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The more alone you are, the more loving you are || Acharya Prashant (2017)
Shakti
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Aloneness
Love
Freedom
Spirituality
Marriage
Wisdom
Shri Krishna
Kabir Saheb
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that the capacity for love is directly proportional to one's capacity for aloneness. He describes the paradox that relationships often deteriorate when people cling to each other, leading to a loss of freshness and a sense of suffocation. He suggests that partners should meet as lovers do, maintaining a sense of distance and individual space rather than taking each other's presence for granted. He critiques the modern tendency to share every physical space, suggesting that constant physical proximity can turn the other person into merely a body, stripping the relationship of its deeper essence. True heart-to-heart contact, he argues, requires a degree of physical separation and the freedom to exist independently. He further elaborates that treating someone as a body is not limited to sexual lust; it also includes being exclusively concerned with their physical health or upkeep while ignoring their spiritual and mental nourishment. He points out that parents often fail because they try to give their children light while remaining in darkness themselves. He emphasizes that one must first discover their own radiance and solve their own life before they can truly care for others. The ultimate solution to the problems of marriage and relationships lies in wisdom and spirituality. By being 'married to God' and prioritizing one's relationship with the divine, earthly relationships are naturally taken care of. He concludes that only a free and sane mind has the true capacity to love.