Do We Really Need Someone to Complete Us?
3/25/202654 min
When worldly identities fade and external things lose their shine, Vedic wisdom points us back to what is steady—our relationship with Krishna and the deeper level of consciousness. In this episode of the Wisdom of the Sages podcast, through humor, honesty, and spiritual wisdom, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore how Bhakti Yoga transforms the heart, how relationships become healthier when centered on purpose, and how devotion gives meaning to every season of life—even as everything else changes. Drawing from the Srimad Bhagavatam's story of the wives of the brāhmaṇas — the wives of the Vedic priests — they reveal how...
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First 90 secondsKaustubha Das· Host0:00
I'm with you, Ragoth. This is kind of what we've been saying for a long time on our podcast, right? It's like- We say this all the time ... two people holding hands walking together towards God, right?
Raghunath· Host0:08
Yeah.
Kaustubha Das· Host0:09
I, I-- In, in all these... You know, I've been doing all these question and answer things every night, you know. And, uh, every few nights I get a question. It's always from a lady, you know. I guess men just don't care about [chuckles] relationships as much or something. I don't know what it is. [chuckles] But it's always from a lady. And, and suddenly- We're just hungry.
Raghunath· Host0:29
We're just- Yeah.
Kaustubha Das· Host0:30
Suddenly I go from like, um, speaker of Vedic Shastra to, like, relationship counselor, [chuckles] you know, like they- Yeah. "Well, what about in a relationship or this, that?" You know, it's, it-- And I say, "This is the way it is." I say this... And more or less I say what, uh, what he's saying here is that, is when you're looking at each other to complete each other. He's-- Here he's saying it like you're gazing at each other. But we're not just gazing at each other romantically. We're looking at each other to fulfill us, right?
Raghunath· Host0:56
Mm-hmm.
Kaustubha Das· Host0:57
You know, you complete me. You, y- I need you to make me happy. Um, and, and it's a fact when we put pressure on each other like that, it's-- it-- Then, then as soon as there's a bump, we hold that other person kind of responsible. Why aren't you making me happy anymore? And, and, uh, you know, there's a lot of tension in relationships because of that. But I agree a hundred percent that here you can say two people... How did he say it? L- But in looking outward together in the same direction. Or you could say they're helping each other look inward. They're helping each other uncover