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The joy of being drenched in love || Acharya Prashant, on Guru Kabir (2018)
Scriptures and Saints
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Kabir Saheb
Divine Love
Logic
Prakriti
Purusha
Self-preservation
Compassion
Truth
Description

Acharya Prashant explains the profound meaning behind Kabir Saheb's words regarding the gathering of love clouds and the resulting greenery. He describes love as something more fundamental than logic, noting that while the human brain operates partly on logic, man cannot live by arguments alone. He posits that even the logical instinct for self-preservation is driven by a misguided form of love, as the intellect seeks a better future to eventually meet the beloved, whereas the 'unreasonable' part of the mind seeks that union immediately. Our lives are an interplay between these two instincts, often described as Purusha and Prakriti or Yin and Yang. He further elaborates that the 'greenery' Kabir Saheb mentions refers to a total transformation of perception. When one is drenched in divine love, the entire world changes; it is no longer a collection of strangers or dry objects, but a vibrant, unified reality. Acharya Prashant distinguishes common love, which focuses on a single person, from the love of a saint like Kabir Saheb, which sees the entire 'jungle' or world turn green. This state arises because the lover realizes that every being shares the same deep, singular desire for the truth, regardless of their superficial differences. Finally, the speaker explains the twin features of love: total dedication to the truth and total identification with the world. He notes that saints like Kabir Saheb or Jesus Christ work tirelessly for the world because they see no separation between themselves and others. Because they recognize that everyone is searching for the same beloved, they feel they cannot reach the ultimate truth alone. Their compassion stems from the realization that by working for the world, they are working for themselves, as all are identical in their deepest yearning.