What is love?
According to Wikipedia, love encompasses a variety of different emotional and mental states, typically strongly and positively experienced, ranging from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection and to the simplest pleasure.
In other word, love refers to strong attachment, as well as emotional attachment. It is that virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection, as "the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another". Love is also defined as that compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, one's self or animals.
The 4 forms of Love according to Greek Philosophers
Familial love (Greek:Storge): That is the love one has towards his/her husband, wife, children, mother, father and the entire family members.
Friendly love (Greek:Philia): The love we have towards our neighbors, as well towards our friends.
Romantic love(Greek:Eros): That love between a man and a woman. A good example of this is that of of Romeo and Juliet.
Devine love(Greek:Agape): Yes!!! This is that special love, that incomparable love and unending love from God Almighty(All powerful and Immortals) towards we human(mere mortals). This form of love is unconditional.
Anyway, my focus in this post shall be on "Friendly love" and "Divine love". Before I continue, lets first meditate on the reflection below: