Well, [Topic!:] human closeness is what we all try and achieve no? Or... maybe some aspire to become more. I don't know.
Since the beginning of time, life started with closeness right? I mean, if you want to get religious [which I don't like to get unless I'm studying different cultures], I guess we could talk about Adam & Eve, but I don't know much about that, except that they had sex and blahblahblah. But anyway, do people really need closeness to live? I think about it, and it's like this: Maybe on some level we do need to feel the physical "closeness" of people, but... it's not something that's... required in order to live happily.
For example.
Nuns? They are close with [oh no, another religious aspect of my post- please forgive me] God [or Buddha, or Ganesh, or Allah, etc.], but they don't have [or maybe they do feel the presence of god... I don't know] the actual person there to hug them or care for them. But, when I picture them in my head, the picture shows them happy. They're content with life, yet they don't have an actual partner besides God. I think simple things can make us happy, and we don't necessarily need human "closeness", granted it may make life seem better.
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Actually, nuns do need and experience physical closeness...the nuns care for each other and give each other hugs (or the happy ones do, I believe). I mean, they wont have sex (god, I hope not...dear lord, may you bless the nuns so they don't) but there is some form of physical closeness that they share. I think everyone needs some form of physical affection at some point in their life to be happy. Even if the nuns don't hug each other, they must have gotten hugs from their parents before they were nuns. i think that memory or experience is a 'necessary' part of them being happy.
ACtually, there are experiments done to show that most living things need to feel some form of physical closeness. They had monkey orphans separated and one group got physical affection, like what a mother would give them (hugs, etc.) and the other group got nothing (they were given food and such but very minimal interaction) and many of the monkeys in the 2nd group died of depression, self-mutilation, and such at a young age. it's sad... so really, everyone needs a little love! this calls for a group hug! xD jk. i'm really not into group hugs....unless everyone in the group is a hot man! hahaha!!! -yo sista ;)
You know, it took me a while to figure out how to answer this one.
I feel that..."closeness" isnt necessarily the way you put it. I feel that the "closeness" that is necessary for happiness is more of just physical contact. I mean. We're in these bodies for a reason, what other reason than physical interaction? What species isnt designed to interact with other members of the same species as part of their existence?
Now, moving away from rhetorical questions, I do feel that at some point there is some form of physical closeness that needs to happen in order to sustain happiness. If not, then, well...dont know. Ill cross that bridge when I get to it! [heres hoping I never get to that, eh? Same to you, hope you never get there] So, I agree with "yo sista" I suppose, lol.
For now: "Red Zone" - Tash & Naoki..."SPEED RAVE! THROW YO HANDS UP!" :D
I do agree with yo sista too at some point. hmm. I know this sounds weird but I guess there must be a reason why we're granted with two arms; they're 'designed' for hugs. physical closeness.
would this have something to do with being single? that you can be happy without the need for physical closeness?
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