It could be both. At times, we have that “feeling” but most of the time, a choice, as emotions are not reliable.

Maybe I should stick to the music and comedy and leave the deep discussions to those more qualified? LOL

Thanks for indulging me though!

Disagree. Conscious choise driven by lust is not "conscious" at all

it's a feeling, not a choice

@Duke --- This is a reply to your reply. I'm putting it up here because none of my buttons work. --- I had a good teacher in David Seabury who wrote The Art Of Selfishness.

Love your neighbor as you love yourself. How do you love yourself? By forgiving yourself. How do you forgive yourself? By realizing that the only thing you have ever done, is the best that could have been done, with what you had to work with at the time.

Love arises from depths within us over which we have no control. Love starts with self love. If you don't love yourself, you cannot truly love another.