love is not a feeling?
我不爱你了!
我们没感情了!
他们感情破裂了!
。。。。。。
没毛病啊,在大家的意识层面,love就是等同于感情啊!
Peck老先生怎么说love is not a feeling呢?带着一头雾水继续往下读:
The feeling of love is the emotion that accompanies the experience of cathecting.
这个叫爱的感情总是跟专注相联系,所以经常把二者混淆,其实他们是有本质区别的:1,我们可以专注于客观存在的物体,有生机的或无生机的,倾注感情与否均可;2,我们专注于一个人,不等于关注了ta的精神层面;3,专注的程度通常跟心智和承诺无关的;4,专注可以暂时的,也可以永驻心间。
但genuine love,意味着承诺和心智的磨练。
When we are concerned for someone's spiritual growth, we know that a lack of commitment is likely to be harmful and that commitment to the person is probably necessary for us to manifest our concern effectively.
承诺是爱的基石(cornerstone)爱是意愿,愿意为之付出努力和寻求精神成长的意愿!
那么love和cathect到底什么关系?
Genuine love transcends the matter of cathexes。
genuine love is volitional rather emotional。
比较有意思的说法是,当婚内的他遇到一见钟情的她,感觉要爱上了,但是考虑到自己的已婚身份,他会告诉自己,“I feel like loving you, but I am not going to.”这就是爱的承诺吧,已婚的他,后面再遇到心动的姑娘,因为有婚姻的承诺,所以就时刻约束自己。
可是反观这么多的婚内出轨,不禁纳闷,对婚姻的承诺好像越来越随意,也许根本没有爱!可谁又理解爱?!
My feelings of love may be unbounded, but my capacity to be loving is limited.
True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision.
爱,不仅仅是感觉,更不是说说就算的,更需要蕴含于日常行为中!
True love is an act of will that often transcends ephemeral feelings of love or cathexis.
Love is as love does!