“How to improve ourself”, and in the name of improvement, we just keep running behind the destination that is determined by person that we at present are. Its important to ask certain questions here. “Who is the self that wants to improve? The same self that you do not like. If you do not like this self and if you want to change or improve, then how can you select or trust a destination determined by this very self that you dislike?” There is only the Self – that needs no improvement. That Self is the *Atman* that cannot improve anymore. It’s already perfect.
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Questioner 1: If I want to improve, that means I am a certain person, which means I have labeled myself to be a certain person and I want to be like a certain person...
Acharya Prashant: And this certain person that you want to be is chosen by the person that you are, or have imagined yourself to be.
Questioner 1: Yes.
Acharya Prashant: Right. You’re a drunkard; you are lying in a ditch and now you choose another destination for yourself. What would that destination be?
Questioner 1:
