The tiger chases the buffalo calf and brings it down. Does that disappoint you? No, because that was expected. Similarly, expect animal behavior all the time from everyone around you, including yourself. Everything we do comes from the jungle, so don’t be disappointed. Disappointment always arises from expectations. You really have to strive to be someone who is not an animal. And the first step in that striving is to address your own inner animal.
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Questioner: I was doing mechanical engineering, and I was the only girl in my class of 50 boys. I had always studied in a girls’ school, so it was new for me. But then, one of my friends those days told me that men will always do things in their mind if they cannot, let’s say, do it physically.
Acharya Prashant: You mean masturbation. Yeah.
Questioner: No, not that even. I think, for example, if you are their object, then they will rape you in their mind, and so they can, let’s say, create some scenes or whatever. Because there was a lot of gossip, not just around me, but I think around many women in the college. We had less than 10% women in the entire batch. So I think it’s a bit disappointing, right? Because, as you said, it’s primitive and it’s very hard to…
Acharya Prashant: Again, you’re speaking from the same center. When I started, I said you look hurt, and what is it that’s hurt? The assumption. Now again you’re saying you’re disappointed. Why do you hold assumptions and expectations in the first place? Why? You must be having some interest there, you must be having some stake there. You want to believe that the 60 boys of your batch are all nice people. Why do you want to have that expectation? Maybe you want to pick one of them as a nice one for yourself. Therefore it hurts when you discover that each of them is a beast.
