p a b l e n e e d .
Love has no other
desire but to fulfill
itself.
L o v e i s a h u m a n
unavoidable attribute.
The real essence of
love is..
6. what are my qualities
and skills? what are my
virtues and vices? what
are my dark sides?
Be sure that everybody
has dark sides. Don’t be
afraid of your dark
sides. Accept them.
Know yourself - who am I
Dive into your abyss! Only the descent into the hell of
self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness
(Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804)
7. Try to understand the
r e a s o n s w h y y o u
behave as you do.
Evaluate correctly the
role of the others and
yours in shaping who
you are now.
Forgive them, forgive
their errors, forgive if
t h e y w e r e a b s e n t ,
neglectful or aggressive
or if they did not fulfill
your needs.
Forgive yourself.
Know yourself - why am I so
8. The process of self-knowing is
risky and dangerous, albeit
necessary.
We cannot remain always
children (Freud). We have to
go out of the cave.
To love yourself you must - meet yourself
9. self-knowledge
1. the time dimension
2. the silence dimension
3. the desert dimension -
the loneliness dimension
4. the emptiness dimension -
the freedom dimension
5. the nature dimension -
the body dimension
