Falling in love is incredibly easy for some, and extremely difficult for others. Many people can go years, or spend their entire life looking for Mr. or Miss Right. Love and good relationships continue to be a struggle for a lot of people. Couples have a difficult time staying in love, once they fall into it. Very few understand that people when in love connect not only emotionally but also energetically.

All human beings and living organisms have an aura. The aura has multiple bands of energy that surround the body. Each band vibrates at its own frequency, very much like a heart beat. Holistic health Practioners believe that like attracts like. This means that if human beings operate or resonate on similar vibrations, one can have an extreme effect on another. If you ever felt really attracted to a person, and experienced the magnetic pull of two things coming together. You can understand how difficult it is resist someone who you are attracted to.

Other people would call this attraction a “spark” or “chemistry.” What is truly happening at this time is that you and your partner’s aura are merging and sharing information. There are many layers to the auric field. However, the one layer that is most potent to falling in love is the emotional layer. The Orisha Oshun rules over the emotional layer. The emotion of love is an exchange of energy. In the most ideal cases, people are giving the best of themselves emotionally. This creates an euphoric feeling. Walking on clouds, head over heels in love, are expressions of the energy and power of love in its most elevated state. The feeling literally blows you away. In fact, most spiritualists believe that understanding the emotion of love can lead to enlightenment.

However, people tend to fall out of love because they don’t know how to take their feelings “to the next level.” Energy, or ashe has to move and it can either rise or fall, but it will never remain stagnant. For people to maintain their relationships they have to love from another “layer.” The have to love from the astral layer. The astral layer is another band in the auric field. However, it vibrates at a much higher frequency. Obatala is the Orisha who rules over this layer.

The astral layer allows people to bond in such a way that they can affect each other across time and space, even when they are separated. We see this with married couples that finish one another’s sentences. Couples who can read each others thoughts, and those that even feel their partner’s emotions from long distances. Falling in love is such a great thing! ♥
~New African Spirituality

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Could Chocolate, a substance known to carry both PEA (phylethylamine) and Theobromine (caffeine is METHYLtheobromine) cause the body to produce oxytocin (the LOVE chemical)?

Phenylethylamine, β-phenethylamine or phenethylamine (PEA) is an organic compound and a natural monoamine alkaloid, a trace amine, and also the name of a class of chemicals with many members well known for psychoactive drug and stimulant effects.[1] Phenylethylamine functions as a neuromodulator or neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system.[2] It is biosynthesized from the amino acid phenylalanine by enzymatic decarboxylation. In addition to its presence in mammals, phenethylamine is found in many other organisms and foods, such as chocolate, especially after microbial fermentation.

In the early 1980s, psychiatrist Michael Liebowitz, author of the popular 1983 book The Chemistry of Love, remarked to reporters, "chocolate is loaded with PEA". This became the focus for an article in The New York Times, which was then taken up by the wire services and then by magazine free-lancers, evolving into the now-eponymous "chocolate theory of love".[15] However, as noted earlier, phenethylamine is rapidly metabolized by the enzyme MAOB, preventing significant concentrations from reaching the brain, thus contributing no perceptible psychoactive effect without the use of an MAOI.

Oxytocin is best known for its roles in sexual reproduction, in particular during and after childbirth. It is released in large amounts after distension of the cervix and uterus during labor, facilitating birth, maternal bonding, and, after stimulation of the nipples, breastfeeding. Both childbirth and milk ejection result from positive feedback mechanisms.[1]

From my findings it seems that the initial "spark" in a relationship is a natural endogenous release of PEA, Dopamine, and Norepinephrine......and as a couple gets closer together and falls deeper in love (I like to say after the "honeymoon" stage) the chemicals are known to be Oxytocin, and Serotonin. Enjoy!

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Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love. ~ Nelson Rockefeller

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“No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving fluid of human existence”
~ Smiley Blanton
(Artist ~ Alex Grey)

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When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before. ~ Blaise Pascal
(Artist ~ Alex Grey)

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True Love is beyond Time. True Love exists in the reality of My heart. It is absolutely never restricting. Oh no, rather it is a doorway into the biggest, the most vast, the endless experience of My Love as co-creators. Yes, you can create separately (without knowledge of the other – for your SoulMate is there whether or not you know it) but I tell you this: once you are united consciously with your SoulMate or Twin Flame, then you are ready for real co-creation, the moment your hearts are engaged.” ~ Yaël Powell

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“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.”
~ Bob Marley
(Artist ~ Alex Grey)