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How to really love a human being? || Acharya Prashant (2017)
Acharya Prashant
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7 years ago
Consciousness
Silence
Stillness
Body
Mind
Spiritual Inquiry
Life Force
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Acharya Prashant explores the true nature of love, questioning whether we love the physical body or something deeper. He points out that we do not love a dead body, even if it remains physically unchanged, which suggests that our attraction is not to the flesh but to the consciousness behind it. Using the example of a one-month-old baby, he argues that love is not based on utility or day-to-day help, but on the presence of a conscious life force. He compares the eyes to windows and explains that we do not love the window itself, but the light and the sky that shine through it. This consciousness, which is the subject of all spiritual inquiry, is what truly pulls us toward another person. He further explains that consciousness itself seeks relaxation and freedom from its own disturbances. Just as one discovers that they love the consciousness behind the body, they must eventually realize that what consciousness truly desires is its own stillness and silence. Acharya Prashant asserts that silence is the ultimate object of love. If one loves only the body without understanding consciousness, or loves the mind without knowing its source in stillness, life becomes miserable. He concludes that the body and mind are sacred only when they are seen as manifestations of this central silence. To love a human being merely as a physical entity, without reverence for the root source, leads to suffering.