08/18/2026
The Art and Science Behind the Power of Love
Why are people who are seeking love often hopeless?
Every other commercial uses the word love. Songs, movies, books are about falling in love, out of love, being
rejected, broken hearted, or wonderful weddings…and they confuse us completely.
Which is why so many of us feel unloved, and keep searching for love.
Others have accepted that the love they are getting is the best they can do.
None of these have anything to do with love.
You can’t fall in or out of love - it is not jello - it is simply strong physical attraction.
The attraction we feel is part of our animal instinct to procreate.
That is what adrenaline, dopamine, pheromones are for.
Love is what mothers provide, along with their breast milk.
Love is a BIOLOGICAL nourishment. It generates oxytocin, vasopressin, and endorphins.
We know when we need air, food, and water, and we know when we need love.
All the time.
Air, food, and water we can supply to ourselves, we’re self-sufficient, because we’ve been taught.
Love we don’t know how to supply to ourselves, we’re not self-sufficient, because we were never taught.
Parents don’t know it themselves.
Mainly because none of us know that it is essential nourishment.
So we are completely dependent on others for love.
Besides our mothers and fathers, grandparents often do a great job, and any family members or friends that have
that nurturing instinct.
The problem is that we need air, food, and water unconditionally, and we need love exactly the same way.
But after we’re 2, 3, 4 years of age we start getting love conditionally - even from parents. Grandparents tend to be
more consistent.
So, what is the solution?
Well, first of all we need to understand that what we call love is a biological necessity, and therefore we are entitled
to it.
That means we have permission to love ourselves.
We don’t have to wait for others to give us love, although it always feels good to get it from others.
The question I have been answering for almost 40 years is - How does one love oneself?
The answer isn’t a hot bubble bath, with candles, music, and a glass of wine - although that might be nice - it only
lasts an hour or two. Or a pair of shoes, a new car, a vacation, or a great restaurant, these are all poor substitutes.
We need to know what our loveable qualities are. What we genuinely like about ourselves.
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