Who is a practical man? One who understands before acting. To be practical means to understand and put it into practice. If my work, my action, and my practice is arising out of clarity, then I'm practical. Clarity is not some state, clarity is not some picture and clarity is not ideal. Clarity is not something to be achieved. Clarity is your inherent ability - your very nature to understand, to know, that is called clarity.
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Questioner: Acharya ji, is getting clarity an infinite process, or can it be achieved in one go?
Acharya Prashant: The model that we have in mind is, there are layers and layers of haze, and they are covering the sky, and clarity means to keep removing these layers, and ultimately you get clarity. That's what he's saying, that after every layer you get a new layer of confusion and chaos. You remove one layer of confusion and you enter into another layer of confusion.
No, clarity is not the final output, not the destination, not the goal. Clarity is that which is helping you all along to remove these layers. Without clarity, how can you remove even one layer? Who do you think is supporting you? Who is helping you? That which is helping you all along is called clarity.
You're thinking that when all the layers of fog will go away, then the shining clear, open sky will be there, and you will call it clarity. That's not true. Clarity is not something to be achieved. You already have it and because you already have it, hence you can remove all these layers. Without the help of that clarity, can you remove even a single layer?
