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What is love? A journey through the heart | Mia Hansson | TEDxDouglas 

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. What is love indeed?
Born to parents from two different continents, Mia grew up and worked in Europe, Africa and South East Asia. Even while 'helping' her nuclear physicist father and geneticist mother at work, Mia had a hunch that there was more to life than science alone. Obsessed with finding the answer to the question of love she travelled through Tibet, studied jungle survival with Bruce Parry in Borneo, worked as a model in Paris, a journalist in Bangkok, and a human rights researcher in the Middle East, before going to live for a year at a Zen monastery. Finally, she found the answer - with unexpected results. Now a writer about 'spiritual life in the real world' and training to be a counsellor, Mia’s work has been featured in the Guardian, the BBC, The Huffington Post, Time Out, and as Editor to the Buddhist Society. She has an MA in Comparative Literature, three post graduate degrees and a Millennium Award from Jon Snow.
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@malaztarig8619
@malaztarig8619 3 года назад
"sometimes we are far too often defensive and imagine that people want to hurt us, when they don't..."
@arroxas
@arroxas 3 года назад
"There is a crack in everything and that is where light comes in." Beautiful. 💖
@morganmorrison5246
@morganmorrison5246 2 года назад
Hello there How're you doing?
@parwinali5823
@parwinali5823 4 года назад
She brought tears in my eyes when said : we can get love from plants and other things ❤️ very true ! It doesn’t just come from people!
@paasonny
@paasonny 4 года назад
Hi dear
@newpakistanidaramastatus2852
@newpakistanidaramastatus2852 3 года назад
@@paasonny 00p
@CyberBolls
@CyberBolls Год назад
🙄
@cute_couple_cartoons
@cute_couple_cartoons 9 месяцев назад
Actually it is attraction . I mean love for plant animals or smth else
@natiazaj7653
@natiazaj7653 7 месяцев назад
I totally agree with her speech, love can be a big surprise. Sometimes you don’t even expect that it is next to you. It sometimes take a time, you can spend time together as a friend, and after a few years it can change immediately and something magical happens… then you finally may feel how comfortable and full of good vibe you can be in relationship, you have to feel it. If you hesitate - is it a right person, and you’re worry about this relationship, If you have internal feeling that you want to feel more safe, stable etc. So. Go ahead and meet another person, the sky is the limit. This is only your choice, which life you want to create. Process of ending is very hard, but it is worth it, and than when you meet a truly love of your life, you are not hesitate, you just feel it in the air
@petercini2022
@petercini2022 2 года назад
When I was six years old my Dad went around the table asking us kids what was the most important thing in life. I forgot what I said, then discovered his notes--"love". I experience love with such intensity, the two romantic interests I had/have (first is loving as a friend now), they probably can't imagine how deep my sentiments are. Once I fall in love, I never fall out of love, it is with me forever. Once in a while, you stumble upon a soul that is breathtaking in its raw, unadorned beauty. Just being with them is such an incredible state of bliss, you don't fear death, you fear nothing, you feel safe. I am whole and don't need someone to complete me but when I meet a woman who bewitches me, she is always in my thoughts.
@emmanuelmawulikorve7805
@emmanuelmawulikorve7805 Год назад
You write so beautifully and your open mindedness is amazing. Love it man
@gnorwell
@gnorwell 9 лет назад
A brave, honest, inspiring talk by a Buddhist practitioner. Buddhism can seem very cold to some people, but here Mia brings a warmth to that most difficult of topics, relationships.
@godofloveanddeath1755
@godofloveanddeath1755 5 лет назад
This topic is a lot harder to talk about because, to talk about love you have to true to yourself, open yourself to others. You see, today there are millions of people, who have friends and family but they ask, write, seek help anonymously. Most of us have friends and family yet we are all alone. I wonder why, we can't open ourselves.
@DJCornelis
@DJCornelis 4 года назад
(Self) Love is the desire to thrive, the will to live a full-filling life. Love for another is understanding and admiring similarities and differences to the end of living a full-filling life together.
@CoachRedRochelleStrauss
@CoachRedRochelleStrauss 7 лет назад
Thank you for being vulnerable and teaching .
@grimmysacha8833
@grimmysacha8833 5 лет назад
Yeah she was really beautiful!!!!
@morganmorrison5246
@morganmorrison5246 2 года назад
Hello there How're you doing?
@warrenspies140
@warrenspies140 9 лет назад
This is a topic infinitely harder to talk about and more difficult to explain than Brian Green talking about super string theory to an audience full of non-physicists. Brian Green himself could not have explained a very difficult subject any better. This lady is a physicist of another sort; one of the heart and of what really matters, absolute reality! Because real typically normal life matters too!
@renehenriksen1735
@renehenriksen1735 7 лет назад
Warren Spies >>> Very wise words. More relevant physics I would say. Brian Green doesn´t deal with physics on a more emotional level.
@101Kittywhiskers
@101Kittywhiskers Год назад
Love between the land and other beings can be reciprocal, people don’t get that. Plants saved my life, they give me joy and hope
@TheHippoart
@TheHippoart 3 года назад
Has anyone noticed how beautiful her voice is with that little tremble type of a feel!
@lovemecom3832
@lovemecom3832 6 лет назад
Love is sacrifice, even if you are far from each other you will always find a way to get along with your girl.. spending time to each other.
@drtgyjk
@drtgyjk 6 лет назад
LoveMe,com yeah unconditional love is all abt seeing other person truly a part of urslf.. And being happy :)
@cosmoknight-skye2
@cosmoknight-skye2 5 лет назад
I wish I could......! I hope I can!
@MrMarcelWiel
@MrMarcelWiel 8 лет назад
Thanks so much Mia. How lovely and brave
@smallpuppy4172
@smallpuppy4172 7 лет назад
Really loved the honesty she brought into the talk, you can tell she truly means what she says.
@mindfulart2640
@mindfulart2640 5 лет назад
Mia, thank you for sharing this lovely talk with us. I also would love to share how much i appreciated your vulnerability and the honest, kind way you talked. Your story with the plant made my eyes teary. For i long for such moments in my life and i feel so grateful when they happen. Inclusiveness is such a great ideal. May our illusory sense of separateness melt away into the direct and tangible experience of our collective expanding consciousness.
@Funandconsciousness
@Funandconsciousness 9 лет назад
Wow! That was beautiful in every sense, Mia. I LOVE REAL! You are that, and the love that we all are at our deepest core shines soooo brilliantly through you! Perfectly expressed. Thank you for bringing this to a TED stage.
@nathanlaing8441
@nathanlaing8441 4 года назад
One of the best TED talks on this matter, thank you ♥
@84blizzle
@84blizzle 6 лет назад
I needed to hear this, though I pretty much share the same perspective, but I still learn from other people's experiences, especially when I can relate to it. Thank you for sharing this.
@919lovebug
@919lovebug 7 лет назад
your vulnerability is so powerful. thank you!
@nat4581
@nat4581 5 лет назад
Mia thank you for a fantastic talk. I was walking and this little dog jumped into my arms. I felt an unbelievable love, like you could touch it. I have not experienced anything like that in my whole life. I'm fifty. I will never forget it and look forward to experiencing it again. Thank you much
@morganmorrison5246
@morganmorrison5246 2 года назад
Hello there How're you doing?
@FrederickNoronha1
@FrederickNoronha1 7 лет назад
Be honest to yourself, that's a good one.... we forget something so basic.
@jessicashine5649
@jessicashine5649 4 года назад
Frederick Noronha hello Frederick
@ndeshishikwamanga3912
@ndeshishikwamanga3912 7 лет назад
thank you so much. ... this really is the greatest speech I've ever listened or ever heard. thank you Mia
@GracindaC
@GracindaC 7 лет назад
This is inspiring. So emotional, so raw and honest
@shoshannahsansaricq5185
@shoshannahsansaricq5185 7 лет назад
Mia Hansson, you are an incredible and beautiful soul.
@indigometanoist6475
@indigometanoist6475 5 лет назад
When she spoke of Indras net, and feeling like there was a protective hand over her it rung deep within me. I feel that same protection. Especially when I am at my lowest. The trauma I have experienced my entire life, quite literally, has provided me with the means of empathy & love. As long as I purely love and know that I am capable of it I am free.
@nadeasalvatore
@nadeasalvatore 6 лет назад
I truly love your speech :) Thank you
@nicabbott3204
@nicabbott3204 3 года назад
Mia you shine, yourself, like the small plant you spoke about so clearly - Love cannot be taken it can only be given. Thank you.
@mouadrimwind8839
@mouadrimwind8839 6 лет назад
her accent is so graceful
@KirylAnoshko
@KirylAnoshko 10 месяцев назад
That’s amazing how much effort is needed from people to realise things they were taught in childhood.
@alchemical_soul_5747
@alchemical_soul_5747 5 лет назад
The way she was telling her feelings i felt itz me.. same feelings
@siddhanttelang
@siddhanttelang Год назад
What a beautiful speech!!! Thanks for your great insight. I wish you all the happiness and prosperity in your life.
@rushbeast6413
@rushbeast6413 6 лет назад
Mia you are simply awesome and so realistic . I need your help to get rid of my guilts that bothers me everyday..
@seanwoods1100
@seanwoods1100 7 лет назад
Very eye opening appreciate your simplicity
@jitendraitankar
@jitendraitankar 7 лет назад
real good one...happy to listen to those experiences
@alexandercrush
@alexandercrush 5 лет назад
Love is simple. Have two people that are attracted to each physically and have similar interests. Let these people spend time together for 1 month and you got love.
@ixmooves2261
@ixmooves2261 4 года назад
That's romantic love. In a spiritual sense, romantic love is just a tiny fraction of pure love that's everywhere and in everyone.
@JustAnotherYou2
@JustAnotherYou2 4 года назад
Thank you for sharing.
@anitaloyd3703
@anitaloyd3703 7 лет назад
Sharing. information and thank. Love is knowledge of oneself
@tom7471
@tom7471 2 года назад
How wonderful and beautiful, and moving, and vulnerable. We are all imperfect and seeing that at a deeper level, well, perhaps the light begins to shine in...
@Eventsandthings
@Eventsandthings 5 лет назад
Well said... Thanks!
@ayaemam6851
@ayaemam6851 6 лет назад
this was beautiful !!!! thank you
@martinwest2538
@martinwest2538 2 года назад
True love is the thoughts and deeds of benevolence. Period. Relation issues are one thing in itself, it's all about attachment and bonding. If there is true love in a relation, depends on if the partners are capable of giving and receiving true love, i.e. being benevolent to each other as well as to themselves.
@8no1likeme-infinitestar65
@8no1likeme-infinitestar65 4 года назад
We can only come from one of 2 places,....Fear or Love...that's it. So,I choose Love almost all the time and it has served me well♡:)
@SXHQQSSS
@SXHQQSSS 6 лет назад
The Net of Indra!!! Fabulous Talk! Worth Pondering On!! BRAVO!!
@elf1717
@elf1717 7 лет назад
This talk was absolutely beautiful. I don't know what to say..but thank you.
@adagostaro4651
@adagostaro4651 3 года назад
Wow!! Thank you. AD.
@andrewhiggins1975
@andrewhiggins1975 3 года назад
Thank you 🙏🏽
@drunkdadchronicles
@drunkdadchronicles 6 лет назад
so good...thank you
@janetlees5885
@janetlees5885 8 лет назад
Wonderful - full of simple wonder. Thank you.
@morganmorrison5246
@morganmorrison5246 2 года назад
Hello there How're you doing?
@naananature
@naananature 7 лет назад
Thank you, you give me love :)
@shashikantgaikwad7216
@shashikantgaikwad7216 3 года назад
Brilliant, God bless!!👏
@milliemiller4954
@milliemiller4954 7 лет назад
@nikelodeon6852
@nikelodeon6852 4 года назад
This woman has achieved enlightenment.
@bermandonahue5234
@bermandonahue5234 5 лет назад
Thank you.
@gsplover2936
@gsplover2936 6 лет назад
oh, that was so beautiful!!!
@sabaidrees4738
@sabaidrees4738 7 лет назад
love each and everything
@kevinfishburne
@kevinfishburne 6 лет назад
Hit me in the feelz. Sage words.
@cosmoknight-skye2
@cosmoknight-skye2 5 лет назад
Thank you
@alex119251
@alex119251 7 лет назад
Thank you, I am in love with Your accent
@tashinashi2842
@tashinashi2842 7 лет назад
So beautiful!
@ideagenerator4518
@ideagenerator4518 7 лет назад
Good talk thanks for sharing these ideas!
@yuwarajshrestha7328
@yuwarajshrestha7328 7 лет назад
Excellent!
@irenediaz605
@irenediaz605 5 лет назад
AMAZING!
@christineescajeda3776
@christineescajeda3776 2 года назад
Thank you for sharing bless you
@piuchuipoukahmei7938
@piuchuipoukahmei7938 2 года назад
"LOVE" is a broad sense that means connecting from one heart to another heart self-relation that's given about LOVE.- also give a different meaning
@Kicikicimaj
@Kicikicimaj 7 лет назад
incredibly insightful and got me emotional . thank you xxx
@user-xw9yz3bn8l
@user-xw9yz3bn8l 6 лет назад
NIKITA KITA hello
@morganmorrison5246
@morganmorrison5246 2 года назад
Hello there How're you doing?
@hannamelnikava6838
@hannamelnikava6838 6 лет назад
thank you
@s4mh528
@s4mh528 4 года назад
wow. a twist in the fabric of love.
@jonkelly2003
@jonkelly2003 7 лет назад
Beautiful Mia. I've been do TM and it's advanced techniques in large groups at Maharishi University of Management for 33 years.
@jessicashine5649
@jessicashine5649 4 года назад
JON KIRKPATRICK hello Jon
@MarinaPier77
@MarinaPier77 6 лет назад
Beautiful talk
@kanikamaheshwari9732
@kanikamaheshwari9732 Год назад
So trueeee❣️
@PHOTOLOIART
@PHOTOLOIART 4 года назад
Beautiful.
@azitam.a.1682
@azitam.a.1682 3 года назад
“Let us have love and more love; a love that melts all opposition, a love that conquers all foes, a love that sweeps away all barriers, a love that aboundeth in charity, a large-heartedness, tolerance, forgiveness and noble striving, a love that triumphs over all obstacles.” - Abdu'l-Bahá
@enlightenment-transmission
@enlightenment-transmission 7 лет назад
Mia has awakened to Love. It's incorrect to associate her with Buddhism especially Zen (or Sufism). When I had my own Awakening/Enlightenment I was put under various labels. Being unique cannot be captured by any religion. I hope Mia discovers this.
@mariye469
@mariye469 7 лет назад
Agreed!
@SR-mv2mf
@SR-mv2mf 7 лет назад
Dave Oshana Enlightenment Transmission Teaching lol no enlightened person calls themselves enlightened and then gives unsolicited suggestions to tedx presenters
@milliemiller4954
@milliemiller4954 7 лет назад
Buddhism is the tool that got her there; probably the most "neutral" tool, which is important when the mind is impressionable because the soul is weak. At the end of the day, we need one another to pass down illuminating though and also to share it. It's less likely that she could have done this on her own; she needed the support network of LOVE
@drtgyjk
@drtgyjk 6 лет назад
Enlightenment Transmission Buddhism and jainism was born at the time when inequality and oppression by ellite class was prevailing in india it doesn't have nething except love to share..
@mimichelle_
@mimichelle_ 6 месяцев назад
Beautiful and genuine ❤
@NG2155
@NG2155 4 года назад
True love always mutual and something more...
@lenazhou7335
@lenazhou7335 3 года назад
life is imperfect !
@veApolo
@veApolo 4 года назад
Awesome Brave soul and heart..
@coleengallardo1622
@coleengallardo1622 7 лет назад
Filipino here! 👐
@FREEMASONKILL3R
@FREEMASONKILL3R 4 года назад
That’s true the heart only has an off and on. I’m usually heartless and cold but when I meant someone I started being open and loving another sid eu haven’t seen since I was a kid
@sal2417
@sal2417 3 года назад
Love is wanting more for somebody then they want for themselves
@sujitthomas5262
@sujitthomas5262 5 лет назад
Wow I really loved her speech... It was wonderful to hear her great thoughts.... Just amazing... Everything is a choice in this temporary world .. That's what I believe... Some people are emotional and some not... Its all about the taste of a person that makes the person go forward and select the things which they want... Some gives importance to love some not,, some are into luxuries or money or any other passion... 7.7 billion of the entire world is different and unique in 7.7 billion ways every individual is different and amazing in thereown... For me iam not a emotional person & I don't give much importance to feelings or any such kind of craps...To love someone is a choice what matters for me is not to be harmful by any means...After all I have got one life in this temporary world and its not to get stick with one and to create some unwanted emotions but to enjoy my precious days in the way which I want by chasing my dreams and living it according to my taste and that's what I have to say everyone live a life In your way if it love or money or any kind of passion towards whatever it may go for it.. Its your life and its one time offer use it well rock it your best...live a rememberable worthy life before we depart from this earth... Keep rocking.. Luv u all
@satnamo
@satnamo 5 лет назад
Love is a friendship inspires by beauty and truth and sustains by loving-kindness. The rule of friendship means that there must be a mutual understanding between them; each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other: Always using sincere and friendly words. Therefore the expressions of love must be kind and gentle.
@acyw123
@acyw123 7 лет назад
Beautifully spoken. It is exactly what I needed to hear. Thanks for sharing.
@stewartbenson2695
@stewartbenson2695 6 лет назад
Exactly...!
@morganmorrison5246
@morganmorrison5246 2 года назад
Hello there How're you doing?
@noemin04
@noemin04 7 месяцев назад
❤ very beautiful!
@samueltheafrican
@samueltheafrican 2 года назад
The best speech about love ever. I’m going to be speaking at a school tomorrow and I have been contemplating what my topic should be, now I know. Thank you ✨
@giorgiapolly
@giorgiapolly 6 лет назад
thanks
@sunzenith7028
@sunzenith7028 6 лет назад
Hello, totally inspirational! Made it more real that you were looking at cards occasionally as well, real life :-)
@TheCarrifaery
@TheCarrifaery 7 лет назад
beautiful vulnerability and sweetness
@morganmorrison5246
@morganmorrison5246 2 года назад
Hello there How're you doing?
@AbdullahSaleem1
@AbdullahSaleem1 6 лет назад
Waoo !!! What a beautiful lady.
@whitehotmoonlight
@whitehotmoonlight 6 лет назад
YES! YES! Well done!
@morganmorrison5246
@morganmorrison5246 2 года назад
Hello there How're you doing?
@sportyspice7847
@sportyspice7847 2 года назад
She nailed that 👋‼️🤜🤛
@msan8510
@msan8510 5 лет назад
Love
@unzahid
@unzahid 4 года назад
great.
@8no1likeme-infinitestar65
@8no1likeme-infinitestar65 4 года назад
Love yourself to best love others
@bobbymengel7054
@bobbymengel7054 3 года назад
Lovely vid
@pls-shanice
@pls-shanice 2 года назад
My grandparents met through international letter exchange at school too
@prnnp
@prnnp 6 лет назад
Oh my God 🙏🙏🙏😢😢😢
@jeckamail
@jeckamail 4 года назад
💜
@KG-uo7jv
@KG-uo7jv 5 дней назад
👏👏👏👏👏
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