Guest guest Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Is Attachment Love? Adapted from The Path to Love, by Deepak Chopra (Three Rivers Press, 1997). One way that people deprive themselves of love is especially confusing because it seems to be a way to increase it. This is attachment. In its mildest form, attachment is the desire to be with someone special. Adult relationships carry attachment to a deeper level, but the exclusivity remains. Shouldn’t intimate relationships be exclusive in just this way? SIMPLE SOLUTION: Here are the differences between love and attachment: * Love allows your beloved the freedom to be unlike you. Attachment asks for conformity to your needs and desires. * Love imposes no demands. Attachment expresses an overwhelming demand: “Make me feel whole.†* Love expands beyond the limits of two people. Attachment tries to exclude everything but two people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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