Do We Really Need Relationships?

Thiruvananthapuram, India
January 17, 2013 10:43pm CST
In reality all relationships point to a certain degree of commitment. We are sometimes trapped by personal affinities. Most human beings are related to one another with levels of variations and contextual parameters. Love and higher consciousness integrate relationships of all sorts. Though relationships seem quite a burden,those are mostly acquired and kept for long with a purpose. Some peculiar attachments carry with it feeble sentiments and tender emotions. The firm link results in binding relationships. The quest for love,care,protection,safety,security,attention,comfort,solace,assistance ....just everything one aspires for is directly united in bond between persons. Dow e need such firm attachments? To a far greater extent society demands such bondage in behavioral patterns.It is absolutely needed for the development and maintenance of closely knit societal framework..
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11 responses
@MaylaJay (349)
18 Jan 13
I think that without those attachments, we tend to drift off wondering what the point of it all was. It all being life. I think that's why people kill themselves; they don't have those connections that tie them to people and give them love. People need that.
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@veejay19 (3589)
• India
18 Jan 13
Relationships first begin in the family sphere. The child recognizes its parents and forms a bond with them. After that with its brethren, brother and sister and as it grows up with friends and relatives. As it becomes an adult the sphere widens with marriage, with wife and children and in the working sphere with office colleagues, business associates, clients and so on. Relationships form the very fabric of society and one cannot escape it even if one becomes an ascetic or monk. Attachment is the glue that binds one in a relationship and the only way one can escape from this binding factor is to become completely detached from all sorts of relationships and that includes possessions as well. For that to happen one has to meditate, go deep within oneself and connect to the Supreme Soul or the Self and get established in it permanently. Once this happens then all ties with the material world get snapped automatically and then ' one lives in the world, yet remains aloof and out of it'. This could happen in the present birth, in a couple of births or even after a hundred or thousand births, but it will surely happen. Yes, to continue to live a worldly life relationships are necessary and one can see it happen not only in humans but also in the animal kingdom.
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@tipay26 (867)
• Philippines
18 Jan 13
Yes we need relationship be it a relationship with your family,friends,relatives etc.Relationship is how and who we are in a society.This will sum up on how you adapt with things and people surrounding you.Without a stable relationship with some one how else would you want to live your life to? This will bring meaning and substance to your own being .
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
18 Jan 13
Attachment, yes- without attachment it's not called relationship. Relationship is how we treat people in our lives, friend, family and neighbors. Even with the animals- see how some people are emotionally attached with their pets (some to the extent of having closer attachment with their pets than their families) Having a relationship help us grow and learn many things- emotionally and mentally.
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@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
18 Jan 13
I believe the most important thing anyone could ever learn is the understanding and ability to build a relationship. If everything is a relationship, and the greatest problem solving tools also come down to relationships. We need to nurture the love, respect and all other positive attributes to have a harmonious way of life.
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@ksktika (271)
• United States
18 Jan 13
yes,that is the nature of human being, they need to be care, love, give and etc. so no body can live alone. relationship is about take and give.
• India
18 Jan 13
Yes relationship is very important in a society.In a family relationship between parents in the primary one.If parents love each other very much the children also proceed the same path.
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@celticeagle (168126)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Jan 13
If we know what we need from another person and have spent some time thinking about it then we are more apt in picking someone we are compatible with then committment is the next natural step. Relationships are only a burden if we do not take the time to know the other person sufficantly. Ofcourse we need these firm attachments. Humans are social animals. They want to have love and make a family. There are afew that don't but most do. So many people today jump into a committed relationship without really getting to know the other person or even taking time to know what they want or need that it is hard to make a relationship work. That is why there are so many divorces.
@silverfox09 (4708)
• United States
19 Jan 13
Relationship is very important for us living creatures . We start out having relationship with our family members and that influence our personality . We learn to lean on others and trust them because we learn that from our family and that is how we continue to improve living condition .
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@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
19 Jan 13
Relationships are interesting. through them we learn how to interact better with others, find commonality, experience empathy and many other emotions! it helps us grow and find ourselves, helps us find our true identity, helps us know what kind of person we are. Humans are naturally social beings, it's a need for humans. In science, socializing is important because it brings the species together, making them stronger and survive better in their environment.
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• Philippines
18 Jan 13
Relationship is very important. I still believe that no man is an island. We can't live alone. We need someone to have a constant communication with and someone who will always be there when we need someone to talk to or when we are very down.
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