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Acharya Prashant: One hallmark, one unmistakable quality of right action would be that it would require all your guts. It is only a false action that you can comfortably undertake. Falseness is never troublesome; Truth always is. Whenever you would be doing something that would be real, you would know it by the discomfort it would cause to you.

You’re asking me, “Is it possible to act rightly with trembling hands?” I am saying you can act rightly only with trembling hands.

Understand the theory part of it. The Heart, the Truth inside you acts rightly, but it acts through your body and mind, and the mind is habituated to falseness. So, through a false vehicle, the project of Truth is being undertaken. What will that project do to the vehicle?

Truth is like acid, and you are supplying it through a pipeline that is clogged with rubbish. You are using the pipeline just to supply the acid, supply the acid to the point of action. But in the process of transportation, what will the acid do to the pipeline, to the vehicle of supply? Cleanse it, sir. Cleanse it!

This difference in description makes all the difference in life. That which you call as erosion will be resented; that which you call as cleansing will be supported. The moment you call the action of acid upon the pipe as erosion, you will not support it. So, be very cautious in the choice of your description.

Whenever you will do something that is worthwhile, it would be characterized by a shakeup, a tumult in your life. And that is the reason—now you know—why so few people do anything that is Truthful. Who wants discomfort? Who wants to feel unsettled, even if the settlement is a false settlement?

So, just because something makes you uneasy, do not drop it. More often than not, unease is a sign of the approach of Truth. And just because there is something you can comfortably do, don’t continue with it. Chances are your comfort is a false and harmful comfort.

There is nobody, I am assuring you, who has had it easy. Drop the superhero myths; even if they had it as difficult as you have.

What do you think, Buddha coolly walked out leaving Yashodhara and the toddler behind in the middle of the night. No! He was trembling. He felt his insides crashing into a thousand pieces. It was not easy. After stepping out of the door, I tell you, three times he pulled himself back. Several voices within him told him, “No, no, no! Leave it! Alright, tomorrow. Tonight is not the time. See how peacefully she sleeps? What will she see in the morning? Tomorrow, tell her everything and then bid her goodbye!”

And then another voice that said, “But what’s the need to quit like this? Can’t it happen in the palace itself? Can’t you continue to be a prince or a king, a husband and a father, and still get the clarity that you want? Can’t you? Can’t you?”

It is never easy. It is never easy for anybody, be it a prophet, a saint, a soldier, a scientist. Our constitution is such that it opposes Truth, so if you want to live by the Truth, you will have to live against yourself. Just that if you are determined to live against yourself, with time, gradually, you find that your internal resistance to Truth drops.

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