Acharya Prashant responds to a question about love and attraction by explaining that what is commonly called love is fundamentally a biological and chemical process. He states that you desire what every insect, moth, bird, and animal in this world desires. This desire is for what has caused the existence of crores of species and the entire stream of evolution to flow for crores of years. If the urge for this did not arise in all beings, the play of nature would not continue. He argues that this attraction is not something special or unique to an individual. When a person is five years old, they have female friends, but by the age of fifteen, a man starts finding a woman lovely. This is due to the chemicals within. When you were five, there were certain chemicals inside; when you turn fifteen, different chemicals emerge. A fifteen-year-old man also has certain chemicals, and the two sets of chemicals attract each other. This entire chemical process does not have a monopoly of just two chemicals. Just as sodium can react with all halogens, if a more powerful element comes along, it will forget the previous one, even if it has been reacting with it for five years. There is nothing more to it. Acharya Prashant points out that this attraction has no relation to knowledge or consciousness. Even mad people have lust. Attraction happens without any knowledge, and if knowledge arises, attraction becomes difficult. He criticizes the romanticization of this biological drive, which is promoted by the market. He says that we are made to believe that something very special is happening to us, but what is actually happening is hidden. If the reality of this so-called love and romance were revealed, the shops selling roses, clothes, and cosmetics would shut down, as would the poets. He asserts that the center of marriage is sex. If you whisper in the ears of a bride and groom that they cannot have sex, the marriage will not happen. He notes that men are often more honest amongst themselves, admitting that they are after a girl because she is attractive, whereas women are more proficient at fooling themselves, believing that an angel has descended into their lives. He concludes by defining true love as the path that leads to the master, to liberation. It is the attraction towards becoming what you can be in your life. A relationship should be with someone who takes you towards your heights, towards the sky. This is true love. He contrasts this with relationships based on the body, which are driven by the egg cell searching for the sperm cell. He warns that a wrong relationship is the biggest hell and a double-edged sword that can either lift you up or throw you into the abyss. Therefore, one should not be in a hurry to get into relationships but should wait, pause, and understand. He advises the youth to use their time to read books, build their bodies, and explore the world, rather than wasting it on trivial romantic pursuits.