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Question: Is love truly blind, or!.!.!.!?
!.!.!.is what most people think of as love really just a confused set of emotions, desires, and attachments that indeed make us blind!? (This is what is taught by many spiritual paths: Buddhism, A Course in Miracles, Sufism, etc!.)

What is love!?

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I agree with you: the love that people "believe" in is just a mish-mash of emotions and projections!.

I think real love is being in the moment and SEEing it for real!. Hints of that can be found in precious moments!.!.!.like a little bird talking to you!.!.!.!.or a flowering bush!.!.!.!.a person's eyes sparkling!.!.!.!.a bus steaming by!.!.!.!.a homeless person crashed on the sidewalk, giving opinions on city parking!.!.!.!.!.a parade of baby ducks behind the mother!.!.!.you get the idea!.

Love can also be us, all our negatives, our depressions, as well as our surging joys!. It's all the same thing!. :-)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Love is truly blind with the willingness to accept the person's negatives,differences and downsides!.
Buddhist teaching in the importance of companionship: 'If you do not find an intelligent companion,awise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself!.!.!.then go on your way alone,like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom!.'Www@QuestionHome@Com

Love is not blind but it is the person who let themselves be blinded by it!. Many are afraid to be blinded by it that's why my definition of love is this: Love implies suffering that's why only strong people have it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

When a person loves, they choose not to see the faults of the other party!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Love was blind !.!.!.

before glasses is invented and people become smarter!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

love is not blind, we became bind when we're in loveWww@QuestionHome@Com