The first instinct has to be — I want to be free. I do not like my current state. The first thing is — I do not want to be like this and the seeker or the student, if he is not uttering this very basic admission; then he stands disqualified. Your first utterance of your eligibility is — I do not like myself. I do not like the way I am. There has to be a burning intent to not to remain who you are, or the way you are.
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Questioner: Namaste Acharya ji. My question is about the liberation and truth we were talking about earlier in the session and from what I have understood is like Maya is something that, whatever human mind can conceive, that is maya. But ultimately this concept of truth and liberation is something that has also come like from a human mind only, right? So, how do we know that this is actually real and this is the purpose of human life or we have to, if this is something that we can, this is a last point basically, this liberation is the last. So, is there a possibility that this is also an imagination?
Acharya Prashant: See, you have said something and I will say something in response. I don’t know if its directly related, but tell me if it makes sense to you, right? See, it’s not about knowing the purpose of life, it’s about existence itself. Knowledge comes after existence, you exist right? You exist even if you have no knowledge, like in deep sleep. You are in deep sleep, there is hardly any knowledge but you still are. Correct? That existence suffers and suffering then is the engine, you want to be relieved of your suffering. Even if you know nothing about your suffering, you still want to be free of suffering. You are suffering, someone comes and by way of knowledge convinces you that you are not. Will that help you?
