Look at the Eyes, Before You Look Through the Eyes || AP Neem Candies
Acharya Prashant: Those of you who have tried to chase success in this world know very well that all that you have received is fear. Kindly do not punish your children now. Kindly do not push them to make the same foolish mistakes that you kept making all your life. Your face—look at it. Your face reads fear. Don’t hide your face. Have the courage to look at it clearly. Now, don’t teach your kids to become successful in the world. If at all they become successful, they will become successful in fear.
I am not here to assert that you have a metaphysical identity. I am not here to assert that you have a home away from the world. But what is obvious and so clearly seen must be acknowledged. We have to acknowledge that the quality of our relationship with the world just makes us more and more of a beggar.
When these eyes look out, they are only looking out for prospective clients. When these ears hear, they are just craving to hear the sound of the coins. All that these hands want to touch is something material, something that can be consumed. All that this mind wants to think of is something that would give it security. Now, tell me, have you ever seen anything else? Have you ever heard anything else? Have you ever touched anything else? Have any of your thoughts been about anything else?
Incidentally, I was referring to the thoughts and the hands and the eyes of the beggar. This day, when you go out, try to look at your eyes. No, not look through your eyes, but try to look at your eyes. See how your eyes are looking. See what they want. See what attracts your gaze. And then, honestly ask yourself, “Are my eyes not searching for alms?”
I repeat: Just see what you are looking at, and then see how you are looking at it. Ask yourself, “Don’t I just want something from the object I am looking at?” What else is begging? Whenever you look at something, you want something from it, don’t you? What else is begging? These eyes open and they open to beg. They open in desire. They open because they are not satisfied.
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