There is not much difference between a live-in relationship and marriage. When you are living with somebody, that person gains enormous power to affect your life in all kinds of ways, and you too gain that power. You cannot do justice to that responsibility if you are not a spiritually evolved person. Be very, very conscious of your personal space. It is sacred; not everybody must be allowed to enter it.
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Questioner: There is a growing trend of having live-in relationships as opposed to marriage. We are finding more people falling into a live-in relationship. Is that a movement forward? Would that be considered something that would take us to freedom?
Acharya Prashant: We are very good at playing with names. So, if you are married to someone, you live with him or her; in a live-in relationship too, you live with somebody. How does it matter? Ultimately, you are living with somebody.
Why are you living with anybody? You can choose the marriage route, you can choose the live-in route, you can choose some other route, you can decide to be part of a commune or some other setting— some other kind of gathering, a club or something; but the thing is about company and relationship. Why is there such a hungry need to be with someone? And when I say, "Why," I mean "Why?" It's a question, not an allegation. When I say, "Why is there such a need to be with someone?" we need to answer this.
