When you cannot like yourself, then obviously you have to turn to somebody else. That is loneliness. But when you are living a life that is rich, full, honest, then you are alright with yourself. Now, it is not so that you will not have a relationship with the other; it is just that now you will not have a dependent or parasitic relationship with the other.
The lonely man is a burden on the other; at the same time, he is prepared to take the burden of another lonely person upon himself. That’s how most relationships are. “I am lonely, you are lonely. I will take your load, you bear my load.” As if that reduces your load!
This article has been created by volunteers of the PrashantAdvait Foundation from transcriptions of sessions by Acharya Prashant
