All You Need is Love (Essay Sample)

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All You Need is Love
From the time it first came to life in Lennon in 1968, all you need is love, to the post-modern science; the story of love has continued to puzzle many. Among the most vocal researchers in human history, Buscaglia came up with the view of love by defining it as anything that brings you back to real self. Jampolski, another love psychologist has occasionally observed that there is no acceptable definition of love. This has led to the concept being seen as a complex puzzle that humankind has failed to vividly understand and rightly apply (Jampolski 2011).
Despite the immense importance attached to proper understanding of what love really is, 20th Century psychologists never focused on the theme. This is partly due to the syncretistic perception attached to love and sexual connotations that were often taboos in most communities. Consequently, love was universally taken to only mean any form of intimacy. With this replicated in various human relations, especially marriage, love was taken to mean intimacy (Wardell 2014). However, as various psychological scientists concur, this was only a single dimensioned definition that depicted love as a one-way relationship (Hixson 1999). Besides, the definition is said to have left various critical concerns such as parent to child and human-being to spiritual-being attachment unaddressed.
Rising from a generation of people who fully lacked the love instigated self-awareness, the 21st century researchers expanded the definition to include the two concepts – parent to child love and love to spiritual beings. However, they still gave no generally accepted definition of love; neither is there today (Wardell 2014). Nonetheless, this expanded definition allowed for affection in non-intimate relationships such as parents loving their children. It also recognized the obvious need for love for one another in non-intimate or blood-relationships. It for instance, recognized that you cannot dissociate yourself from the people around you, and further that harmonious living requires love for your neighbor. Besides, the definition requires a two-way replication of workable love relationships. For example, in his inaugural statement, Barak Obama recognized the central role that love from his family and immediate community played in determining his successful bid for presidency (Obama Inaugural Speech 2009).
The last dimension of love defined by the 21st century psychological scientists; love for spiritual beings recognizes the two-directional affection between mankind and higher beings. In Christianity for instance, the concept oscillates between love for God and love for one another. In Islam, the concept similarly revolves around loving your neighbor and loving Allah. These to name just a few, illustrate the inseparable association between love for mankind and love for ...