Acharya Prashant responds to a question about a partner wanting only "physical love" by first questioning the term itself. He states that this is a new concept for him and asks what it means. He clarifies that the questioner is talking about lust or sex and should not dignify it with the term "physical love." He calls this a linguistic trick, similar to how the English language uses the phrase "making love" for sex. He acknowledges that his words might be hurtful to many, who might even call him an enemy of love. He explains that love is not about pouncing on another person like a snake of lust. He uses the analogy of a lustful python coiling around someone, squeezing them tighter and tighter, and calling it physical love, which ultimately destroys the other person. He questions what good comes from someone climbing on top of another, whether physically or mentally. He asks the questioner what benefit she has received from this four-year-long "physical game." Has it brought progress to her life, reduced her worries, calmed her restlessness, or made her a better person? He asserts that if it truly brought betterment, she should do nothing else. However, he states that such an act brings no betterment; it only makes the body and mind dirty. One cannot find peace or progress by becoming a toy for someone's lust; it only leads to a feeling of being used. Acharya Prashant attributes this misunderstanding of love to social conditioning from movies, friends, and books, which portray physical intimacy as the entirety of love. He says this is a result of principles and impressions drilled into the mind, causing people to perform acts in the name of love that have no connection to it. He then defines true love as the well-being, betterment, and progress of the other. Love, he says, is being willing to incur a loss for the sake of the other's benefit. Exploitation, placing demands, and imposing conditions on the other is not love. He concludes by stating that love is a very precious thing, not something that naturally occurs with youth or hormonal changes. Love is not cheap or natural in the sense of an animal instinct. He emphasizes that love must be learned; it is acquired through dedicated spiritual practice (sadhana) and can take a lifetime to truly understand. Love is something that deepens and sweetens with age, and it is not something any random person can just fall into.