PASSION

• The intensity level of the emotional response (either positive or negative). [Note: The subjective experience of passion (i.e., feeling passionate) is synonymous with the subjective experience of caring.]
• The attraction to something, disconnected from the needs of the self (e.g., passion for the Truth, passion for art).
• Suffering (from the Latin word passiō which means suffering; e.g., the passion of Christ = the suffering of Christ).
See also: Attraction, Caring, Desire, Suffering