The Most Important Thing in a Marriage
Question: What is the family of the future?
Answer: It is when a husband and wife are very close companions to one another. When we feel that we are doing something pleasant, we draw closer. When we feel that there may be some problems, we distance ourselves. We behave selectively. And then everything will be fine for us.
Question: But we do not run away from each other? Is that what it means to build a family?
Answer: We do not constantly think about “building.” We simply feel where we can help our partner, and where we should not interfere.
Comment: And this, you say, is called “companionship.”
My Response: Yes.
Comment: You use this word “companionship.” It is warm and very familiar to everyone.
My Response: That is the most important thing in marriage.
Question: That is the most important thing in marriage. And then everything will happen?
Answer: Yes.
Question: And everything else, like love?
Answer: Love exists between a mother and a child. And love exists between a person and the Creator. Between people, there is no love. There is the possibility of creating a very kind, close, mutual connection, but even that is still not love.
Love appears, manifests, is created, is born where there is a natural bond, like that of a mother with her child, and like the bond that arises between a person and the Creator.
This is natural connection. That is what can be called love. But simply between a man and a woman, even if they understand each other’s importance and try in some way to complement one another, that is not love; it is still companionship.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 12/12/2025
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