The secret thing about love

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Love has nothing to do with

the five senses and the six directions:

its goal is only to experience

the attraction exerted by the Beloved.

Afterwards, perhaps,

permission will come from God:

the secrets that ought to be told will be told

with an eloquence nearer to the understanding

of these subtle confusing allusions.

The secret is partner with none

But the knower of the secret:

in the skeptic’s ear

the secret is no secret at all.

~ Saint Rumi

Questioner (Q): (Question read by Acharya Prashant) Acharya Ji, kindly explain this.

Acharya Prashant (AP): It is very clear right in the beginning that, limited or sensory or worldly attraction is not being…