Break it down. Just ask yourself, “How much is to be done right now,” and that’s all. Beyond that I don’t bother. You know, how the Upanishads put it? They say, “Yes, it’s infinite but it’s also very immediate; very, very far, but I also know that it’s also very immediate.” So, I’ll focus on the immediacy. Why horrify myself with the thought of the infinite? I would rather remain humble and think only of the immediate.
This summary is AI-generated. Please read the full article for complete understanding.
Questioner: Pranaam Acharya ji. I’m very grateful to be here in your presence. And while I’m here, I’d like to ask one question, I’d like to take the opportunity to ask this question about thought.
And in the subject of thought and my question is, I have a lot of thoughts, when it comes to deadlines, I have a lot of racing thoughts that’s caused me to have palpitations even when and it also wakes me up, it causes me to have restless sleep at night.
How can I be peaceful when I have to meet deadlines as such in this situation?
Acharya Prashant: There is a philosophical paradigm to this question. If there is something that you know is well within your reach, does that result in palpitations? No.
The ego gets scared when it thinks of something terribly big or terribly distant. And that causes it to be anxious, right? Now that which you think of, as big or distant or unattainable; we are talking of deadlines here and something else as well. So, remain attentive. That which the ego thinks of as big, distant, unattainable, if it really were intimate, easy, immediately within reach, would the ego still be afraid?
