Let’s separate two things clearly. One, physical harm. If you are in a jungle, you must know how to protect yourself from the beasts, right? That’s a matter of basic intelligence and rationality. Two, feeling inferior, that does involve your consent. Nobody can make you feel inferior if you are not participating in that phenomenon. Somebody abuses you, slaps you, insults you; that is something he can do. But feeling inferior, that is something you do to yourself.
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Questioner: Namaskar Acharya ji. My question is: even though we are going towards a true religion, some religious identity is attached to us, like a popular religious identity. And when we are dealing with society, they make us feel inferior. I also sometimes have this fear that somebody might kill me just by looking at my identity card or my name. So how do we deal with this inferiority and fear?
Acharya Prashant: If you are in a jungle, you must know how to protect yourself from the beasts, right? That’s a matter of basic intelligence and rationality, right? If you know there is a particular place where beasts roam about in the human form, why be close to that place? And if you have to visit that place, assure proper security. As simple as that.
So that was the easier part of the whole thing. Then comes the thing about feeling inferior. See, you can be killed without your consent. There is no complexity in that. So I took that first. If you can be killed without your consent, take due care of your physical security. Simple. Religion cannot help you in this. No god can help you with this. You have to take care of yourself, right?
