True Love - Myth or Reality?

Romance. A quaint and inconceivable idea, especially in this day and age. Since the dawn of time, the concept of true romantic love has been influencing entire cultures, and it has been one of the most powerful motives all throughout the history of the human race, to today.

For thousands of years, the concept of love has influenced entire civilizations; nations have gone to war and conquered each other in the name of love. Even the almighty, invincible city of Troy has fallen because of the love of one woman.

Nearly every art field and artistic creation in history was influenced by this invisible power of love. Entire books were written solely on this concept, poems, fairytales, and extraordinary adventures, all in the name of love. Kingdoms rose and fell, glorious empires have risen and collapsed, entire generations have passed and were born, and yet after thousands of years, this highly craved feeling of love remains just as powerful as ever in the hearts and minds of both men and women alike.

In our modern age, for most people, such a notion as romantic love is entirely inconceivable. Modern media has picked up the concept for decades; generations of young boys and girls grew up watching romantic movies, reading books, and fantasizing about true love.

Is the concept of true love just an illusion? A phantasmagorical idea of idealistic dreamers, or is it something more?

The thing is, modern society 's fast rhythm of life based on consumerism resulted in people mostly losing their faith in such a notion as love, and many people believe that true love is only a ridiculous or a funny idea that can be seen in the movies or read about in fairy tales, which are nothing but mere fantasies of the writer.

As society has gradually degraded, so did the concept of true love. Relationships today fall apart; the divorce rates all throughout the world are higher than in all of the thousands of years of human history combined together.

Neither men nor women today believe in such a notion anymore, apart from the few rare exceptions. Even science has fabricated an idea of how true love is entirely a nonsense, and it's basically nothing more than just some chemical reactions in the body. It is truly sad. Dramatic even.

Regardless of what you believe or do not, true love does exist. There are several cases all throughout human history of such exceptional loving relationships that defy the human logic of today. Then again, love has nothing to do with human logic, as it is a matter of the heart.

There are written testimonies, such as journals and real-life-based stories, that can testify to this very fact. In all of these relationships, both men and women literally adored each other, and they were fully dedicated to each other's dreams, hopes, and desires.

In some cases their love was so intense and passionate that they couldn't be apart from each other. In these written-down cases, it is known that either one of them or both died together under various circumstances, or shortly after one of them departed from this world. There were other cases in which, if one of them died, the other continued to live on completely alone until death, refusing to ever connect to another.

These are not stories of fantasy fairytales but experiences based on real events. Many other stories are also known on a much happier note, when the couple both lived a very long life and grew old together. As written down in these testimonies, in many of these genuine loving relationships, any conflict was entirely absent, as they managed to live a happy and harmonious life together.

True love is a powerful connection among a man and a woman, both strongly connected to each other with their hearts. It is true what they say, that true love is written in the heavens. There is no accident that some men and women fall in love with each other at first sight. Then again, they don't need to, as they already have at the beginning of creation.

Now, according to certain spiritual sources, eons ago, at the very beginning of the universe, for some unknown reason, both male and female souls that were once a whole were separated from each other and went on their own way. Ever since the longing for each other is so great, they continue to search for each other for several lifetimes in hopes that they will be again united.

There is a false new age concept that states that everyone on their own forms a whole, and they are complete by themselves. Basically, according to this notion, there is no need for another soul to complement each other. They are perfectly fine by themselves, fully whole and independent.

An entirely erroneous idea that only does more harm than good in the long term, as it has severe psychological consequences.

The fact is, both men and women were created to complement each other, to form a divine union together, and not to be separated. The whole, so to speak, can be achieved solely in a relationship where they actually are dependent on each other. That's the beauty of love after all. Fully relying on each other, rather than being apart.

Traditional relationships have the most chances to form and create powerful loving bonds, genuine connections that will last for lifetimes. For the very few blessed enough, the two male and female souls might run into each other and unite again after they have been separated from each other at the beginning of time.

Still, only traditional relationships are able to strengthen and cherish the love for each other, as such a relationship is based on real values, as well as original gender roles. Thus, several conflicts and various tensions can be entirely avoided, and both men and women can focus on each other.

In true love, men and women literally adore each other and put each other first before everybody else. Such loves are so great that even if a family is created, the couple's love for each other comes first, even before the children. A notion entirely unfathomable by most modern relationships of today.

Here's an example, based on a true story.

It's about a famous Hungarian folklore story writer of the 19th century. He was married to his beloved for 45 years. Sadly, he died at an old age of a stroke. They had six children together. Shortly after he died, his wife said her farewells to her children and decided to follow the love of her life. She just lay down on the bed and died. She was in perfect health. Her children understood that this was one of those love stories. They just couldn't be apart from each other. They got buried the same day together, side by side.

True love lasts forever, and it is not bound by time or place. True love transcends all matter and forces of the universe and echoes into eternity. True love knows no boundaries. It has no limitations.

Traditional relationships where both men and women assume their natural gender roles offer the possibility to create such great love stories. Literally.

In such relationships, both the man and the woman always place each other first, above all. They worship each other, and they become like a symbiotic relationship that is crucial for survival. Together they become a powerful force that creates miracles, working in a holy union that fully benefits both parts, embracing each other entirely with all their traits, qualities, or attributes, as well as strengths and weaknesses.

They constantly encourage and lift each other, together forming an unbreakable bond and an impenetrable shield against all odds. They work in a perfect union and equilibrium, like two partners in a harmonious dance, in unison with the natural elements.

There are no obstacles that cannot be overcome in true love, as the man and the woman together become an unstoppable force of nature, just as they were created and united in the beginning of their creation. One soul divided in two, now longing to return to each other and become whole again.

The truth is, neither spiritual evolution nor fulfilled love is possible alone; both can be achieved only in a true, genuine, and loving relationship between one man and one woman.

Throughout centuries this fine dance between the two coexisted in perfect harmony, with each gender fulfilling their original role, and thus complementing each other.

Men courted women in various ways for centuries, reciting poems or singing ballads to the woman they loved. The woman who embraced the love of the man, she responded and enveloped the man with her passion and sensuality. She gave flowers to the man she loved. Yes, in the ancient and traditional ways of romance, the woman was the one to give flowers to the man as a gesture of her genuine feelings for the man.

This is a knowledge that sadly has been lost a long time ago, as modern ages have long forgotten to even bother taking anything related to romance seriously. It is a fairly common misconception nowadays that in a romantic relationship, love will fade eventually, and it is considered a natural process in any relationship. False.

In a truly genuine, loving relationship, love never fades; it only gets stronger every day. Love fades only if people let it fade, if it is neglected like a flower that is discarded and not watered regularly. No fire will burn without wood, and unfortunately most people in modern relationships of today neither care nor have enough passion in their hearts to keep feeding the true fire of love.

From the smallest gestures and complimenting words towards each other to the fiery, passionate art of lovemaking, true lovers, both men and women, courted each other for centuries, constantly encouraging and lifting each other up. The entire process of romantic love, if it's true and genuine, is like a spiritual journey in which both lovers participate hand in hand, heading towards a common future in which they are both a crucial and a vital part of each other's destiny.

In true love, the act of lovemaking in itself is like an alchemical transmutation process, in which the two souls intertwined in body and soul transcend both space and time, refining their very own and each other's soul, elevating each other to a higher state of consciousness, and finally reaching nirvana, the ultimate state of enlightenment. It is like the process of refining a raw diamond that will eventually be transformed into one of the world's most precious gemstones. It is like the process of the butterfly in its chrysalis, a journey of inner alchemy to become a truly mesmerizing natural beauty.

In true love, together they stand united as a whole, both man and woman becoming as one, elevating each other to eventually metamorphose into better human beings.

On a final note, one should never lose hope that true love exists. It does exist. It takes time and patience, conviction and faith without staggering, that true love awaits for each and for all.

Famous author Paulo Coelho once said in The Alchemist, “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

That is true. The miraculous power of faith and true, genuine conviction is capable of manifesting true love, attracting the two opposite genders, once divided at the beginning of creation, to finally unite and together to be whole again.

Only together, the man and the woman united can evolve and move forward as a whole. True love heals the body and the soul. True love heals the world, creating powerful ripples in time, healing, and benefiting the entire race of humanity.

Do dare to hope for true love. It is the only thing in the universe that gives the entire human existence a genuine meaning.