Questioner: My question is about the relationships we share with our near ones. I find so many limitations in every relationship I have. What to do in situations where my parents do not understand me? What should I do to make them understand me?
Acharya Prashant: First of all, you have to stop thinking of yourself primarily, fundamentally as a daughter or a son. Being a daughter, being a son, being a born oneтАФthese are the facts of this body; they are not to be ignored. At the same time, they are not your primary identity. One must be very cautious; discretion has to be applied.
There is no doubt that this you call as тАШyourselfтАЩ was born on a particular date to a particular woman. And your body contains what you initially received from a man and a woman; that must be acknowledged, and for that, you must remain grateful. At the same time, and more importantly, your essence does not come from anywhere, any person.
The more you think of yourself as a born body, the more you will have to comply with all the bondages that this bodily world has imposed upon you.
Look at the world around you. What do you see? What is this? (Picks up a stone) ItтАЩs a body. Have you ever seen anything in the world except bodies? What is that river? ItтАЩs a body of water, is it not? What do you call it? A water body. That tree is a body; this receiver is a body. Body, bodyтАФah, such a vast collection of bodies! If you too are a body, then you fully belong to the body. That is alrightтАФexcept for one minor glitch. What is that? Freedom has no body. Show me the body of freedom.
