Acharya Prashant responds to a question about the intertwining of mental and physical attraction, particularly the desire for a physically beautiful partner. He explains that one's definition of beauty is contingent on their definition of themselves. If you consider yourself to be primarily physical, then beauty for you will also be something physical. In this context, you will look at a woman and find her most capable of successful reproduction, which is the natural (Prakritik) definition of beauty. He elaborates that in physical nature, things that are beautiful are often related to procreation. For instance, flowers, which are considered beautiful, are the reproductive organs of a plant. Similarly, what is deemed beautiful in physical nature is often that which directly corresponds to reproduction and appears attractive. This is why men are attracted to particular physical parts of a woman, as they are related to her capacity to reproduce. Likewise, women are generally attracted to a male with a certain build who can offer protection to the offspring. This entire dynamic is essentially DNA trying to carry itself forward to the next human being. Acharya Prashant further explains that if you define yourself as more mental, you will be attracted to things like knowledge, prestige, and money, which are agents that facilitate successful cohabitation and the production of offspring. However, if you look at yourself in a spiritual way, the definition of beauty changes entirely. It becomes possible to find a physically attractive person quite ugly, and someone physically ordinary or even repulsive to most people, quite attractive to you. The issue, he states, is not about attracting or obtaining a beautiful mate, but about knowing what beauty truly is. This depends on your definition of yourself. Life is a search for beauty, and if the very definition of beauty is flawed, then everything you gather and experience will also be flawed. He clarifies that animal urges, or sexuality, must not be killed but must be subservient to the spiritual objective. He uses the analogy of an elephant, where the real thing is the body of the elephant, and the sexual part should follow like the tail. Sexuality is a part of one's physical existence and should not be smothered. However, it should not occupy the commanding position in your psyche. In one's mental hierarchy, if sex occupies a very high position, it will lead to problems. This doesn't mean giving no place to sex, but giving it the place it deserves, which is not the topmost place. The three levels of association—physical, mental, and spiritual—are not mutually exclusive. A spiritual relationship means you are related for spiritual reasons, making the body secondary. In such a relationship, it does not matter whether sex happens or not. Spirituality does not forbid sex; it forbids foolishness. Sex becomes lowly only when it tries to occupy the place of the highest.