Acharya Prashant explains that human love is fundamentally dependent on conditions and changes when those conditions shift. He notes that if a person's basic attributes or the circumstances of a relationship change, the love often disappears. Even death is a condition that ends most relationships, proving they are not truly unconditional. Most professions of eternal love are based on specific purposes, interests, or objectives. When these purposes are frustrated, the relationship is typically dropped. The speaker describes how relationships based on chance and circumstances are inherently insecure. Because they are brought by time, they will eventually be taken away by time, leading to jealousy, possessiveness, and fear. Such relationships require constant maintenance, effort, and repair to keep them going, which consumes vast amounts of energy. In contrast, unconditional love involves being devoted to that which is timeless and always present, rather than something that comes and goes due to random situations or conditioning. Acharya Prashant asserts that direct unconditional love between two human beings is impossible due to the nature of the human body and mind. However, indirect unconditional love can occur when both individuals are devoted to the same timeless truth or the One. In this state, they love each other because they both love the same ultimate reality. While a final condition remains as long as the body exists—that the other person remains devoted to the truth—this is the closest humans can get to unconditional love. He concludes that love based on images, hobbies, or biological impulses is always conditional and fleeting.
