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जो बहुत पसंद हो, उसे परख भी लेना (परखने के तरीके जानो) || आचार्य प्रशांत (2023)
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Love
Ego
Relationship
Transaction
Self-knowledge
Discernment
Possession
Spirituality
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that love is not about physical attraction, such as a 15-year-old boy with a growing mustache becoming attracted to a 14-15-year-old girl whose body is changing. He states that if someone avoids depth in their life, they cannot have a deep relationship with you. Before you want to be their life, you must ask them what in their life is worth dying for. He describes the world as loveless, where business thrives but love is not found. Relationships, such as those between uncle and nephew, brother and brother, brother and sister, and especially husband and wife, are often based on property and transactions. He advises to be careful and see whether you have chosen a lover or a trader. The speaker emphasizes that one should be very thoughtful and careful before calling someone their own. For most people, they have nothing of their own because everything they possess, they are always ready to sell. What is truly one's own is that which can never be separated from oneself. For most people, the sense of belonging lasts only until a better buyer comes along. The moment something more attractive is found, the existing thing, person, or relationship is immediately traded. This is the common mentality, which is the nature of the ego. The ego is like a shopkeeper of relationships. It is incapable of love because it does not know itself or what it wants. It is in a blind search, constantly seeking something else. The ego is fundamentally 'rajoguni' (driven by blind passion and activity), always in a restless search. It doesn't know who it is or what it wants, yet it experiences a constant feeling of lack, pain, and bitterness. This leads to a blind search for something more, which is obtained by selling what one currently has. The speaker distinguishes between a house and a home, stating that a house is a physical structure, whereas a home is a spiritual space. A home is where there is love and the soul. He concludes by saying that love is not a matter of preference but of discernment. One must test and understand a person's depth and whether they are capable of love, rather than just liking them based on superficial qualities. If you choose someone who is incapable of love, you will be deceived.