EPTOn February 15 2013 04:07 hoby2000 wrote:
Well, first of all, intelligence is relative. So someone can be pretty dumb a lot of things but still understand love. I find no trouble with that idea at all.
Second, I never said that only smart people would have an authentic love.. What I said was that without knowing who you are as a person, which doesn't require intelligence - it just requires awareness and willpower - then I fail to see how can know what you want and/or need, therefore I find it impossible that someone could actually find love. And I also think that a lot of people make assumptions about their feelings, and label it as love when in reality it's just lust.
Well, first of all, intelligence is relative. So someone can be pretty dumb a lot of things but still understand love. I find no trouble with that idea at all.
Second, I never said that only smart people would have an authentic love.. What I said was that without knowing who you are as a person, which doesn't require intelligence - it just requires awareness and willpower - then I fail to see how can know what you want and/or need, therefore I find it impossible that someone could actually find love. And I also think that a lot of people make assumptions about their feelings, and label it as love when in reality it's just lust.
You are still affixing a predetermined value to the concept of introspection, a process that a great many people will simply never undergo by virtue of the fact that they simply lack the "zoom out" tools necessary to truly self-reflect. Some people can be quite aware, quite strong willed, and unable to "see" themselves in the mirror, and yet are still able to find love. Perhaps this love looks different to the introspective person, but on what basis are you to indict the quality of their love based on your own perspective? You talk about making assumptions, yet make rather large ones yourself. Humanity is more than the inward glance.
