Companionship is not the final thing. The final thing is something else. The companion has to be a medium towards that thing, otherwise the companion is toxic. When you say love is essential, then you get into love of the totally wrong kind because you have taken love as the final thing. Then attraction, sensuousness and attachment become the names of love. So, love is not essential. What is essential is being attracted to someone who elevates you. If your love is of that kind, wonderful.
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Questioner: When I was reading the works of Sri Aurobindo and Mother, you know, I mean companionship and love, of course, such essentials of our lives which I have not been a success at so far.
Acharya Prashant: No, no, no. Wait, wait, wait. May I just interrupt?
Questioner: Yeah.
Acharya Prashant: The essential is Truth. Companionship is not essential. Right?
Questioner: Hmm.
