Acharya Prashant explains the nature of true love, beginning with the idea that a lover is one who loves, but more importantly, one who is ready to be annihilated in love. To be annihilated, one needs a subject of love so vast that one can dissolve into it. However, people often choose a small, safe subject for their love, where there is no danger of dissolution. The questioner then brings up the concept of enlightenment (Sambodhi), which she heard is universally available but not a permanent certificate, causing her distress. She also mentions reading about saints like Paramahansa Yogananda attaining Samadhi multiple times and wonders if it's possible to lose enlightenment. Citing verses from Meera Bai and Kabir Saheb, she posits that love is a path and asks if this path, too, will eventually be left behind. Acharya Prashant responds with an analogy, asking whether one would prefer fresh mangoes or preserved mango juice. Just as fresh mangoes must be plucked daily, enlightenment is not a one-time achievement to be stored away. It is not a degree that can be put in a freezer and tasted at will. He then addresses the concept of love (preet), stating that it requires two separate entities and the distance between them. If love is so dear, one must question if they are willing to endure this separation forever. When the distance is eliminated and the two become one, love itself ceases to exist. To preserve love, one must preserve the ego, as the ego is the lover. The ego needs another to love, but if the lover and beloved merge, the lover is gone, and so is the experience of love. He points out that many people mistakenly try to preserve the experience of love, and in doing so, they preserve their ego. They fear that if they cease to exist, they will no longer be able to taste the nectar of love. However, the nectar of love is a small thing compared to the ultimate union with the beloved, the Atman (Self). He quotes Rabindranath Tagore, illustrating how a lover can be so engrossed in the act of loving that they miss the beloved's presence. The purpose of love is not to perpetually feed the lover the nectar of love, but to annihilate the lover. This is why people choose to love small, non-threatening things—to avoid their own annihilation. The higher the object of love, the more difficult it is to love, because it demands one's dissolution. To avoid this, people resort to the trick of 'respect,' bowing their heads from a distance to save themselves. Love is a means (sadhana), and the ultimate goal (sadhya) is oneness (ekatva). The culmination of the ritual of love is liberation (mukti).