The impulse to help others can stem from any of the four states, with resultant different effects. Help done under Tamas is an unthinking help done without giving due consideration to the real causes of the suffering. Thus, a poor person may be in a state of poverty because he is too overcome by inertia to bring in the desired effort. Economic help in such a case (granted it is a genuine case and not dramatised to extract money) only increases the inertia. Rajasic help is usually done with the idea of some name or to earn merit. It only ends up bloating the ego. The only help truly worth anything is the sattwic help done with due consideration and thought so as not to encourage inertia or wrong tendencies through the money given. The best help, however, is when we empower and equip the person inwardly to manage his affairs rather than weakening his own capacity to make an effort. In any case, if your own financial condition is not good enough, then it is best not to rush into providing monetary help.
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There is evidently a vital attraction which is very different from love. It usually wears off with time unless there is a strong deep affinity of goals, ideas and interests.
Marraige is a different matter. It requires a deep commitment which can come only if there is some glimmer of true love or else strong earthly bonds of family, habits, customs, language etc. Besides, long distance relationship is very different from living together in close physical proximity. Many unwanted things begin to show up in close…
