As a doctor, can we limit our responsibility to the one particular body or to the set of few bodies that come to us for treatment? Or is the patient actually a representative of an entire society, an entire ecosystem? Can I really be a good doctor of the lungs, if I support a society that pollutes the environment in the name of development? So, if I'm a doctor, then health is my responsibility in the holistic sense, not just one patient.
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Questioner: I was looking into your teachings and I’ve been reading your book Truth Without Apology, and you mentioned unlearning. There was actually a particular quote in your book which said, “Real learning means you are able to observe your own inner machinery, your reactions, fears, attractions, and gently step out of the rut.”
So, my question is, as medicos, we’re constantly learning; every single thing in our syllabus, our disease protocols, all of it keeps continuously changing. So, how do we, as medicos, apply this concept of unlearning into our lives, sir?
Acharya Prashant: It's a great question to begin with. First of all, thank you, the institution, the management for very kindly arranging this interaction. Thank you so much, and thank you for your patience and for being here.
So, the question is wonderful: “As medicos, what’s the importance of unlearning?”
