...the "soul"? obviously "soul" because a soul does not exist but I meant the essence of ourselves created by our minds as consciousness.
Dexter - your answer makes no sense.
The essence of ourselves IS love..not the love we feel for another which is impermanent because of the conditions we place upon that kind of love...but pure unconditional love that needs no thing or condition to remain permanent as itself.
Only pure love that is consciousness itself cannot be destroyed because it is love revealed to us through truth not delusion.
Sexual attraction and falling in love satisfy the body and the ego only.Let's face it...it only takes something small to shatter that kind of love and it quickly becomes suffering.
Love is a cocktail of drugs produced by your brain, this chemical love last for up to 3 years. Then you have to trick it to continue to produce the drugs, find a new love, or settle for contentment which is different.