Your role models are unworthy people. They're your role models only because you aspire to consume as much as them. Notice how they either display their ability to consume or they present themselves as stuff to be consumed. So, when consumption is the ideal that we have been taught, the result is catastrophic like climate change. So, don’t just be driven to anything that appears attractive; choose your role models very carefully.
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Questioner: There is increasing evidence these days that people who are unhappy with their jobs tend to have a larger carbon footprint. I’ve been listening to you for over a year, and I’ve heard your videos on climate change, where you mentioned that spirituality is the only solution. I’ve also been reading books on climate change, one of which is Less is More, which discusses ‘de-growth’ as the solution. The book also mentions that dualism is the reason why we exploit nature and take it for granted. The solutions proposed include less animal exploitation and a smaller population. However, we also have influential leaders like Elon Musk, who support population growth without considering these factors.
So, my question to you is about de-growth and non-dualism. Whatever actions we take, we use natural resources, and they leave behind a carbon footprint. In that context, what does non-dualism mean? How can society embrace non-dualism when influential leaders oppose what science is telling us? And in this capitalistic world, what does de-growth really mean?
Acharya Prashant: What is duality in the first place? It is the feeling that there are two truths—this (pointing towards self) and the world. Both truths are incomplete and dependent on each other; that’s
