Acharya Prashant explains that love should always be for something so invaluable that you have to sell yourself to attain it. If you love something that you can purchase, that thing has no real worth. He advises against loving trivial, small things that can be bought and brought home. The true lover does not seek to buy but is ready to be sold. If you can pay a price for something you like and bring it home, it has no value. One should not love things that can be purchased or possessed. A questioner, referring to a previous teaching that what one considers wealth (sampada) often turns into a calamity (aapda), asks if Acharya Prashant is also a calamity for him, since he considers him a form of wealth. Acharya Prashant clarifies that what the questioner calls 'wealth' in his name is not the speaker himself, but an image created by the questioner. This image is the questioner's own creation, belongs to him, and has no connection to the speaker. He uses the analogy of a child sketching his picture and taking it home, claiming to have captured the Acharya. That sketch is the child's creation and property, not the Acharya himself. Therefore, the speaker cannot be the questioner's property. The speaker elaborates on the human tendency to possess rather than surrender. He points out the mistake of trying to 'pack' and take home what one likes, whether it's a person or a teaching. Instead of changing oneself and moving towards the Truth, one tries to fit the Truth into their existing, flawed framework. This is akin to making the master your servant. The correct path is to surrender oneself, to leave one's old home (the ego) for the sake of the beloved (Truth). You are meant to become mine, not the other way around. You must come and settle near me, not try to settle me in your place. This tendency is prevalent in religious practices, where people distort teachings to suit their convenience. They listen only to what they like and ignore what is hurtful to the ego. Spirituality is fundamentally about catching oneself, about self-knowledge. Since this process is not entertaining, people prefer grand stories and rituals that provide a false sense of being religious. Quoting Sant Kabir, he says, "This is the house of love, not an aunt's house. First, offer your head, then you may enter." He also quotes Sant Ravidas, emphasizing that the path of love is too narrow for both the self and the Truth to coexist.
