It's one thing to take care of the body so that it doesn't interfere with your creative endeavours. And it is another thing entirely to put on makeup to enhance your value in other people's eyes. When you don't have value within, you put artificial value upon yourself as a compensation. But looking colourful on the outside does not help with the inward barrenness. And ultimately, it is the inner colour, vigour, truth, and love that we are all looking for.
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Questioner: Namaskar, Acharya Ji. As you have been constantly speaking on the futility of body identification, and yet we see that the global cosmetic industry is valued at three hundred eighty billion US dollars, big number. And in India we have seen a compound annual growth rate of this industry as sixteen percent. So, my question to you is, what can we do to at least slow down this unhealthy trend? Or like, if not to completely stop this, what can we do to at least slow it down, and move humanity from body consciousness towards something else?
Acharya Prashant: Do not fall for someone who loves cosmetics. That's what you can do. Please understand, the cosmetics you are talking of is only something that you put on the face, the body. We are totally cosmetic people. You understand the word 'cosmetic', what does that mean? Artificial. So, if a person is not living by the inner truth, the person is cosmetic. And if the person is cosmetic, sooner or later that person will promote cosmetics in some way or the other.
One way to promote cosmetics is, you start using them yourself. One way is, you start manufacturing them. One way is, you start selling them. One way is, you start advertising them. One way is, you fall for someone who uses cosmetics. So, cosmetic inside, cosmetic outside. If someone is too fond of makeup, the person is made-up. Would you like to be with someone who is quite made up?
