Acharya Prashant responds to a question about learning to love. He begins by stating that whatever comes naturally to a person must be taken as problematic. He explains that while we have been taught to accept natural things as beneficial simply because they are natural, this is a flawed perspective. That which is natural is exactly what keeps a person in bondage. The feeling commonly called love is usually just natural attraction, belonging to the domain of attachment (asakti) and lust. To illustrate this, he points out that one must look at what is called love with attention. Real love cannot be something so cheap that it starts coming naturally the day one turns fourteen. This age-dependent feeling is linked to active hormones and puberty, not genuine love. One doesn't fall in love at the age of ten or eleven. This so-called love is merely a chemical reaction, like iron and a magnet, or sodium and water. He criticizes the hypocrisy of selectively embracing what is natural; if one justifies attraction as natural, they should also live in a jungle, as that is also natural. He argues that we have fallen below nature (Prakriti), whereas the human mandate is to rise above it. Acharya Prashant further explains that our concept of love is often about consumption and destruction. For instance, loving chicken means the chicken gets killed. This destructive tendency extends to love for family and country, which is why the world is in a terrible state. The mind is a thirsty entity, always in want. Real love is that which quenches the mind's thirst and brings it peace. It is not hormonal activity. Similarly, motherly affection (Mamta) is not love but ownership, stemming from the feeling of 'mine' (mam). This possessiveness is akin to how one cares for a car or a pot because it is theirs, which is not love. He concludes that real love must be learned and earned; it does not come naturally. It takes a lifetime to learn love, and most people die without having loved for even a second. The first act of love is to clear the rubbish of natural conditioning. Love demolishes, destroys, cleans up, and clears. Therefore, love brings clarity. To be in love, one must know what is real, which requires insight—the ability to see beyond the obvious and apparent. This is what makes one a human being.