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24 The Guru and t still see that love and realize what love incarnate is. Are you getting anything out of what I am saying? Questioner: Yes absolutely. Dadashri: Yes, be warned, otherwise you will find yourself becoming a fool. Can there ever be love in such relationships? How can you expect to see love in others when you do not have it yourself? It is only when you have love within you that you will see it in others. Beware! When you search for real love, know that you will not find it. The so-called love of nowadays is only selfish love. People are taking advantage of each other whenever they can, whether they know it or not. One is enjoying the other without regards for the other, and that is not love; it is exploitation. Where Is Love In All This? One will find out about this so-called love between a husband and wife the day the husband does not bring home any money. His wife will be infuriated. She will even say words like, ‘Shall I cook your feet in the fire?’ Where does all her love go at that time? It was all infatuation and attraction. Love is there as long as there is food and a good home. If the husband then goes on to have an affair, she will threaten to leave him. The poor husband gives in because he feels guilty. What is the point of this kind of love? Somehow one has to get on with life. The husband has to bring home the money and the wife has to prepare the meals. This is how the husband and wife push the cart of their life forward. Infatuation And Attraction Causes Reaction Questioner: Why is it that sometimes although we do not want to harbor abhorrence towards others, we still end up doing it? Dadashri: Whom are you referring to?