What is Love?

“Let me tell you a story. There was a student who asked his teacher, what is love? The teacher said to go into the field and bring me the most beautiful flower. The student returned with no flower at hand and said, ‘I found the most beautiful flower in the field, but I didn’t pick it up for I might find a better one, but when I returned to the place, it was gone.’ We always look for the best in life. When we finally see it, we take it for granted and after some time start expecting a better one, not knowing that it’s the best for us.”

Abhijit Naskar is one the world’s celebrated neuroscientists, an international bestselling author of numerous books and an untiring advocate of mental health and global harmony. This is an excerpt from his book Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy.