Acharya Prashant(AP): You said, “How to judge what is valuable?” How sure are you of your judgment? Behind every judgment is someone who judges. How sure are you of that judge? Is he reliable? Or is he someone who has a tendency to modify, even reverse his own judgments? Is he someone whose judgments stand the test of time and changing conditions? Or is he someone who often mismakes mistakes in judging?
You have trusted your inner judge since long. You have lent upon so many other books, authorities, teachers; but ultimately, it is your own internal judge that you depend the most upon. Let's judge that judge. You are asking, “How to judge what is valuable?” Let's judge the one who will judge this.
How secure have your judgments made you feel so far? How does the inner judge decide? Does he have any innate yardstick to measure? Any innate source from where to know? Or do his judgments keep changing as his knowledge keeps changing? What have you observed?
Audience: It keeps changing.
AP: So, his judgments really do not arise from himself. They are a function of the knowledge that he has. Take away all the knowledge from this judge, take away all that he has absorbed, how will he judge? How will he judge now?
Audience: Other people's experiences, discussing with others.
