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The more alone you are, the more loving you are || AP Neem candies
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Love
Aloneness
Relationship
Freedom
Space
Clinginess
Wisdom
Shri Krishna
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Acharya Prashant explains a paradox: the more one is capable of aloneness, the more one is capable of love. He advises against taking a partner for granted or expecting their constant availability. Instead, one should meet their partner as a lover, dating them to maintain freshness in the relationship. Relationships get spoiled when people cling to each other, which reduces the connection to mere physical contact, sweat, and stink, leading to a desire for separation and distance. To achieve a true heart-to-heart connection, some physical separation is necessary. This does not mean sexual abstinence, but rather not being in the same shared physical space all the time, as no one can bear looking at the same face twenty-four hours a day. It is important to give each other decent space and, at times, even disappear from the other's life. The idea of being inseparable, like a shadow following someone, is unhealthy. The speaker humorously criticizes the concept of a double commode as the height of such clinginess, stating that the idea of a shared bed is vulgar and an invitation to trouble. He suggests that there should only be single beds, preferably in separate rooms, so that meeting is a choice, not a mandate. This choice-based meeting is what constitutes a spiritual union. When sex and physical nearness dominate a relationship, its essence dries up, and the other person is seen merely as a body for sex or upkeep. This is similar to how mothers might focus on a child's physical health but neglect their soul and wisdom. The same applies to spouses who might be concerned about each other's physical well-being but are oblivious to their inner state, such as corruption or violence. The fundamental problem is not marriage itself, but one's own life. If one's own life is a problem, the marriage will be too. The solution lies in wisdom, as taught by masters like Shri Krishna, Ashtavakra, and Kabir Saheb. One must first be married to God, and then God will take care of the earthly marriage. This requires a fundamental change in one's own 'I' and perspective.