Questioner: Acharya Ji, Pranaam! How to understand the different states of mind?
What we are, is the mind always dwelling in fear and desire. Mind is always afraid of its death, as a deal for love to flower. But at the same time mind’s ultimate desire is – Love.
Kindly elaborate.
Acharya Prashant: That is the human condition.
You have to see that all mental states are – one.
It doesn’t matter what the mind wants, it doesn’t matter which direction it chooses to go. It doesn’t matter whether it is burning in jealousy or burning in affection. It doesn’t matter whether you call the mental state as ‘positive’, or ‘negative’.
All mental states can be called by just one name – ‘Love’.
Greed is love, fear is love, jealousy is love, disgust is love, violence is love, separation is love.
