Polyamory Defined
Well, according to Merriam Webster -
wedon't
have a definition, at least not online.
However, if we look at the word, it breaks
down into two parts.
Poly, is Greek, meaning many parts,
and
Amory is derived from French Amour,
meaning
love.
So basically - Many Loves, or perhaps
in some cases Many Lovers.
For everyone who has taken the time to
put in your 2 cents towards a better definition - thanks!
Jon.(naturat)
to love without fear - submitted by
yihud.
To have the freedom to love more
thanone
person equally. - submitted by Tayness.
Responsible non-monogamy. Ethical
sluthood.Multi-partner
relationships (be they sex among friends, group marriage,or anything in
between) in which all parties are consenting. - submittedby Apparattus
Norvegicus.
Being able to love more than one
person,and
have all loves be equally valid. - submitted by Kitanzi.
Polyamory is the beautiful union of
ashared
karma
Enhanced by freedom and a love of
Nature,Earth
and Universe........ - submitted by Futureman.
Our ability to share love among many
humanbeings.
- submitted by Lover.
is love experienced and shared by
all.........-
submitted by Corsican
Life is mine and I have it all..
I'm free to decide and so clever :)
-submitted
by Satriani
Polyamory is the simple idea that
loveingone
person doesn't stop you from loveing another person. Love is love,sex
is
sex and sometimes the two meet. I choose to love everyone I lovewith my
whole heart.
The more the merrier. - submitted byWalter
There is a saying, "If you love
someome,let
them go. If they do not come back they were never yours. If they docome
back, you will always be together." This is the third option, notonly
did
they come back, but they are willing to share you with othersin body,
mind
and spirit so they can see how wonderful you are.
Polyamoury, to me, is giving your
partnerthe
freedom to explore without fear or jelousy, knowing that they stilllove
you. - submitted by Susano
love is life life is short... -
submittedby
zdenko
The more you love, the more you CAN
love,and
the more intensely you love. And there is no limit to how MANY youcan
love.
RAH (and he's right) polyamory is loving with all your heartthe ones
you
love, without jealousy or fear - submitted by Mooncrow
is accepting the challenge of
redefininglove
in a personal way that acknowledges love and intimacy need not
haveprescribed
limits; that no one person should bear the burden of tryingto meet ALL
the needs of another; that jealousy is the most corrosive
anddestructive
emotion; and that the more love and intimacy are experiencedand
exchanged,
the stronger, deeper, and more abundant they become. Itis love without
possessiveness or fear. It is not simple, or easy, or tame;but it is
enormously
fulfilling, and precious beyond imagining. - submittedby Wunderkind
Love is knowing that someone would
doanything
for you and that you would do the same for them. - submitted byBarney
Polyamory means mature recognition
thataffection
and/or sexual attraction does not equate with some arbitraryand
immediate
ownership over another ... it is recognizing that NO bondcan unite the
divided but love, and that all else is accursed. Polyamoryis heeding
the
clarion call of the stars to come forth beneath their splendorousbeauty
and take your fill and will of love when, where and with whom yewill --
as an eternal sacrament unto the Divine Spirit. Food for thought:maybe
when Christ said that in the resurrection they would not marry butwould
be as the angels, He did not mean abstinence from sharing
physicalpleasure.
Perhaps He meant that souls would be purified of the dross ofjealousy
and
selfish grasping sufficiently to be able to share themselvesfreely
without
any such petty interferences. So many of the world's illscome from
enforced
notions of monogamy as a moral ideal. Mutual consentmonogamy in free
will
is just as beautiful as polyamory ... but this travestyof programming
people
to justify the most base of emotions and manipulationsin the name of
supposed
"morality" is a despicable farce. The time hascome to stand up and end
the misery. - submitted by Shedona~Babalon
Polyamory is Love based on
unconditionalacceptance
of you partner(s). Polyamory is possible if you love your partnerto
such
a degree that you feel happy if he can explore and develop
hispersonality
to an extend that covers relationships with other people -without a
feeling
of fear or loss. - submitted by BiPhi
Polyamory is loving : radical
loving,unconditional
loving, unrestricted loving, loving without boundaries --"Loving
Unlimited"
For the way the "Tantric PolyPioneers" describe andmodel it, see
http://members.tripod.com/~Ayran1/PolyAluna.html
- submittedby Ayran
Multiple Love Partners, is analogis
tomultiple
children. Parents do not love the second child LESS, but
DIFERENTLY.Thus
a "sharing" of love between multiple partners is not like "swinging"but
more like an "extended family" of adults. I, personally, find thatit
defeats
the social problem of the marriage & divorce cycle and formsa more
long lasting and flexible relationship for ALL partners. - submittedby
polymale
Polyamory: simply put is the ability
tolove
more than one person at a time and to love no matter of race creedor
sexual
orientation . - submitted by Jade
I really feel that if wr raised our
childrenthat
love comes in many different forms and not to feel confines by
thefeelings
of love, that the world would be free of all the divorce
lawyers...marriagecounsellors...jails
that are built to hold men and women that are psychopathsbecause of the
way they were raised, under the pretext that u can onlylove one person
and when u give that love to someone they now become apossesion not a
gift
that could be shared with many people where love isshared freely... -
submitted
by jewelz
polyamory is what you make of it it
hasthe
ability to be everything that you could ever wish for and then againit
could be your worst nightmare. It just depends on you own level of
acceptance.For
me it is a way of life that i would never give up as it allows me
thefreedom
to share my true self with qualified individuals on a one to onebasis.
Try it with the right people and you'll never want to go back toany
other
lifestyle. ;]~ - submitted by Don
Like the roots of a flower they must
spreadout
in order for that flower to fully blossom. - submitted by iceberg
Sex is physical. Love is emotional.
Youcan
have sex without love, just as you can love without sex. You can
lovemore
than 1 person. No emotional commitments expected or requiered
beyondregular
friendship, but apppreciated and respected when they are afforded.This
marraige of TRUST and COMMUNICATION allows one the discretion of
truelyloving
without feeling that they have to be "In Love" to be morally ableto
express
HONESTLY what they truely feel, sexually or emtionally. Whenyou focus
all
this in one person, then you cross the plane to where youAre "In Love"
at which timeyou may commit to a monogomous relationship.As long as you
have the TRUST and the COMMUNICATION as the foundation,then you are
free
to build on this as does your friendship.Just respectothers and BE SAFE
in ALL that you do. Respect their beliefs as you wouldwant them to
respect
yours. - submitted by NCPirate
A love shared by many people in one
relationship-
submitted by Nic
polyamory: the ability to know in
yourheart
that the human soul loves, and to not suppress that. knowing thatyour
heart
can and usualy does love more than one person. if people wouldstop
sneaking
around and just be with those they love whomever THEY mightbe in
fidelity
would be a thing of the past. we are human we can love solets. adam had
many wives. - submitted by eddie
as long as we can love why dont we?
ifmy
relation doesnt bother you then why r u bothering me? - submitted byeddie
As the wind touches every person
withoutquestion,
so does our love encompass all. Love yourself first and you areopen to
love the universe. - submitted by onesong
I feel that one being Poly just
meansthat
love can be shared with many people. I feel love was ment to be
sharedand
that by sharing your love you spread good will towards all. -
submittedby
Polyroses
Polyamory is breaking the chains of
jelousyand
selfishness. It is to be as a child, who is without fear or
boundriesthat
restrain us from knowing one another intimately. Polyamory is notabout
sex, it is about affection. - submitted by Pat
in spirit we are all part of the
energy
pool, in flesh we are seaperated by this world of matter, spirit
remembers
the intimacy, and longs for the relationship, get on board the "ship"
and
continue the relation. "The kingdom of heaven is within" lets us
celebrate
and rejoice in the spirit of heaven by recognizine the almighty in all
of us. Blessed BE. - submitted by mevysen
the unconditional gift of yourself to
those you share love with - submitted by SummerDell
The philosophy and practice of loving
more than one other person at a time, also sometimes called
responsible,
ethical, or intentional non-monogamy.- submitted by Moonstorm
Love is when another person's
happiness
is essential to your own. Some times a third person is essential
to that person's happiness.
It is responsible adults who work hard
to make and run a family. - submitted by rea
Polymamory is breaking the sadistic
human
rules and discovering the barbarian instincts of carnal pleasures. To
love
anything that moves if you so desire.
I agree..and u seem too. So, let's just
do it. Don't give a damn to the whole universe - submitted by neel
love is love, there are no boundries
and no maximum number of people,animals,nature,worlds. can confine it.
the bible say's "love one another", it
didn't say "love just one" - submitted by fire1
sex is just sex, polyamory is, loving
friends completely
sharing your life with wonderful
friends - submitted by kat
mother nature has her way of balancing
things in her world.that world in which humans are at the top of the
world.never the less her world.when done properly you meet people who
were meant to walk god`s journey together striving to ascend back to
him.sometimes you are assigned more than one person to walk thru life
with.some you have types of relationships with.in all good cases the
people show a godly version of love towards each other - submitted by khemetian
It's about accepting that you are a
deviant, a warped individual and a pervert from the one you thought you
loved and still knowing it's time to be honest with yourself and
knowing you will get where you want to be. - submitted by jack
I suppose the simplest way to define
it is loving more than one person of any gender. But that's soooo
limiting in my view. If you only want to share sex with me fine. If
only mental stimulation fine. You shouldn't define how and what you
consider love. - submitted by purple
Polyamory is giving and receiving freedom from sexual bondage which is what nature has divined erotics to be.
A person has endless curiosity regardig erotic behaviour of other males and female and though he may have some way gathering titbit of information but unless he transcends the limit of sexual bondage and explores diversity with intimacy and emotions the depth of erotic responses of persons of different age group race and class he/she remains obscure to himself and plyamory is the erotic art of discovering total inner sexual identity by relating to total erotic diversity.
Apaka
I so take great joy
in every particle of my being to have connected if just through reading
and taking in the energy of love and understanding of all the
commentors. Sometimes, the child within longs for connection as it
seems that within my personal earth, so much of how I live and what I
do is give out. Knowing there are like minded seeking/finding/evolving
souls blesses me beyond measure and gives me such comfort. Onward and
upward to All !!! - Joygirl
In the principle the
souls floated and they were crossed on the chaos
impregnated of the knowledge, this was one with they.. When
humans
acquire conscience and therefore its body, they being remained confined
in the limit of its own material body.. Incapable to attend and
find
full with the other craiturs and with the ALL (God), humans being alone
the formula of the love it remains it, that is the infinite force with
the soul clamors and demands its original state, to be united at all
divine.. The love and the practice of him, is therefore the way
in
which our interior criature - or soul - finally reaches to graze
the
extasis of the absolute happiness... RETURN TO ALL AGAIN...
Free true
love... - Rey
MY favorite
definition, from the "Loving More" website:
Polyamory (many loves) is a relatively new word created for
relationships where an adult intimately loves more than one other
adult. This includes forms like open couples, group marriage, intimate
networks, triads and even people who currently have one or no partners,
yet are open to the possibility of more. It is another word for
nonmonogamy.
loving without
expectation, surrendering to the grand adventure of living freely!
- milkmom
The over whelming
desire between two people to be conected
emotionaly or spiritualy yet the physical needs to physically
communicate with another being is supported and encouraged be each
other keeping a rare example of the ultimate alive and well.
Loving someone
so completely that the physical needs each
have is so insugnificant that retiring to another room after dinner
with friends has no more impact than sitting down to a game of cards. -
Mike
Love is a
many-partnered thing.
Some of us have
more love to give than any one person could handle.
- DrMatt
Polyamory is a return to the original condition of humankind when we loved freely and openly with many partners.
- The Dirt
Also, here are a
few FAQ's for you to check out if you're still in question as to what
thisis
all about:
http://www.polyamory.org/