Love Is Not An Emotion — by Barbara Frederickson

[Welles]

Love, defined as micro moments of positivity resonance, may thus be the most generative and consequential of all positive emotions. By virtue of being a single state, distributed across and reverberating between two or more brains and bodies at once, love’s ability to broaden mind-sets and build resources may have substantially greater reach.

Love, then, is not simply another positive emotion. Rather, it is the momentary phenomenon through which we feel and become part of something larger than ourselves. Meaning in life may thus emerge not from the grand and unrealistic utopian ideals of “happily-ever-after” love, but from what art historian Nicholas Bourriaud calls the “day-today micro-utopias” of shared positivity. Seeing love as positivity resonance also blurs the boundaries that surround the concept of emotion.

I'm a great fan of Barbara Frederickson's work. I believe she offers a path to understand the nature of capital "L" Love (Divine Love) for those who appreciate a more cerebral approach. This may well be the second time I've posted this particular bit of Barbara's writing but it is worth a review.


Love Is Not An Emotion — by Barbara Frederickson

http://www.awakin.org/read/audio.php?op=play&tid=2321

[Sandy]

Hey Welles.... Thank you, This is another great article...I must say I pictured you kneading love (from the bread analogy Is that the right word?) towards the end of the article...)

You've been Loves "baker" for many years now you awesome man!

love,
Sandy