Love is artful in that it demands your creativity not your rationality, it is art in that it requires your essence and not your substance, it is art in that it is spiritual and not physical, it is art in that it is eternal and not temporal. So, here it is, the Art of Love for the Emotionally Impaired. The art of love, like any other art form, can be learned. And this is lesson one in the Art of Love. Let us begin with the basics of love.
Love is to be distinguished from obsession, sexual attraction, infatuation, and ego gratification.
Both love and obsession involves fear, attraction, and emotions. The differences are great yet so subtle that many are continually confused by the two. You might ask how can both love and obsession involve fear. Fear - which reflects basic insecurities, can be associated with both love and obsession. The difference is that fear based insecurities that derive from love are naturally a part of the process whereby one gives up control, and acknowledges that they are being guided, directed and controlled by a force that is both bigger and separate from themselves.