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,ย 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.
On the occasion of Friendship Day, my mind went to you, Alok da. You have been the dearest friend in the world of aspirants. May the world have many more friends like you. The other day, I was writing down something from Sri Aurobindo. At the end of the short passage, when I wrote the Name, I felt grateful that I have the privilege of writing his name. ๐๐๐ป๐ผ๐ธ[…]
August 4, 2026
Thanks for the beautiful wishes. May the bond of Her Love bind us all together in a common uplifting aspiration.
