Questioner: Acharya Ji, I just keep feeling burdened most of the time. And to escape this burden, I keep racing all day long. But I find myself feeling heavy again.
Please help me unburden myself.
Acharya Prashant: You are burdened, that itself is the proof of the burden. The burden surely does exist, otherwise, why would there be a burdened one? So, you are burdened, and you are moving. That movement, you are describing as a race. Great!
If you are burdened and troubled, then surely you must move. But if you are burdened and troubled, your movement has to be with the intention of, and in the direction of un-burdening.
If I am burdened, and as a result of the burden I run, then the purpose of the run should be to unburden myself.
So, itтАЩs great that you are running every day. Now, what remains to be asked is the question, that whether your race is helping you to be unburdened.
You wake up in the morning and the entire day you have been running, has this running helped you by the evening? If it has helped you, congratulations! Again tomorrow, run more, run faster. Running is exactly what you need. But, if it has not unburdened you, then all your running has been in vain, and it has been a stupid thing, to run without knowing the destination, or the purpose.
