A true relationship is not built on need, possession, or emotional dependence, but on a shared commitment to Truth and inner growth. A worthy companion reflects your reality like a mirror rather than performing a role to please you. Real love is effortless, rooted in one's nature, not expectations. When your highest commitment is to excellence and Truth, relationships become a natural outcome—not the purpose of life itself.
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Questioner: So I was going through your book (Truth Without Apology), chapter 80: Be Whole Before You Belong. “You must learn aloneness.” And then you have said: “Then even if you approach the other, even if you relate, it will be a relationship of health, a relationship in which you have something to give, a relationship of joy, not of dependence and desperation.”
So this gives me an idea that one must not have any expectations in a companionship. But at the same time, I’ve understood from your videos that the role of a companion is to reflect you and uplift you, and that there is something within us that feels the need to relate. So we better be discreet or careful and very selective about it, if we anyway need to have a companion. But being discreet or selective, does it not mean that there will be some expectations?
Acharya Prashant: No, the expectations are in the negative: the fellow you are relating to must not be an exploiter.
