Is it possible to love without the senses?
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Yes, watch the movie Ray, about Ray Charles. Although he wasn't deaf, mute, incapable of smell/ touch, he was blind, but see how his music had and still makes a huge impact in the world around us. He was still able to play the piano and sing even though he couldn't see.
I think a case in point might be Helen Keller, although she was capable of smelling and touching. She had a mother and father, both trying to be loving and helpful, but most of her behavior was very egocentric because of the lack of communication. I think her feelings toward her parents were ambivalent, or she thought of them mostly as just there to help satisfy her wants. But once communication opened up then she became free to understand the opposite of self-centeredness, and therefore began to understand the needs of others, which in turn became the basis of both giving and receiving love in a more recognizable form. Now if you have once had all of those physical senses you mention, and at least, say 4 or 5 years knowing the world around you and understanding what love is, based on the behavior of parents or family or others around you, I believe the persistence of human memory is such that you would still be capable of love if you were still able to communicate in some way.
Also, as a Mormon, I believe that physical handicaps are a temporary life condition, that after the resurrection following the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, that anyone who has had disabilities or is still living with them during his/her life, will have restored to him/her a perfect, immortal body, matching the healthy, intelligent spirit he/she had in the premortal life. As spirits we already had experience with love, so we will remember what we used to know.
Your question is extremely interesting, however, in the here and now.
Love is an emotion inside us...
it is possible. before love comes to open, one will have a definite feeling. this feeling is the reason of love. for those who have senses, feeling comes easily. for others, it may not come so easily. that is the only difference!
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