Love at first sight is a mental disorder!
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March 27, 2012
Question: Is there such a thing as love at first sight? I think I am in love with a person I met once, but I am not sure if this is infatuation or love.

There is such a thing as love at first sight, but it is a mental disorder!
If you are falling in love at first sight, you have a special disorder.
As per Yogic psychology, it is a mental disorder. You need to get out of the problem.
Suppose you watch a horror movie one night, and you are walking back home all alone. On the way home, a small sound is enough to make you shiver! Every tree looks like a ghost. When you are filled with the thoughts from the horror movie, a small leaf shaking is enough for you to shiver. In the same way, when you are empty within, when you are hollow within, love at first sight happens. When you are too poor inside, you are just begging for attention, and you think that you are in love with any person who is ready to give you some attention. Understand, whenever love at first sight happens, the person is very poor in his inner space. Attention seeking is inner poverty. If you are falling in love at first sight, you are empty within. You are just waiting for a boy to smile, for a girl to smile, and you fall. All the fellows who fall in love at first sight have a very weak inner space.
But when it comes to the Guru-disciple relationship, believe only in love at first sight! Because you should be craving so much, that the moment you see him, you fall in love. If that is not there, please understand, he is not your Guru. Please move on.

Only when you have that intense craving, the moment you see him, you know, 'Yes, this is the one I have been looking for my whole life.'
If the love at first sight happens in the spiritual realm, you are immensely rich in your inner space.
Seeking is inner richness. When you connect with a Guru at the first sight, you have a very strong inner space. You have the right depth for love at first sight.
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