Any Kind of Freedom Is Made Possible Only by Spiritual Freedom

Questioner: Acharya Ji, before Mumbai vishranti (camp), I was not aware of seeking Truth being the most important work to be done. I valued freedom a lot, and freedom to me is financial freedom, not seeking permission or taking orders, traveling all around, not depending on others. I turned to spirituality to work on my restlessness and suffering due to some incidents in life. Once this problem is solved, I'm afraid I'll go back to my usual life. In fact, the usual life feels more attractive. I do not comprehend Truth. How can I feel an intense longing for it? From this stage, now how do I move in the right path of Truth, which is unknown as well as difficult and could be all-consuming?

Acharya Prashant: There are these many things that you are saying. One of them says that you came to spirituality to solve one particular problem and once that particular problem is solved, you fear that you may return to your old ways, your old life. The big problems that beset us are not incidental. They don't just randomly or accidentally come. They are a product of the kind of life we lead. Therefore, really solving a problem requires a life solution itself. Your life is your mind, your mind dictates your life; and if things are not proper, then you come across the so-called big problems. These big problems get noticed because they are big. Because only the big and loud and gross stuff gets noticed. So, we feel that except for these problems that have come to notice, all else is alright. Now, this is a big illusion. While the problem is certainly a cause of concern to you, what really harms you is the illusion that your problems are limited to the problems that you identify and count.