Doing or not doing — both are functions of the doer. The doer is the instrument. Is the instrument, first of all, reliable? Know who you are. Know what it is that you lack. Know what it is that you need to shed. And then the deed is right. Then you know the one right direction for you — choicelessly. It's not just about doing something. It's about knowing the doer.
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Questioner: I am a final year undergraduate from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT. My question is: what is more important in life — to know what to do or to know what not to do?
Acharya Prashant: See, doing or not doing both are functions of the doer, right? The doer is the one making the choice. You are asking: do I trust the output of a certain instrument, a certain gadget? And if I trust the output, if the gadget says 'go left,' is that more important than the instruction to go right?
Let's say you have an instrument with you, and the instrument is on the dashboard of your car, bike, or something. It can instruct you to go left, or it can instruct you to go right. It's a positioning system — LPS (Life Positioning System). It can tell you go left or it can tell you go right.
You're asking me: what's more important, going left or going right? What is more important — to know what to do, or to know what not to do?
