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Ceramah ini membahas tentang kehilangan ketertarikan fisik terhadap pasangan seiring bertambahnya usia, yang sering menimbulkan perasaan bersalah. Pembicara, Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu, mengajak pendengar untuk menilai kembali dasar hubungan mereka. Jika hubungan hanya bertumpu pada ketertarikan fisik, maka berpisah mungkin tidak menjadi masalah. Namun, jika ada kualitas batin yang berharga dari pasangan, perpisahan tidak perlu dilakukan. Pembicara menekankan bahwa ketertarikan pada kualitas batin jauh lebih penting dan berharga daripada ketertarikan fisik semata. Ketertarikan fisik justru dianggap tidak berguna dan bahkan berbahaya karena merupakan bentuk kecanduan yang menimbulkan penderitaan. Selain itu, mengungkapkan ketidaktertarikan fisik kepada pasangan dapat menyakiti mereka, dan hal ini berakar dari kesalahpahaman tentang nilai ketertarikan fisik. Pembicara mengajak pendengar untuk menerima bahwa kehilangan ketertarikan fisik bukanlah sebuah kerugian, dan kita hanya bertanggung jawab atas persepsi kita sendiri, bukan tindakan orang lain. Pada akhirnya, ketertarikan seharusnya tidak menentukan tindakan kita, dan menjadi bhikkhu ditawarkan sebagai jalan keluar dari keterikatan pada hubungan romantis. Pesan utamanya adalah untuk melepaskan keterikatan pada penampilan fisik dan menghargai kualitas batin, serta menyadari bahwa kebahagiaan sejati tidak bergantung pada hubungan romantis.
I'm no longer attracted to my wife because she's aging.
She's a good person, and I feel horrible.
We're separating because it has created a divide in our relationship.
Do you have any advice?
I'll just go with it.
If she wants you to be attracted to her and you're not attracted to her,
then, well, you've got to separate.
It's just how it goes.
If, on the other hand, it's not something that, from her side, is a deal-breaker,
then there's certainly no reason to separate just because you're not attracted to each other.
It's just a mistake that we think that we should have to be attracted to each other
and that there's some value in being attracted to each other physically.
If that's all it is, it's a fairly superficial relationship, and it's not of any value.
If that's the deal-breaker, then it wouldn't, really.
For either of you, you know, if for you it was just I was attracted to her and now I'm not,
what's the point?
There is no point.
It was a useless relationship in the first place if that was all there was.
But usually that's not all there is, right?
You're attracted to the qualities of the other person, and that can have value.
That's what's much more important, much more valuable.
Physical attraction is beyond useless.
It's harmful, right?
It's just an addiction.
So it's a problem because if you're ever to tell your partner,
I'm no longer attracted to you, of course they're going to be horrified.
It's unfortunate that we have this misconception that somehow we should have to be attractive to each other physically.
That somehow physical attraction has some value or meaning, and it doesn't.
So I can't say about your relationship, but try and see it in that light,
that it's no loss, if that's all that's important.
It is a loss that people think that that's all that's important.
So it's a shame to that extent, but you can only do so much and ultimately you're only responsible for your own perceptions.
So the most important is that you don't see that as of any consequence.
Whether you're attracted to someone or not shouldn't determine your actions or lack of action.
But you know, if you're really no longer have the object of your attraction, you can come and live with us, become a monk.
Who needs romance?