In this episode of Woice with Warikoo, Ankur Warikoo explores the concept of love through the lens of 'fish love'—a metaphor illustrating how contemporary love often revolves around self-gratification rather than true affection for the other person. By recounting a story of a young man professing his love for fish, only to be challenged on the notion that his actions reflect love for himself more than the fish, Warikoo draws a parallel to human relationships. He argues that true love is unconditional and selfless, aiming for the genuine well-being of the other person, unlike 'fish love' that is centered on what one gains from the relationship. Warikoo's reflection encourages listeners to question and redefine their understanding of love, aiming for a depth that transcends mere personal satisfaction.
00:00 Welcome to Woice with Warikoo: An Introduction
00:18 A Fair Warning: The Fish Love Analogy
00:33 Exploring the Concept of Fish Love
01:30 The Real Meaning of Love: Beyond Self-Interest
02:19 Understanding True Love: A Deeper Dive
03:09 Reflections on Love and Life
03:18 Wrapping Up and How to Stay Connected
[00:00:00] Hey, everyone. You're listening to Ankur Warikoo on Voice with Warikoo. On this podcast,
[00:00:07] I talk to you about entrepreneurship, how to grow in life, manage personal finances,
[00:00:12] handle failures and a lot more things that just come to my mind. The episode begins.
[00:00:18] This podcast episode should start with a fair warning. Anyone who loves fish might
[00:00:23] get triggered. So if you are someone staying in the coastal areas might want to reconsider
[00:00:30] listening to this episode. So I came across this beautiful reel the other day and it was
[00:00:36] about fish love. And I wanted to reshare this through my own perspective. The story goes,
[00:00:44] an old man asks a young man, hey, why are you eating fish? And the young man says,
[00:00:52] because I love fish. And the old man says, oh, you love fish. You love it so much that
[00:00:58] you actually killed the fish, then fried the fish, then are eating the fish once it's dead.
[00:01:06] You love it so much that you decided to kill this fish and make it your diet.
[00:01:13] So don't give me this bullshit that you love fish, what you do is you love yourself.
[00:01:17] You love yourself so much that you actually went through the effort of killing this fish,
[00:01:22] catching it and then making it your meal. You don't love fish. You love the taste of this fish.
[00:01:30] And then the reel goes on to say that much of love today is like this fish love,
[00:01:37] where we meet somebody new and we think we're in love. And that's because we love that person.
[00:01:43] But the truth is we don't love that person. We love what we think that person will do for us.
[00:01:48] We like the taste of that person in our life. We love how this person will take care of us,
[00:01:54] will make us feel safe, will make us feel secure, will give us emotional stability,
[00:02:00] will give us all the things that we have desired from this partner, from this individual,
[00:02:04] all of these years. And that is what we love. We don't really love the person. We love
[00:02:12] what the person does for us in our life. And that is the equivalent of fish love.
[00:02:19] True love, on the other hand, is not like fish love. True love is when you actually love something
[00:02:25] to the extent that you would go to any extent to protect it. You would not catch that, kill it,
[00:02:31] peel it, make it your meal. You would actually go to any extent to protect it.
[00:02:36] You would love the person because you wish for that person to be always there,
[00:02:42] with or without you, for you or not for you. And that is an intensely hard form of love.
[00:02:50] That is truly this unconditional love that we think about where we love this person
[00:02:55] irrespective of what they do for us or the fact that they don't do anything for us
[00:03:00] because we love that person. That's such a powerful, beautiful way of thinking about life.
[00:03:08] And I wanted this episode to be a reflection of how we think of love in our own lives. All the best.
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