Wow, there is no point presenting Robaroni with facts and evidence.
Nope!
Speed reads it, doesn't understand, rinse & repeat.
Incidentally "Bullshit" is a wonderful response when someone makes a statement such as "The root of lust is fear".
That I frown in the presence of dumb people just goes to show my empathy, I see something really dumb (see above) but instead of ridicule I think "I can help here", so I give up my time to help, and I just keep on giving however much it becomes apparent that they will never quite get it, I swear one day I will become a saint.
Richard Lazarus with Bernice N Lazarus, Passion and Reason: Making Sense of Our Emotions, 1994, New York: Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19-510461-5:
"Lust is an emotion or feeling of intense desire in the body. The lust can take any form such as the lust for sex, lust for expensive objects (extravagance) or the lust for power. It can take such mundane forms as the lust for food as distinct from the need for food. Lust is a psychological force producing intense wanting for an object, or circumstance fulfilling the emotion.[1]
Lust for sex, money, whatever. Lust is a strong desire. We desire because we are unfulfilled, wanting. We want for power, for example, because we believe we are powerless and we fear we will be preyed upon.
"apparent that they will never quite get it"
Get what? What you believe? And you know all there is to know about loving and being loved because of your great depth of experience, so you can make a determination that compassion is just science? I think you just read a book because the best you can do is parrot someone else's opinion.
Do you believe you get everything? All knowing? Pretty arrogant thinking others "don't get it".
Georg Cantor is frowning because Jura doesn't get Aleph Naught, the Set Theory and multiple infinities and never will.
R
Nope! Wrong again.
Lust can mean a strong desire, but in the context it was used it has no connection to love of money or food other than a semantic one.
“The lust system (libido or sex drive), for example, is distinguished by craving for sexual gratification and is largely associated with the hormones estrogen and testosterone in both men and women. The attraction system promotes focused attention, intrusive or obsessive thoughts about the object of desire, feelings of exhilaration, and so on, and is associated primarily with adrenaline, dopamine, and serotonin.”
Focus ;
“In order to explore the neurochemistry of any love-diminishing intervention, we need to begin by understanding love itself from the perspective of the brain. 11 From this perspective, love is a “complex neurobiological phenomenon” that has been wired into our biology by the forces of evolution. “Relying on trust, belief, pleasure, and reward activities” concentrated in the limbic system (Esch and Stefano 2005, 175), love's ability to bring together (and keep together) human beings—from prehistoric times until the present day—has played a key role in the survival of our species. “
Still not get it?
The first thing you need to do is give me the link. Is lust love? Not even close! And
You're making the same mistake as TNR. I would give my life for my loved one without any doubts or regrets. I have had time over my life to contemplate the ramifications of my actions. Worse if I'm an atheist I believe I will face eternal nothingness. these are facts. Where is compassion centered in the brain? We know the center of fear, the Amygdala but science has no center for compassion. How does it play a key role to my survival? I give my life, I'm dead! Why not survive and have more offspring? Mathematical probabilities favor the group.I gave you facts, you keep giving me theories that don't justify my actions.
Again, give me the link to your quote. Science has not found any part of the human body that is the source of compassionate love , lust yes.
"Lust can mean a strong desire, but in the context it was used it has no connection to love of money or food other than a semantic one."
Not true:
http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/lust%20for%20powerlust
1 n-uncount Lust is a feeling of strong sexual desire for someone.
His relationship with Angie was the first which combined lust with friendship..., His lust for her grew until it was overpowering.
2 n-uncount
A lust for something is a very strong and eager desire to have it. oft N for n (=passion)
It was Fred's lust for glitz and glamour that was driving them apart. lust after , lust for
1 phrasal verb If you lust after someone or lust for them, you feel a very strong sexual desire for them.
From what I hear, half the campus is lusting after her. V P n
2 phrasal verb
If you lust after or lust for something, you have a very strong desire to possess it.
Sheard lusted after the Directorship. V P n
Why does one individual lust after another individual that several other individual's have no desire for? Chemicals? Something has to start the chemicals flowing. Adrenaline doesn't just start by itself. We become afraid and then it starts to flow. Thought starts the process we see someone and we want to possess them, we desire them.
http://www.newliving.com/issues/jan_08/articles/desireandfear.html"Desire and Fear: The Same Side of the Coin by Jeru Kabbal
Desires and fears. How different they seem. How similar they truly are. How can desire and fear be so totally related? Think of it this way: if you say, "I want to be loved," it's the same thing as saying "I'm afraid I won't be loved." If you say, "I want to have someone around me," it's the same as saying "I'm afraid of being alone." The truth is that fear and desire are at the root of each other. Rather, than leading us to fulfillment, desires take us away from it. The more desires we have, the greater the fear that those desires will not be fulfilled. And all desires represent one of two things: wanting something we don't have, such as great wealth, or not wanting something we have, such as a pile of overdue bills. We desire good health and vigor; we fear disease. We desire a loving relationship; we fear loneliness. Can you see that if you say, "I want to live," it's the same as saying "I'm afraid I will die,"?" "Finding Clarity: A Guide to the Deeper Levels of Your Being" by Jeru Kabbal
adapted by Leonard M. Zunin, M.D. and Robert Strock (North Atlantic Books; 2006),
http://jpmorganjr.com/what-you-fear-is-what-you-want/"You can only experience fear for things you have desire for."
http://www.justiceschanfarber.com/the-trouble-with-desire-why-do-we-fear-what-we-want/Justice Schanfarber Counselling – Campbell River BC
Counselling for Marriage, Couples, Individual, Family.
"The trouble with desire – Why do we fear what we want?"
I could give you more references, desire and fear have been linked for a very long time. Jung, Krishnamurti, etc.
Not "bullshit" at all, you're three very naive people.
R