Is liberation (Mukti) really possible? || Acharya Prashant (2017)
Questioner (Q): Is there any way possible to attain Mukti?
Acharya Prashant (AP): Give-up what you have, taken upon yourself. It’s as simple as that. Yours is the pitiable insistence, of a man with fetters that he wants to be liberated along with the fetters. You have blocked your mouth; you have capped it solidly with something.
Now you ask me, “How do I satisfy my hunger?” I say, “Remove the blockage-the obstruction.” You say, “It is a part of me. It is an integral part of me. It is what defines me, I can’t remove it. This will remain. Now feed me.” How do I feed you?
If I plaster food all over your body, would it ameliorate your hunger? You can have best of the food, pasted on your face, would it take away your hunger? But you keep insisting and you are so stubborn. This is a piece of burning coal, red-black (indicating with hands) and I am requesting you, “Kindly heal me doctor. Heal me even as I, keep holding it.” How do I heal you? You will say, This is what defines you. You will say, this is your life. This is your workplace, your family, yourself, your attachments and you want to heal along with them. You can’t be healed along with them. To be healed means, just let go of them.
Once they are gone, then their effects can be easily healed. So, it is possible to attain Mukti, but you will have to unattained Amukti. Are you prepared to unattained? Attainment of Mukti is not needed, but un-attainment is surely needed. Are you prepared to let go?
