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Why do people fall in love? || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2013)
Acharya Prashant
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12 years ago
Hormones
Chemicals
Physical attraction
Sexual arousal
Marriage
Loneliness
Real love
State of being
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that what most people commonly refer to as falling in love is merely a physical and chemical process driven by the body. He points out that this phenomenon typically occurs at a specific age because it is triggered by the secretion of hormones. He asserts that if these chemicals were removed from the body, the feeling of love would disappear, and an excess of them would make one appear super loving. He compares this human experience to the mechanical attraction between a magnet and iron, or the biological drives seen in animals like bulls and dogs, emphasizing that it is a primitive and physical arousal rather than something divine or transcendental. He further clarifies that the foundation of conventional love and marriage is rooted in sexual arousal and physical consummation, as even legal systems recognize sex as the bedrock of marriage. Acharya Prashant describes this common form of love as a reaction to loneliness, comparing it to chemical bonds where individuals seek to fill their own incompleteness through another. He argues that real love is impossible as long as one remains caught in these physical and societal definitions learned from movies and culture. To understand real love, one must first see the falseness of this chemical-driven attraction. Real love, according to Acharya Prashant, is not dependent on age, hormones, or specific individuals. It is not possessive, jealous, or violent, and it does not stem from a sense of loneliness. He explains that real love is not something one 'does' toward a specific person while remaining cruel to others; rather, it is a state of being. In real love, an individual does not just love someone; they become love itself. He encourages the audience to explore this deeper, non-physical dimension of love that makes life truly worth living.