In India, there are two examples of such eternal love: Rama and Sita, and Radha and Krishna. Their love is considered immortal because it was independent of Time and Space or any outer conditions. They understood that life extends beyond a single existence. The essence of eternal love is that it transcends time and space.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
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Yes, your intuitive insight is quite correct about much of the present humanity. The Mother and Sri Aurobindo herself cautioned about this in several places. Here is one of them from the Mother’s conversations of 06th June 1958.
‘Its action will be somewhat similar to what is described in the Last Judgment, which is an entirely symbolic
Matter is the jada tattva of which all earthly life is based upon. Its nature is obscurity, inertia, darkness. It carries its own truth within but is unable to release or deliver it except through much resistance. It has so far released life (living creatures) and mind (thinking man) out of its womb of …
These longings are normal and natural at your age. There is nothing wrong in going through these aspects of life consciously, offering it all at the Mother’s Feet for purification and with an aspiration that the togetherness with your prospective partner be not just a means of personal pleasure but a means for Her Work …
