Maturity in Love || Acharya Prashant

Full video : Partner left. How to deal with the void? || Acharya Prashant, at DTU (2023)

Transcript

00:00At age 18, you were prepared to die for someone.

00:03I'll lay down my life for you, darling.

00:05If at age 28, if that person is still your dream master,

00:10then probably there is a problem or there is a great coincidence

00:14that the person has grown at an equal speed.

00:17Ideally, you should be outgrowing your likes and desires

00:21at a very rapid rate.

00:23What is the need to be so sticky to each other?

00:26Growing out of your partner might be a sign of maturity

00:30and it also might be a sign of compassion.

00:33Think of it. Often in the name of love,

00:35we just impose ourselves on someone who was unfortunate

00:40enough to once say yes to us.

00:42If you really have love for someone, you make the sky available

00:46to them, you let them fly free.

00:48Is that not an expression of love?