Why does love exist?

"Love doesn’t merely exist - it is the undercurrent of existence itself.  Love, allurement, gravity, desire - these are all words for this basic push and pull of the Universe.  Love is the life-force of all beings - from rocks to plants to ants to us.  The complexity of matter is determined by the amount of love it accesses - i.e. what separates humans from rocks.   We humans love not just for reproduction or for acceptance, but because it is the most natural thing to do; love is our nature."

"The deepest love we can feel is generated for a being who reflects to us our deepest, truest, self.  This being could be a family member, partner, friend, mentor, guru, or anyone else.  This person is on a level of their own in your hierarchy of love - a level that you can hardly speak about but just the thought of them puts you in the place of love in yourself that is pure and true.  This transcendent love cuts right through your ego and feeds your heart and soul."

“Nowadays, there is nothing called true love. What all today exists is only conditional love. That love is for a particular reason, a particular trait of a person and a particular greed which needs to be fulfilled by human beings. That isn’t called love; in fact it’s called “Lust”. Many of you mistake lust as a crave for sex or a sexual satisfaction but that’s not the truth. Lust are of many kinds. Many people love each other because they need sex whereas there are some people who love each other for the lust of their physical traits, some people love each other for the lust of their money and some love each other only to showoff because they think that it makes them look pretty cool in the modern world. So this proves there is nothing called true love…”
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“Love is the glue that makes separate entities one. Maya, the creative aspect of Brahman, is the creator of diversity and individuality. This is the nature of everything that is created. Maya’s ability to create differences is unimaginable unless you deeply contemplate it. Those who believe what they see objectively will forever be hunting for the common principle. It will make us run helter skelter to look for happiness…. Such is the magic of Maya. Such is the bane of Maya….”
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"Love exists for so many reasons.  It exists so we can find a mate.  It exists so we can have and raise offspring.  It exists so we can be accepted in society and connect with nature and the earth.  It exists so we can touch into our true nature.  It exists so we can connect deeply with other humans.  It exists so we can feel the deepest joy imaginable.  Love exists for all these reasons, and is unquestionably a core part of being human.  Love is what makes life worth living."