Why Do You Want to Get Married?

Acharya Prashant

6min

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Questioner: Acharya Ji, Pranaam. Currently, there is a lot of pressure on me to get married. I am completely confused about this decision, I am not mentally prepared for it right now. I feel incompleteness in my life, and I want to settle things in my life.

There is a lot of pressure, but I am still holding on. This issue is taking a lot of my time and attention. What to do?

Acharya Prashant: Companionship is wonderful. Be with one person, ten persons, with anybody who helps your mind be centered. Being with such a person, or a group of persons is wonderful.

If marriage is another name for beautiful companionship, marriage is wonderful. But what matters is not the social institution of marriage, but the fact that you are with someone.

And when you are with someone, the presence of that someone will necessarily have an effect on you, and vice-versa.

You must know the effect that the other’s presence has upon you.

If someone’s presence has a becalming effect on your mind, soothing effect on your mind, illuminating effect on your mind, liberating effect on your mind, go ahead and boldly be with that person or persons, as much as you want to.

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