Questioner: Is actual motivation, to do anything, beyond reason?
If we were very sure about death, there would be no motivation to do anything. Does it mean that motivation to do anything comes from somewhere beyond? Nobody is so sure that they are going to die, that is why they keep on moving.
Acharya Prashant: You look at every single movement that you make, is it not in order to preserve something, to hold on to something? Is it not driven by fear? What other fear do you have? Is there any other source of energy that a so-called normal human being has, except fear? Is there any other primary motivator, except fear? Fear – “I will lose something.”
Nothing drives us more strongly than the thought that – something is at stake, something is about to be lost. It is death casting its shadow in various forms. That is what drives us.
“Do this, or you lose this.”
“Do this, and you gain this.”
Except these two statements, is there anything else that can make you do anything?
