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The secret thing about love || Acharya Prashant, on Rumi (2018)
Acharya Prashant
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Love
Beloved
Spirituality
Materialism
Thirst
Skepticism
Rumi
Self-knowledge
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that true love is not a product of the five senses or physical directions; it is not mundane, corporeal, or material. He describes the human condition as one of inherent thirst and suffering, which cannot be quenched by material objects like food, clothes, or houses. Because the human essence is not material, material additions fail to bring completion. He emphasizes that the body and its sensory experiences are distinct from the true self, which seeks a union that physical objects cannot provide.