The kinds of meanings that we associate with love are actually quite demeaning. It’s not your own self-interest that you think of in love. Love is not an emotion; love primarily is a spiritual understanding. Saint Valentine would not be quite pleased with the meanings we have associated with his name and his day. The saints laid down their lives so that our faulty definition of love could be corrected, and that is probably the best use this day can be put to: correcting the definition of Love.
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Acharya Prashant: All right, Anu, would you now tell me what all this is about?
Questioner: It’s Valentine’s today. So, I just wanted to share all the gifts that I got with you.
Acharya Prashant: Oh, you received so many gifts?
Questioner: It’s Valentine’s. It’s actually been a week, so it’s, you know, love is in the air and everybody’s very, very happy. And so this is one of the mediums through which people have been sharing their happiness. So I’ve got cards, I’ve got chocolates, like roses obviously, you know, some jewelry as well.
Acharya Prashant:
