Posted on: 02 Mar 2020
Shri Bharath Krishna asked: Swamiji, these days even school kids are falling in love! We humans often find a special quality in someone and fall in love, being totally unaware of their negative qualities. This happened to me too. I thought that my parents will never be able to know me completely. For instance, they don't even know that I am learning this knowledge from you! So, I thought, how will they be able to find the right life-partner for me? I felt that I should search for a life-partner by myself. Before receiving this divine knowledge, I even tried to search for my own life-partner and it has been a total failure, I guess. I suffered a lot because of that. In fact, that suffering led me to you. Now I neither believe in the ability of my parents nor my own ability in finding the right partner for me, who will support me in this spiritual journey. In that case, how can I just trust someone and get married? It is very scary! Also, I have heard that the person with whom one is to get married, is pre-determined. Is that true? I have discussed with my other fellow-devotees regarding this issue and they said that they don't even think about getting married anytime soon because it is a huge responsibility. They said, it is better to delay marriage, as much as possible, so that we can participate in your service. So, I want to know from You when the right age to marry is and whom we can trust in finding the right life-partner. I don't even have a job, as of now. But I am just curious to know, Swamiji. You have played such a big drama in my life, in order to put me on the right track. It was very painful, but thank You, so much because without all that experience, I could have never understood Your knowledge, even to the extent that I am able to understand now. Padabhivandanam Swamiji
Swami replied: God will certainly help you in finding a suitable life-partner, if you desire that your life-partner should assist you in the spiritual line. A life-partner who will assist you in your spiritual effort is the greatest concept of a life-partner. There can be nothing better than this line of thinking regarding a life-partner because one’s spiritual effort is the most important aspect of human life. Unfortunately, most people realize the importance of the spiritual effort only at the end of their lives. If a yearning for the spiritual goal is seen at a young age in a person, it means that the soul had a lot of spiritual inclination in the previous birth, which has continued into the present birth. Procreating the future generation of humanity through marriage is also a sacred service to God. But before marriage, it is necessary to earn one’s livelihood, unless one has sufficient ancestral wealth.