‘Love’ is just a proxy || Acharya Prashant
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00:00 So there are many for whom love is just a great saree.
00:03 Then they don't need love.
00:04 In lieu of love, you can give them a great saree and they are happy.
00:08 Often when they need saree, they do not say they need a saree.
00:11 They say, "Janu, you do not love me."
00:13 And Janu understands she needs a saree.
00:15 She won't directly say, "Get me a saree."
00:17 All that she needs to say is...
00:19 Similarly, Janu does not need to say that he needs sex.
00:22 All that Janu has to say is, "I want to love you."
00:25 And she understands what he wants.
00:27 If he says, "I want to love you."
00:28 He means, "Undress."
00:30 Love is difficult, Carla.
00:32 Very difficult.
00:33 It requires guts.
00:34 Something burning within to want it.
00:37 And if you don't have that fire, those guts, then you can have ample material.
00:43 Most of us are not seekers of love.
00:46 We are chasers of lovers.
00:49 There's a great difference between that.
00:51 Wanting love and wanting a lover.