Magnetism

Nobody knows why certain rocks become magnetized and others do not. There's a book about it: "Driven Force" by Robert Livingston. Magnetic movement happens because elements brewing deep beneath the earth respond to certain inner magnetic systems of particular substances. Magnetism is earthly-driven, while all other movement depends on direct touch. An outside force, that is, to propel it.

Of course, not everything is highly magnetic. Some rocks are; some are not. But our brains are. Our brains are electromagnetic systems.

A lodestone is a variety of magnetite that shows polarity and acts like a magnet when freely suspended. The discovery of lodestones dates back to ancient times; in Chinese the word for lodestone is tzhu shih, which means "loving stone." Scientists have scratched their heads for centuries regarding why lodestones are magnetized and how, exactly, they got that way. They think it might have something to do with material that is unexpectedly and randomly struck by bolts of lightening ... changed, in a flash by chance, from mere rocks to loving stones.

And while I do not proclaim to [even begin to] understand what "love" is [hell, history's greatest philosophers have been attempting to untangle that sticky mess since the beginning of time,] the magnetic nature of the human nervous system somehow makes me feel a bit less insane. Who among us has not, at one time or another, felt drawn to a stranger ... being pulled toward an individual by some inexplicable force? Or how about the sensation of being hooked, linked like a magnet to a fridge, unable to pull away without some outside force intervening? In the case of human beings, this outside force is often tends to be something like logic.

Being magnetized to someone is a natural facet of the earth's energy flow. It becomes problematic, however, when societal and psychological expectations cloud the looking glass. Titles [boyfriend/girlfriend] and words [love] are human inventions. Energy is not. I think it's key to focus on what is real, not what is man-made; what you experience, not what is legitimized by the vernacular.

And if that magnetic connection is lost, remember that the world is filled with many metaphorical positives for your negative... or vice versa.