Reducing life to its basic components as old age takes away what we have for years taken for granted.

Question: Wife and husband should be seen more like spiritual friends or more like "spiritual lovers"? What is the difference between the two?

I believe that family life, the grihastha asrama, is a theme of universal interest. Some will get married and some will not, some will have children and some will not.

Some things, if done consistently, will promote healthy, spiritual interactions amongst family members. One is having a weekly family meeting.