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How do I directly know real love? || Acharya Prashant, on Saint Kabir (2016)
Scriptures and Saints
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Love
Truth
Dissolution
Kabir Saheb
Mental Health
Spirituality
Essential
Ego
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that on the battlefield, one must act with the intensity of an eagle rather than a dove, noting that Shri Krishna himself tried to prevent war before it began. He defines love as being drawn towards the essential, the real, and the central. This movement towards the truth is described as a path that becomes increasingly narrow, requiring the individual to drop all inessential belongings and relationships. Eventually, the path becomes so narrow that even the self cannot pass through; at the final destination, the seeker dissolves, and only the truth remains. He references Kabir Saheb to illustrate that the path of love cannot accommodate both the ego and the Divine.