The Soul's Love Triangle: Choosing True Love

Yes. True. Full, full blessings for this. Full support. Full love, full blessings for this. Thankfulness, because this truly is the battleground. Who we are facing is the battle. Who will we face? Will we face the light of the Atma within or will we face the offering of Maya? So all of us need all the blessings in the world, beyond the world, to stay in this holy place. Oh my. Oh my love. So all our lives are a love triangle, basically. And your Antahkarana, your soul, is at the center of this love triangle. Now it will seem like a digression, but I promise I'll try to bring it back to the point, which is that if you notice the template of a love story in this world, have you seen what the template is like? Ninety percent of the love stories are the same and the template is basically encapsulated in Pride and Prejudice. What happens in Pride and Prejudice? There are these two men who are vying for the girl. One man is flashy and loud and extravagant. Then, you know, he gets all the attention. And the other man is the quiet, silent, supportive type. Yeah. Now in all, like most of these rom-coms, all of these romantic stories, the same thing plays out. One will be—I think one of them is called Darcy and the other one I don't know what the name is—but so that is the story of Allahabad.

And Pride and Prejudice. What happens in Pride and Prejudice? There are these two men who are vying for the girl. One man is flashy and loud and extravagant. Then, you know, he gets all the attention. And the other man is the quiet, silent, supportive type. Yeah. Now, in most of these rom-coms, all of these romantic stories, the same thing plays out. One will be—I think one of them is called Darcy and the other one, I don't know what the name is—but so that is the story of Alahad. Why? This flashy, extravagant one is offering a lot. There's so much that you can have fun with, be entertained by, get distracted by fully, you see. And the Atma is the strong, silent type, sitting there waiting, not impatient, not rushing, not doing any drama.

And ultimately, our soul understands who the right partner is. It gives up on the flash of Maya, gives up on the attractions that Maya has to offer, and falls in love with the true one. And then that love deepens and deepens till that becomes one. So it's so strange in a way that this most popular sort of framing of a love story is actually the story of our soul attracted to all the flash, all the offer, all the pride, all of these things. But ultimately, we have to turn to the true love in our hearts.

Don't expect a false lover to give up very easily. This Maya will cause all the distractions, all the trouble, everything. Every day we've talked about it. It'll offer one theme to focus on, something to distract us with. So in this movie about your life, who are you picking? That is the key. Did anyone predict, including myself, we'll be talking about Pride and Prejudice and such? It is very real. It's very real. And maybe that's why that same story appeals to us. And we've seen it in Hindi, we've seen it in all languages, we've seen so many different versions of this. Nobody's ever rooted for the flashy one to win at the end because of no substance; vaporware. All flash and no substance in this world. Okay, there we go. Thank you.