A friend is someone you can relate to in a way that uplifts your life, gives you clarity and insight. So, why isn't it possible to be with a person of the opposite gender who gives sharpness to your consciousness and a better understanding of life? If you cannot be friends with a person of the opposite sex, an important part of you will remain unnourished, unawakened, uneducated, and unaddressed. It is the mark of an awakened and spiritual society that men and women will be freely mingling with each other.
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Questioner: Sir, can a boy and girl just be friends?
Acharya Prashant: A friend is someone in the truest sense you can relate to in a way that uplifts your life, your mind, your thought process, gives some clarity, some insight to you. That’s who a friend is. Right?
Questioner: Yes sir.
Acharya Prashant: Being with a friend turns you into someone better. That’s who a friend is, simply put. So why can’t you be with a girl and find that her presence, her company gives sharpness to your consciousness, your mind, you are able to understand life better. How is it not possible? And vice versa, how is it not possible that lets say, there is a girl who is somehow either too afraid or too egoistic or superstitious and she comes in contact with a boy and in the company of the boy she realizes the filth within and is able to clear the cobwebs and emerge as bold, inquisitive and a better individual. Why is that not possible?
