Marriages do not work out as we expect them to do because of the gap between the ideal and the strength and sacrifice needed to realise it. This is very much missing today in the fast food and utilitarian culture imported largely from the West. But the Divine is always willing to help us realise the Ideal. He is not the spoilsport to our happiness but the helper and guide and it is only rarely that he does not grant a sincere prayer, and only when He sees the harm that may accrue through it. The reason why relationships end up badly is not God but our incapacity to love. A love full of demands, expectations, wishes and desires based on the need for pleasure or happiness is not so much love but emotional and vital hunger. So too a love calculating gain and loss is a business and a marriage based on social benefits is a transaction. These are as good as failures even if it succeeds by outer standards. So grow in love and try to make it beautiful and sincere. That is all that is needed.

Could you explain a little about what kind of inner instability would lead to such visions? Does it reflect badly of the person who experiences such things? I ask, because I always hear of so many people getting certain “experiences” when they’re in Pondicherry. Especially on the first visits. And they’re usually considered as good omen. Sort of like initiations.😇👀🌊
These kind of experiences generally arise due to the vital nature’s need or taste for sensational things. The ground becomes favourable if this need is combined with a certain vanity that takes pride in being …

