On the other hand, love of man and woman is another attractive form of the same struggle. But this love must not merely be physical infatuation. That can only lead to a union of bodies. True love is a communication of minds. After sometime, it grows into a communion of souls. This delightful path of the union of souls is perhaps even more difficult than the arduous path of asceticism, for the attainment of God. Being a householder is noble and pure sacrifice. But if this sacrifice is to bear fruit, the first thing that the husband and wife have to offer in sacrifice is their ego.