Clarity is not a state. Clarity is like clean air, air free of pollutants. It is not something you arrive at. It is not a finality. There is a lot that you believe in, and you must keep testing it and rejecting it. You can never say, “I have achieved clarity.” It is a lifelong process, because pollutants keep entering the air continuously. So you have to keep clearing the air continuously. That is the process.
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Questioner: Sir, in the start you mentioned how we make our ego, how our ego comes into function when we are born. So, how do we really know ourselves? Like, what are the step-by-step? I want to do it, but how would I do it? How should I do it?
Acharya Prashant: So, for example, among all these people, you were the one, or you are among the few who chose to come here, ask, expose yourself to questions, and be questioned. That tells you something about yourself. That's how you know yourself, through your daily actions, through your thoughts, emotions, deeds. Actions are the most powerful indicator, more powerful than thoughts, more powerful than emotions. You look at your desires, your fears, they exist. They definitely exist. For you they exist. Right? You start from there. That's how one knows himself.
You may keep saying, you know, I am a very fearless person. But when it comes to asking a simple question, let's say in a gathering like this, you find yourself developing cold feet. You are actually having some inquiry with it, but you find you are just too nervous to expose it. Right?
