Love's Labor's Lost?

Wednesday, April 7, 2010


He said, “I love her, but she thinks I don’t. How do I make her believe me?”


She’s a romantic at heart; he’s logical.
She expresses her love by arranging pleasant surprises for her beloved; he considers progression towards perfection as the ideal manifestation of love.
She is charmed by the beauties of the material world; he is attracted towards the allure of Spirit.
She questions the traditions of Hindu society; he understands that societal practices are skewed against women.

On what plane can the two meet and share love?

The answer probably lies in accepting women as individuals, and valuing God’s Nature over Man’s Custom.

When a man says that he loves a woman, he should accept the woman with the individuality that she is born with. Like men, women also live on three levels of consciousness – Body, Mind, and Soul. The man and the woman may or may not be on the same level of consciousness at the time of their union. Real love between them happens only when the one on the higher level lovingly and responsibly uplifts the other in order to grow together.

The wife should be allowed the space and freedom to feel genuine affection and respect for her Husband’s family, rather than being forced to accommodate with them in the name of tradition.

Then only ‘Love’s Labor’s Lost’ can be converted into ‘Love’s Labor’s Won’!