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Quote by: improvident  when i hear the term 'love is blind' i dont think of love being some tangible object with eyes ears mouths noses or even a mind.. I think it is saying more so along the lines that love doesnt care who you are what you are or where you are.. if it finds you.. it finds you.. and you cant pick who love picks.. love picks at random... so therefore.. love is deaf dumb and blind..
Hate then. would in the same sense be 'blind' as well.. or is it.. hate and love.. are two completely different things.. almost to the point of not even being antonyms.. kinda like hot and cold.. you cant have one without the other.. yet according to science there is no such thing as cold.. only things that lack heat.. would it be safe then to say that there is no such thing as hate. only lack of love?. |
Agreed, love is not some living object with eyes ears, mouth or mind but then the saying must have some base. I was just wondering what that base could be!
Describing love a bit in detail, love are of numerous types;
1.Mother's love for children ! Child may be ugly, rouge, careless, unworthy...so and so forth, mother's love does not diminish.
2.Brother & brother, brother & sister love...is again unconditional type of love.
3.Husband & wife love based on social bindings and centered around sex, family welfare etc.
4.Opposite sex love centering at sex and enjoyment
5.Love for hobby, profession, fame and gaining knowledge
6. Love for imaginary God, religion and super-natural subject
7. Love for country, humanity, nature and other living beings
8. Most strong love for one's own body.
In all the above cases love has purpose. At times it takes logic into consideration and at times remain illogical while loving something. In the latter cases probably love is termed blind since, no logic or reason has been taken into consideration.
Hate is not exactly lack of love but anti-love. You may not love something but, that does not mean you hate it. You may neither love nor hate something . You can be just neutral. Hate becomes something altogether a different thing. As in case of love, hate can be also with reason and without reason.
Coming to the main difference between love and hate, it is the attention of mind which varies. The attention of mind in case of hate is more strong and revengeful than in case of love:
To illustrate this difference here is a Hindu mythological story:
Some great saint, came once to visit Lord Vishnu. Since, Lord Vishnu was taking rest at that point of time, his gate keeper did not allow the Saint to meet the Lord. The Saint become angry and cursed the gate keeper that he would have to go to earth for learning some lessons to know, how to respect guest of high level like the one he was!
Lord Vishnu came from inside, after listening to heated conversation. The Saint was well received by the Lord, but Gate-Keeper had to depart for earth. Gate Keeper was upset. He pleaded for mersy to the Lord and asked to avert this to happen somehow. He said that it would not be possible to remain happy by remaining awy from Lord. Lord said nothing can be done, Saint's saying is to fulfill & sure to happen ! But then, do not worry there is a short cut solution:
Lord Vishnu said to Gate Keeper, " While at earth If you worship me whole heartedly then you would come back to me in 7 lives. And if you always hate me, then it would take only 3 lives". Gate Keeper wish to come back as early as possible so he decided to hate Lord Vishnu, while at earth.
It said, he went away and in three lives he became Ravana hated Rama in first life, Kansa hated Krishna in second life and Harnakashapa and hated Lord Vishu itself in third life.
This explains how hate develops stronger linkage to remember anybody than through love!
In conclusion, to my mind if love is blind, deaf and dumb in some situations, hate too is blind, deaf and dumb in some situations but more powerful and intense to have impact !!!!