Just see clearly, and there would be no need for decisions || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2013)
Speaker: The question is, ‘how do I improve my decision making power?’
Probably everybody here has written down their questions. All of you have something on your notepads to ask. But many of you are still in the process of deciding which question to ask, when to ask and how to ask. They are thinking that let a few people ask, then I will be able to sense this man’s response and accordingly, I will decide whether or not to raise a question. ‘Let me play a little safe. Let me also see if Hindi is permissible, then I will ask’. Most of us are caught in decision making, stuck in decision making. Many of you would remain stuck even after the session closes, they would still be deciding. Right now they are deciding whether or not to ask, then they would be deciding was it alright not to ask or did I miss out on an opportunity.
Indecision is our disease. Why are we indecisive? Because we always need to decide. How to get rid of indecision? It is simple. No decision, no indecision. The question of indecision is, ‘ Why I am unable to decide?’ The question of indecisiveness arises only when you have a decision to make. When you do not have a decision to make, the disease of indecisiveness is no more there. Isn’t it simple? Very simple, so simple that we cannot do anything about it.
Understand this. Do you think that I am weighing everything as I speak? Am I deciding what to say to you? Does it appear that way? What if I actually have to decide and speak? What would happen if I have to decide before I utter every syllable? What would happen? I would stammer, and then what else would I do? I would pause. And then what else would I do? I would speak in a limited way. And then what would I do? I would take a lot of time. And then what would happen? I would sound monotonous. And then what will happen? I will tell you what. I will soon faint and collapse if I have to keep deciding.
